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US Weekly Petroleum Status Report

Crude stocks in the US continued to fall last week and are now at a multi-year low for this time of year. The sharp drop in product stocks points to panic buying by consumers, while domestic crude output has flatlined and net crude imports are trending lower. Given little evidence of a change on any of these fronts, crude stocks are likely to sink even lower in the weeks ahead.

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