Draws in Fuel Stocks Counter Crude Inventory Build

The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crude oil inventories in the United States rose by 4.247 million barrels for the week ending March 7. Analysts had expected a 2.1 million-barrel build. So far this year, crude oil inventories have climbed nearly 17 million barrels, according to Oilprice calculations of API data. Earlier this week, the Department of Energy (DoE) reported that crude oil inventories in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) climbed 0.3 million barrels to 395.6 million barrels in the week ending March 7. Inventory…