US Gasoline, Distillate Inventories Fall As Oil Prices Sink

Crude oil inventories in the United States saw an increase of 2.6 million barrels during the week ending April 4, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration released on Wednesday. Crude oil prices were trading sharply down prior to the crude data release by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, continuing their slide after another volley in the tariff war between the United States and China was manifest in an announcement of 84% tariffs levied on the US beginning April 10. On Tuesday, the American Petroleum Institute…