Storage Builds Everyone this week focused on the slight production declines that this was a sign to go long oil, but what seemed to go under the radar was another build in both Cushing and the Gulf Coast storage hubs . Cushing added another 1.3 million barrels to weekly storage and stands at 61.5 million barrels. The Gulf Coast added another 600 thousand barrels to storage and stands at 237 million barrels. By comparison Cushing had 26.8 million barrels in storage this time last year, and the Gulf Coast had 207.2 million barrels in storage a year ago. Refinery Utilization Rate 92% This is with refineries operating at 92.3 percent of capacity which is robust and near the top end of this metric. We also have about 17.6 million more barrels of Gasoline in storage versus this time last year, and 17 million more barrels of Distillate stocks in […]