Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the Week Ending February 23, 2018 U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged about 15.9 million barrels per day during the week ending February 23, 2018, 49,000 barrels per day more than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 87.8% of their operable capacity last week. Gasoline production decreased last week, averaging 9.4 million barrels per day. Distillate fuel production remained nearly unchanged last week, averaging 4.5 million barrels per day. U.S. crude oil imports averaged 7.3 million barrels per day last week, up by 261,000 barrels per day from the previous week. Over the last four weeks, crude oil imports averaged about 7.5 million barrels per day, 8.1% less than the same four-week period last year. Total motor gasoline imports (including both finished gasoline and gasoline blending components) last week averaged 446,000 barrels per day. Distillate fuel imports averaged 207,000 barrels per day […]