Highlights US crude stocks seen falling 2 million barrels Refinery runs likely rose 0.5 percentage points Analysts see distillate draw, gasoline build New York — US commercial crude stocks are expected to have fallen 2 million barrels for the reporting week ended May 17, according to an S&P Global Platts survey Monday. This would mark the third weekly decline in the past 10 weeks, a period in which US crude stocks have risen nearly 33 million barrels. At just over 472 million barrels for the week ended May 10, US crude stocks sit 3.43% above the five-year average of US Energy Information Administration oil data. This time last year, crude stocks were more than 2.3% below the five-year average. Analysts expect a 0.5 percentage point increase in US refinery utilization rates; a rise of this size would […]