The American Petroleum Institute (API) on Tuesday reported a draw in crude oil inventories of 8.537-million barrels for the week ending June 11. Analysts had predicted a much smaller draw of 3.290 million barrels for the week. In the previous week, the API reported a draw in oil inventories of 2.108 million barrels after analysts had predicted a draw of 2.036 million barrels. Crude oil inventories have fallen by more than 22 million barrels since the start of 2021, according to API data, but are still up 34 million barrels since January 2020. WTI (2.16%) and Brent prices were up again on Tuesday as the market digests a new demand outlook that suggests oil could come roaring back in the second half of this year, despite earlier predictions that oil demand could take years to recover to pre-pandemic levels. At 3:24 p.m. EST, WTI (2.16%) was trading up $1.34 […]