USA, Europe and Japan in August reduced oil reserves 30 mln barrels

The United States, Europe, and Japan in August reduced commercial oil reserves by 30 million barrels, but still exceed the five-year average, writes TASS, citing a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA)

The United States reduced stocks by 19.3 million barrels, in Europe – by 9.8 million barrels, in Japan – by 1.3 million barrels.

Simultaneously, the OECD’s commercial stocks reached 3.225 billion barrels, which increased by 13.5 million barrels.

Currently, they exceed last year’s level by 335 million barrels.