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.