Crude Oil Inventories See Largest Draw since January 2014
The Energy Information Administration reported a draw of 7.525 million barrels in crude oil inventories in its Weekly Petroleum Status Report for the period ended July 11, 2014. The drop is the largest since a January 11, 2014 draw of 7.628 million barrels and far exceeded the estimates of ten economists polled by Bloomberg. The current reduction is more than