Yehia Noor
01-05-2012, 01:54 PM
U.S. crude inventories dropped 4.43 million barrels to 334.5 million in the seven days ended Dec. 30, according to data from the industry-funded American Petroleum Institute yesterday. An Energy Department report today will probably show they declined 1 million barrels (DOEASCRD) to 326.5 million, according to the median of 13 analyst estimates in a Bloomberg News survey.