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Total commercial oil inventories in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries declined by 15.6 million barrels on a monthly basis to 2.78 billion barrels in September, the OPEC's monthly report issued today, Nov. 13, showed.
This marked a downturn compared to the latest five-year average of about 118 million barrels. It is also 184 million barrels less than the 2015-2019 average.
Preliminary data indicated that US commercial oil inventories shed 9.1 million barrels month-on-month in September to 1.26 billion barrels, which is about 32 million barrels above the September 2022 reading, but 20.6 million barrels less than the average of the previous five years.
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