RE:RE:RE:EIA vs API - Crude Oil InventoriesThe import numbers are very telling. If you look at the spreadsheet data produced by EIA and compare imports this year to last year:
Avg import for 32 weeks ending Aug 5 2016 = 7,895
Avg import for 32 weeks ending Aug 7, 2015 = 7,268
Increase = 627k
x 32 wks x 7 days = 140M barrels.
Total crude inventory 8/5/2016 523M barrels
Total crude inventory 8/7/2016 453M barrels
So we are up 70M barrels from a year ago but had imports been held flat this year, inventory would be down 70M barrels instead of up.