RE:API....IMO this week or next was the beginning... I was doing some math earlier.. according to the EIA numbers that Norman posted in December 2nd half 2016 US crude stocks actually cumulatively dropped slightly.. that was still with all the record pumping in the second half 2016.. even if the opec cuts only totalled 1.2 mpbd over 6 months that 218 million barrels off the market... IMO we are heading up.. most of the news is neutral or bearish so I'm betting we go up... if all the news was bullish I would bet opposite seems to be the way...