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Distillates, Diesel Supplies Down for Week

February 23, 2006 11:45 AM, EST

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rude oil and gasoline supplies rose last week but distillates, which include diesel, declined, the Energy Department said Thursday.

istillates, which include heating oil and diesel fuel, fell by 1.3 million barrels, below the 1.5 million barrels that was forecast.

Diesel supplies plunged 1.7 million barrels, Bloomberg reported, though stockpiles were 9.1% above the five-year average.

Crude oil supplies rose 1.1 million barrels for the week, just below the 1.2 million increase forecast by analysts, Bloomberg reported.

asoline inventories rose 189,000 barrels, the eighth straight increase, but below the 1 million gain forecast.

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