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The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that net crude oil inputs to U.S. refineries rose to their highest level since September 2019 last week.

The dollar fell 2% against the South Korean won, trading at 1,384.30 won per dollar.

U.S. heating oil futures continued to rise after EIA data showed a decrease in distillate fuel inventories, while gasoline futures fell further after EIA data showed an increase in gasoline inventories.

The EIA's implied demand for U.S. distillate fuel oil production for the week ending August 14 was 5.5536 million barrels per day, compared to 5.3924 million barrels per day in the previous week.

The EIA's data for total U.S. gasoline production and implied demand for the week ending August 14 was 9.5404 million barrels per day, compared to 9.8169 million barrels per day in the previous week.

The EIA crude oil production implied demand data for the week ending August 14 in the United States was 19.794 million barrels per day, compared with 18.655 million barrels per day in the previous week.

The U.S. EIA Strategic Petroleum Reserves for the week ending August 14th decreased by 5.268 million barrels, compared to a decrease of 6.115 million barrels in the previous week.

The U.S. EIA refinery utilization rate for the week ending August 14 was 97.2%, compared to 96.2% previously.

U.S. EIA distillate fuel production for the week ending August 14 was -54,000 barrels per day, compared to 50,000 barrels per day previously.

U.S. EIA crude oil inventories for the week ending August 14 were 4.405 million barrels, compared to 17.423 million barrels in the previous week.

U.S. EIA reported crude oil production of 216,000 barrels per day for the week ending August 14, compared with 26,000 barrels per day in the previous week.

U.S. crude oil imports for the week ending August 14, according to the EIA report, decreased by 1.754 million barrels, compared to 1.768 million barrels in the previous week.

U.S. EIA refined product imports for the week ending August 14 were -258,000 barrels per day, compared to 206,000 barrels per day in the previous week.

U.S. EIA gasoline production for the week ending August 14 was 143,000 barrels per day, compared to a previous reading of -1,000 barrels per day.

U.S. EIA new formulation gasoline inventories for the week ending August 14 were 3,000 barrels, compared to a previous reading of -3,000 barrels.