Oil Prices Unmoved By Large Crude Inventory Build
The American Petroleum Institute (API) reported a build this week for crude oil of 6.035 million barrels, while analysts predicted a draw of 200,000 barrels. The build comes as the Department of Energy released a record-setting 8.4 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserves in the week ending September 9, leaving the SPR with just 434.1 million barrels. In the week prior, the API reported a surprise build in crude oil inventories of 3.645 million barrels after analysts…