Crude oil inventories in the United States increased by 6.02 million barrels in the week ending February 24, private data from the American Petroleum Institute (API) reportedly showed on Tuesday, APA reports citing Teletrader.

Reserves in Cushing, Oklahoma, were said to have gone up by 483,000 barrels. The stockpiles of gasoline fell by 1.7 million barrels. Meanwhile, distillate inventories decreased by 341,000 million barrels.

Source: Azeri-Press news agency