Total motor gasoline deliveries—a measure of consumer gasoline demand—in the US in July moved up 2.4% from July 2015 to average nearly 9.7 million barrels per day, according to figures from the American Petroleum Institute (API). Compared with June 2016, total motor gasoline deliveries increased 0.3%. For year-to-date, total motor gasoline deliveries increased 2.5% compared with year-to-date 2015 to a record level just above 9.3 million barrels per day. . . .
Total petroleum deliveries in July moved up by 0.8% from July 2015 to average 20.1 million barrels per day. These were the highest July deliveries in nine years, since 2007. Compared with June, total domestic petroleum deliveries, a measure of US petroleum demand, increased slightly by less than 0.1%. For year-to-date, total domestic petroleum deliveries moved up 1.1% compared to the same period last year. . . .
US total petroleum imports in July averaged just below 10.5 million barrels per day, up 6.8% from the prior month and up 9.9% from the prior year, but was the fourth lowest total petroleum imports for the month of July in 19 years, since 1997.
At 10.2 million barrels per day, gasoline production for the month of July reached its highest level for any month on record. This was up by 1.9% from the prior year, and up 1.3% from the prior month. For year-to-date, gasoline production increased by 1.9% compared to the same period last year and was the highest year-to-date on record. . . .
