Investing.com - U.S. crude inventories rose 882,000 barrels at the end of last week, the American Petroleum Institute (API) said on Tuesday, compared to a decline of 2.3 million barrels seen and last week's figure that showed a 5.789 million barrels decline.
The API estimates are followed by official figures from the Energy Information Administration on Wednesday.
Distillate stocks gained 1.79 million barrels and gasoline supplies fell 1.78 million barrels. Supplies at Cushing, Oklahoma, fell by 540,000 barrels.
Analysts expected a 1.050 million barrels decline in distillates and an 731,000 barrels dip in gasoline supplies.