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Light distillate stocks fell for the second consecutive week during the seven days up to Wednesday 17th May.

Inventories of light distillates - a category which includes naphtha, gasoline and reformate - decreased by 623,000 barrels, or 6.1 percent, to 9.585 million barrels, down from 10.208 million barrels the previous week.

It is the first time that stock levels have fallen below 10 million barrels since the seven days ended February 1st 2012, when inventories plummeted 1.094 million barrels to 9.960 million barrels. It is also the lowest since 19th October.

The volume data provided below is in millions of barrels. Inventory levels are collated on a weekly basis for each 7-day period ending on a Wednesday.

Date	Volume	+/-
16/05/2012	9.585	-0.623
09/05/2012	10.208	-0.188
02/05/2012	10.396	+0.012
25/04/2012	10.384	-0.340
18/04/2012	10.724	-0.062
11/04/2012	10.786	+0.005
04/04/2012	10.781	+0.681
28/03/2012	10.100	-0.001
21/03/2012	10.101	-0.022
14/03/2012	10.123	-0.956
07/03/2012	11.079	-0.619
29/02/2012	11.698	+0.444
22/02/2012	11.254	+0.700
15/02/2012	10.554	-1.590
08/02/2012	12.144	+2.184
01/02/2012	9.960	-1.094
25/01/2012	11.054	+0.009
18/01/2012	11.045	+0.455
11/01/2012	10.590	-0.130
04/01/2012	10.720	+0.574
28/12/2011	10.146	-0.849
21/12/2011	10.995	-0.989
14/12/2011	11.984	+0.567
07/12/2011	11.417	-0.802
30/11/2011	12.219	+0.576
23/11/2011	11.643	+1.789
16/11/2011	9.854	-0.292
09/11/2011	10.146	-1.531
02/11/2011	11.677	+1.732
26/10/2011	9.945	+0.676
19/10/2011	9.269	+0.259
12/10/2011	9.010	-1.307
05/10/2011	10.317	+0.862
28/09/2011	9.455	+0.394
21/09/2011	9.061	+0.625
14/09/2011	8.436	-0.721
07/09/2011	9.157	+0.377
31/08/2011	8.780	-1.037
24/08/2011	9.817	-0.156
17/08/2011	9.973	+1.044
10/08/2011	8.929	-0.653
03/08/2011	9.582	-0.962
27/07/2011	10.544	+1.116
20/07/2011	9.428	-0.317
13/07/2011	9.745	+0.222
06/07/2011	9.523	-0.321
29/06/2011	9.844	+0.244
22/06/2011	9.600	+0.347
15/06/2011	9.253	-0.210
08/06/2011	9.463	-0.902
01/06/2011	10.365	+0.655
25/05/2011	9.710	-0.390
18/05/2011	10.1	-0.2
11/05/2011	10.3	-0.4
04/05/2011	10.7	-0.7
27/04/2011	11.4	-1.0
20/04/201	12.4	--

Source: International Enterprise (IE) Singapore