the energy information administration on wednesday reported that us crude inventories edged up by 200000 barrels for the week ended sept 23 that was less than the average forecasted climb of 400000 barrels according to a poll conducted by sp global commodity insights the eia also reported weekly inventory declines of 24 million barrels for gasoline and 29 million barrels for distillates the analyst survey had called for decreases of 100000 barrels each for gasoline and distillates crude stocks at the cushing okla nymex delivery hub edged up by 700000 barrels for the week the eia said november west texas intermediate crude clx22 was up 265 or 33 at 8115 a barrel on the new york mercantile exchange it was at 8022 before the supply data