the american petroleum institute reported late wednesday that us crude supplies rose by 52 million barrels for the week ended oct 8 according to sources the api which released its report a day later than usual because of mondays columbus day holiday also reportedly showed inventory declines of 46 million barrels for gasoline and 27 million barrels for distillates crude stocks at the cushing okla storage hub meanwhile edged down by 23 million barrels for the week sources said inventory data from the energy information administration will be released thursday on average the eia is expected to show crude inventories down by 500000 barrels according to a survey of analysts conducted by sp global platts the survey also calls for supply declines of 400000 barrels for gasoline and 800000 barrels for distillates november west texas intermediate crude clx21 was at 8056 a barrel in electronic trading after settling wednesday at 8044 on the new york mercantile exchange