Crude oil inventories rose 234,000 barrels last week. The consensus was looking for a drop of 2.72 million barrels, according to a Bloomberg survey, while the analyst forecast calls for an increase of 2 million barrels. UPDATE - More from the Energy information Administration: U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged over 16.6 million barrels per day during the week ending January 1, 2016, 65,000 barrels per day less than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 92.5% of their operable capacity last week. Gasoline production decreased last week, averaging about 8.8 million barrels per day. Distillate fuel ... (full story)