Geeze Hal, I don’t think there is one of these people who could find their own @ss with both hands! I went back to Feb with the reports that you posted and every single one appeared to surprise these people. How long would you & I last working with or writing reports like this?
Hope all is well with you and yours!
Later: DJ

Mar 16 API shows smaller-than-expected oil supply gain

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The American Petroleum Institute late Tuesday said crude-oil supplies rose 91,000 in the week ended March 11, significantly less than the 2.1-million-barrel rise analysts polled by Platts had expected.

Mar 15 Record oil supply, price to weigh on recovery
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The world's supply of crude oil rose to a record 89 million barrels a day in February, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday in its monthly outlook.

Mar 8 API reports larger-than-expected oil supply rise
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The American Petroleum Institute said late Tuesday crude-oil inventories rose 3.8 million barrels in the week ended March 4. That runs counter to analyst expectations of a rise by 600,000 barrels for the week ended March 4, according to Dow Jones Newswires

Mar 2 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil inventories dropped 1.08 million barrels in the week ended Feb. 25, the American Petroleum Institute reported late Tuesday

Feb 24 API reports small crude supply increase
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil inventories rose 163,000 barrels in the week to Feb. 18, the American Petroleum Institute said late Wednesday. Analysts polled by Platts had expected an increase by 1.4 million barrels.

Feb 16 Crude advances further after EIA supply data
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures added to gains Wednesday after the government's weekly supply report showed a smaller-than-expected increase for the week ended Feb. 11

Feb 15 API shows surprise decline for oil inventories
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil inventories declined 354,000 barrels the week of Feb. 11, the American Petroleum Institute said late Tuesday. Analysts polled by Platts had expected oil stocks to increase 2.8 million barrels

Feb 2 EIA reports smaller-than-expected supply increase (by Claudia Assis)
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude futures pared some of their gains Wednesday after the Energy Information Administration reported oil inventories rose 2.6 million in the week ended Jan. 28

Feb 1 API oil supply report comes higher than expected
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil stocks rose 3.77 million barrels on the week ended Jan. 28, the American Petroleum Institute said late Tuesday. That compares with expectations of an increase of 3 million barrels, according to analysts polled by Platts.