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U.S. Lubes Stocks at Refineries (Thousand Barrels)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  1993 8,804 8,942 8,818 8,261 7,846 7,611 7,617 6,908 7,069 6,963 6,810 7,233
  1994 7,486 7,360 7,242 6,504 6,464 6,101 6,209 6,106 6,305 6,453 7,016 7,240
  1995 7,084 7,576 7,272 7,414 7,268 7,228 7,717 7,674 7,998 7,279 6,961 8,138
  1996 7,844 8,307 8,150 8,024 7,612 7,799 7,341 7,369 7,671 7,677 8,070 8,695
  1997 8,517 8,585 8,693 8,440 8,665 8,718 8,481 8,079 8,028 7,389 7,864 8,154
  1998 8,017 7,552 7,597 6,959 7,251 7,122 7,319 7,674 7,670 7,706 8,209 8,391
  1999 8,540 8,211 7,327 7,151 6,913 7,034 7,183 7,370 7,253 7,001 6,983 7,004
  2000 6,820 6,384 6,108 6,523 6,672 6,992 7,555 7,662 7,499 7,364 7,080 7,448
  2001 7,761 7,961 7,410 7,428 7,169 7,446 7,430 7,381 7,374 7,305 7,795 8,452
  2002 8,040 7,413 7,222 7,136 6,810 7,270 7,519 7,155 7,492 7,256 7,596 8,145
  2003 8,330 7,753 7,211 6,314 6,297 6,159 6,190 6,521 6,252 5,725 6,660 6,836
  2004 7,304 6,980 6,681 5,907 5,739 5,845 5,869 5,891 5,808 5,750 6,494 6,720
  2005 6,763 6,638 6,461 6,511 6,419 6,203 6,199 6,325 6,252 5,148 5,461 5,826
  2006 5,521 5,043 4,823 4,950 5,424 5,509 5,610 5,555 6,126 6,257 7,246 8,182
  2007 7,796 7,543 7,086 6,606 6,709 7,059 7,116 7,531 6,891 6,567 6,670 6,764
  2008 6,808 6,246 5,701 5,391


Updated on 6/26/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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