OECD total inventories built by 32.5 mb in July to a fresh record of 3 111 mb, the IEA said, as refinery activities reached a summer peak, crude oil inventories refused to decline until an exceptional storm-related draw hit the USA in late August.
Protests are planned across the country as part of a national day of action "calling on President Obama to reject this dirty and unsafe proposal", organizers said in a statement. A Dakota Access lawyer said in federal court last week that the portion of the pipeline in North Dakota that's the subject of the legal wrangling would be finished shortly if not for the delays.