United States crude oil stockpiles, excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) declined by 2.3 million barrels in the week ending January 23, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) revealed in its report on Wednesday. At the same time, crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.2 million barrels per day (bpd) during the reported period. Refineries operated at 90.9% of their operable capacity. Meanwhile, gasoline production rose and averaged 9.6 million barrels per day. Oil imports averaged 5.6 million barrels per day, falling by 804,000 barrels per day week-on-week. Total commercial petroleum inventories went up by 6.8 million barrels.