Other Gulf delegates attending a meeting of oil ministers from the region said the contract slumpMovement.down.losswas unlikely to spur action from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) unless crude declinedMovement.down.loss$ 101 a barrel .
Investing.com - Crude Oil futures declinedMovement.down.losson Friday , as Thursday 's upbeat U.S. economic reports and the Federal Reserve 's most recent policy statement lent support to the dollar .
Meanwhile , the Energy Information Administration reported Wednesday that U.S. crude oil stockpiles declinedMovement.down.lossby 2.4 million barrels last week .
The price of oil had risenMovement.up.gainearlier in the day , supported by data last week that showed U.S. drilling activity had declinedMovement.down.lossfor the first time in three weeks .
Gasoline stocks declinedMovement.down.lossby 2.2 million barrels in the week ending February 16 , less than the 558,000 draw analysts were looking for , while distillates -- including diesel -- were downMovement.down.loss1.63 m barrel , deeper than the 1.63 m barrel declineMovement.down.lossexpected .
On Tuesday , the American Petroleum Institute said oil supplies declinedMovement.down.lossby 5.087 million barrels in the week ended October 27 , compared to expectations for a fallMovement.down.lossof 2.100 million barrels .
Prior to 2016 , `` the European gasoil consumer demonstrated solid resistance , a resolve that cracked in Q1 2016 , '' when demand declinedMovement.down.lossby 75,000 barrels per day compared to a year earlier , it said .