Domestic crude production climbed to the highest level since 2020 as demand for petroleum products pushed ahead last week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Wednesday.

American producers generated 12.3 million b/d for the week ended Feb. 3, up by 100,000 b/d from the prior week, data from EIA’s latest Weekly Petroleum Status Report showed. The latest print also marked a 100,000 b/d increase from January’s average and from the pandemic-era peak.

Additionally, production for the latest EIA period far exceeded the year-earlier level of 11.6 million b/d, and it climbed further toward the record of 13.1 million b/d set in early 2020, prior to coronavirus outbreaks.

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