11. A surge in demand comes at a time when heating-fuel inventories are running far below where they were last year. 12. Heating oil and other distillate fuel inventories fell 1.25 million barrels last week to 120.14 million barrels, the API said. 13. U . S . distillate fuel inventories , which include heating oil, rose 252, 000 barrels last week to 135.59 million barrels. 14. Heating oil also rose after the API reported an unexpected drop of 1 . 25 million barrels in distillate fuel inventories . 15. The API said distillate fuel inventories , which include home heating oil, fell 2.90 million barrels last week to 107.7 million barrels. 16. Traders said U . S . heating oil and other distillate fuel inventories are adequate to last the rest of the winter. 17. Warm December weather, stepped-up production of heating oil and lower demand for natural gas eased pressure on heating fuel inventories , Hakes said. 18. The early arrival of cold weather comes as heating oil and other distillate fuel inventories trail last year's levels by 12 percent. 19. Offsetting that are expectations that the API report would show inventories of heating oil and other distillate fuels inventories rose last week. 20. Distillate fuel inventories , which include home heating oil, dropped 3 . 54 million barrels last week to 103 . 25 million barrels.
