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U.S. crude stockpiles fell, but gasoline and distillate inventories both rose substantially, alleviating a bit of concern about market tightness, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Crude inventories fell by 3.7 million barrels in the week to Nov. 18 to 431.7 million barrels, compared with analysts’ expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.1 million-barrel drop. The decline in inventories was tempered by another release of barrels from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The White House decided earlier this year to release 180 million SPR crude barrels after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused global prices to surge. Those sales are now largely finished, leaving the SPR at its lowest levels since 1984, and raising concerns about more market tightness in coming months. Refinery crude runs rose by 258,000 barrels per day in the last week, the statistical arm of the U.S. Department of Energy said. Refinery utilization rates rose by 1 percentage point to 93.9 of tota...

Photo : bzzup ( Shutterstock ) With temperatures around the country plummeting over the past few days, any air leaks in your home have likely become particularly noticeable. Perhaps you knew these cracks and crevices were there, but hadn’t gotten around to dealing with them yet. Or maybe, you did take the time to properly seal your home, and thought you took care of all the leaks, but the steady stream of frigid air coming from your wall says otherwise. This seems like it should be straightforward enough: Find the additional leaks, and then seal them up. But sometimes, no matter how hard you try, you just can’t locate the leak. Here’s what to do if you run into that problem. How to u se a candle to locate air leaks in your home One way to find a mystery air leak in your home is to use a candle. Here’s what to do: Find the right candle Generally speaking, longer, thinner candles—like the ones you’d put in candlesticks, or use at a candlelight vigil—work better than candles that co...