Core Viewpoint - Oil prices in Asia experienced a decline, potentially influenced by technical corrections, following significant increases in West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude oil prices on Friday [1] Group 1: Price Movements - Near-month WTI crude oil futures fell by 1.2% to $59.39 per barrel [1] - Near-month Brent crude oil futures decreased by 1.1% to $63.70 per barrel [1] Group 2: Market Focus - The market's attention may shift to the upcoming U.S. inventory data, especially in the absence of major news [1] - Barbara Lambrecht, a commodity analyst at Deutsche Bank, indicated that if U.S. crude oil inventories remain significantly below normal levels, oil prices could rebound [1]

Group 1 - The core point of the article highlights a significant decrease in U.S. commercial crude oil inventories, which fell by 9.285 million barrels to 415 million barrels, marking the largest decline since June 13, 2025, against a market expectation of a decrease of 0.857 million barrels [1] - U.S. strategic petroleum reserve inventories increased by 0.504 million barrels to 40.57 million barrels, the highest level since October 7, 2022 [1] - Gasoline inventories decreased by 2.347 million barrels, while refined oil inventories increased by 0.406 million barrels, exceeding the expected increase of 0.0975 million barrels [1] Group 2 - U.S. domestic crude oil production decreased by 0.013 million barrels to 13.482 million barrels per day [1] - The average supply of U.S. crude oil products over the past four weeks was 20.671 million barrels per day, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 1.69% [1] - U.S. commercial crude oil imports, excluding strategic reserves, fell to 5.692 million barrels per day, the lowest level since June 13, 2025, a decrease of 0.579 million barrels from the previous week [1] Group 3 - U.S. crude oil exports increased by 2.532 million barrels per day to 5.277 million barrels per day, the highest level since December 29, 2023 [1] - As of September 18, WTI crude oil was priced at $63.41 per barrel, down 0.36%, while Brent crude was priced at $67.13 per barrel, down 0.42% [1]