Surprise Crude Oil Build Pressures Prices

Crude oil inventories in the United rose by 499,000 barrels for the week ending November 29, according to The American Petroleum Institute (API). Analysts had expected a draw of 1.30 million barrels.   For the week prior, the API reported a 1.232-million barrel build in crude inventories.   So far this year, crude oil inventories have fallen by roughly 3.4 million barrels since the beginning of the year, according to API data.     On Tuesday, the Department of Energy (DoE) reported that crude oil inventories in the Strategic…