Crude oil prices are lower, with WTI Nymex crude oil at $68.90, down $1.63 ahead of the US DoE weekly inventory data at 1535GMT where oil analysts expect strong build in crude supply.
-- Crude oil stocks expected to rise 1.0mln barrels
-- Gasoline stocks down 650k barrels
-- Distillates stocks up 1.55 million barrels
-- Refinery utilization or run rate up 0.2% to 85.5.
