Crude oil stocks also fell, down 0.4 million barrels on the week ending Aug. 8, the EIA said.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange, oil prices rose sharply, up $3.42 to $116.42 per barrel. Heating oil prices rose 0.0593 cents to $3.141 per gallon. Reformulated blendstock gasoline prices rose 0.0705 cents to $2.943 per gallon. Natural gas prices rose 0.16 cents to $8.51 per million British thermal units.

The national average retail price of unleaded regular gasoline fell 0.012 cents to $3.787 per gallon, the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report said.