Heating Oil Tumbles Following Large Inventory Build

Heating oil prices tumbled on Wednesday following a larger than expected build in product inventories which dwarfed the large draw in crude oil inventories.  Demand appears to be the culprit, as warmer than normal weather covered most of the United States during nearly all of December.

According to Wednesday EIA inventory report, U.S. commercial crude oil decreased by 5.1 million barrels from the…