	api says u s  oil ouput off from year ago the american petroleum institute said that u s  oil production in february declined pct from year ago levels to about mln barrels a day in its monthly report on u s oil supplies and stocks api said that domestic demand for petroleum products as measured by products supplied continued to rise reaching mln barrels a day in the month up pct from february api noted the drop in  oil output coupled with a drop in natural gas liquids production which was off pct from february levels represented a decline in u s production of more than one mln barrels a day api said the decline in domestic production and the rise in demand brought petroleum imports to about six mln barrels a day in february a pct increase from last year s level so far this year api said growth in domestic demand which was up pct from last year s year to date level has slowed in comparison to the accelerated growth in the last half of it said  oil production for the first two months of was off pct from the comparable year ago period while  imports were up pct reuter 
