WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - U.S. demand for crude oil and petroleum products fell sharply in January as the economy sputtered along the road to recovery, industry group American Petroleum Institute said Friday.
January's total petroleum product deliveries, excluding exports, averaged 18.407 million barrels per day, down 3.8 percent from a year ago, according to the report. (Reporting by Ayesha Rascoe; Editing by John Picinich)