SINGAPORE — Oil prices fell below $94 a barrel today in Asia after a crude supply report reflected mixed signs about U.S. demand.

Benchmark oil for August delivery was down 29 cents to $93.88 a barrel.

The American Petroleum Institute said late Tuesday that crude inventories fell 81,000 barrels last week while analysts surveyed by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos., had predicted a drop of 2.0 million barrels.

Inventories of gasoline dropped 1.5 million barrels last week, surprising analysts who had forecast an increase of 1 million barrels. Distillates fell 541,000 barrels, the API said. The Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration reports its weekly supply data later Wednesday.

“Demand figures have not been strong and we still have more crude oil in storage than in previous years,” energy consultant Cameron Hanover said.