US crude stockpiles rise, gasoline and distillate draw down - EIA

HOUSTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil stockpiles rose while gasoline and distillate inventories fell last week, the Energy Information Administration said on Thursday.

Crude inventories rose by 4.6 million barrels to 432.5 million barrels in the week ended February 14, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 3.1 million-barrel rise.

Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub USOICC=ECI rose by 1.5 million barrels last week.

Refinery crude runs USOICR=ECI fell by 15,000 barrels per day, and utilization rates USOIRU=ECI fell by 0.1 percentage point in the week to 84.9% of total capacity.

Gasoline stocks USOILG=ECI fell by 151,000 barrels in the week to 247.9 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with expectations for a 6,000-barrel draw.

Distillate stockpiles USOILD=ECI, which include diesel and heating oil, fell by 2.1 million barrels to 116.6 million barrels, versus forecasts for a 1.6 million-barrel drop, the EIA data showed.

Net U.S. crude imports USOICI=ECI fell last week by 961,000 bpd, and exports rose 472,000 bpd, the EIA said.