US crude stocks rise, gasoline and distillate inventories fall - EIA

NEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. crude stocks rose while gasoline and distillate inventories fell last week, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.

Crude inventories rose by 3.5 million barrels to 441.8 million barrels in the week ended May 9, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.1 million-barrel draw.

Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub USOICC=ECI fell by 1.1 million barrels last week, the EIA said.

Refinery crude runs USOICR=ECI rose by 330,000 barrels per day, the EIA said.

Refinery utilization rates USOIRU=ECI rose by 1.2 percentage points in the week.

U.S. gasoline stocks USOILG=ECI fell by 1 million barrels in the week to 224.7 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 560,000-barrel draw.​

Distillate stockpiles USOILD=ECI, which include diesel and heating oil, fell by 3.2 million barrels in the week to 103.6 million barrels, versus expectations for a 130,000-barrel rise, the EIA data showed.

Net U.S. crude imports USOICI=ECI rose last week by 422,000 barrels per day, EIA said.