US crude stocks, gasoline and distillate inventories fall - EIA

DENVER, June 25 (Reuters) - U.S. crude stocks, gasoline and distillate inventories fell in the week ending June 20, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.

Crude inventories fell by 5.8 million barrels to 415.1 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 797,000-barrel draw.

Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub USOICC=ECI fell by 464,000 barrels in the week, the EIA said.

Refinery crude runs USOICR=ECI rose by 125,000 barrels per day, the EIA said, while utilization rates USOIRU=ECI rose by 1.5 percentage points.

U.S. gasoline stocks USOILG=ECI fell by 2.1 million barrels to 227.9 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 0.4 million-barrel build.​

Distillate stockpiles USOILD=ECI, which include diesel and heating oil, fell by 4.1 million barrels to 105.3 million barrels, versus expectations for a 0.4 million-barrel rise, the EIA data showed.

Net U.S. crude imports USOICI=ECI rose last week by 531,000 barrels per day, EIA said.