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

U.S. crude stocks and distillate inventories rose while gasoline inventories fell last week, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.

Crude inventories rose by 3 million barrels to 426.7 million barrels in the week ended August 8, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 275,000-barrel draw.

Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub USOICC=ECI rose by 45,000 barrels in the week, the EIA said.

Refinery crude runs USOICR=ECI rose by 56,000 barrels per day last week, while utilization rates USOIRU=ECI fell by 0.5 percentage points to 96.4%, the EIA said.

U.S. gasoline stocks USOILG=ECI fell by 0.8 million barrels in the week to 226.3 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 0.7 million-barrel draw.​

Distillate stockpiles USOILD=ECI, which include diesel and heating oil, rose by 0.7 million barrels in the week to 113.7 million barrels, versus expectations for a 0.7 million-barrel rise, the EIA data showed.

Net U.S. crude imports USOICI=ECI rose last week by 699,000 barrels per day, EIA said.