US crude stocks, gasoline and distillate inventories rise - EIA

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

Crude inventories rose by 3.9 million barrels to 424.6 million barrels in the week ended September 5, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1 million-barrel draw.

Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub USOICC=ECI fell by 365,000 barrels in the week, the EIA said.

Refinery crude runs USOICR=ECI fell by 51,000 barrels per day, the EIA said, while utilization rates USOIRU=ECI rose by 0.6 percentage points to 94.9%.

U.S. gasoline stocks USOILG=ECI rose by 1.5 million barrels in the week to 220 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 0.2 million-barrel draw.​

Distillate stockpiles USOILD=ECI, which include diesel and heating oil, rose by 4.7 million barrels in the week to 120.6 million barrels, versus expectations for 35,000-barrel rise, the EIA data showed.

Net U.S. crude imports USOICI=ECI rose last week by 668,000 barrels per day, EIA said.