US crude oil and distillate inventories fell last week, gasoline rose, EIA says

NEW YORK, Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. crude stocks and distillate inventories fell while gasoline inventories rose in the week ending January 30, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.

Crude inventories fell by 3.5 million barrels to 420.3 million barrels last week, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 489,000-barrel rise.

Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub USOICC=ECI fell by 743,000 barrels in the past week, the EIA said.

Refinery crude runs USOICR=ECI fell by 180,000 barrels per day, and refinery utilization rates USOIRU=ECI fell by 0.4 percentage points last week to 90.5%, EIA said.

U.S. gasoline stocks USOILG=ECI rose by 0.7 million barrels in the week to 257.9 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.4 million-barrel build.​

Distillate stockpiles USOILD=ECI, which include diesel and heating oil, fell by 5.6 million barrels in the week to 127.4 million barrels, versus expectations for a 2.3 million-barrel drop, the EIA data showed.

Net U.S. crude imports USOICI=ECI rose by 1.1 million barrels per day, the EIA said.