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

Denver, Aoruk 22 (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 1.9 million barrels to 465.7 million barrels in the week ended April 17, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.2 million-barrel draw.

Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub USOICC=ECI rose by 806,000 barrels in the week , the EIA said.

Refinery crude runs USOICR=ECI fell by 55,000 barrels per day in the week, the EIA said, while utilization rates USOIRU=ECI fell by 0.5 percentage points in the week.

U.S. gasoline stocks USOILG=ECI fell by 4.6 million barrels in the week to 228.4 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.5 million-barrel draw.​

Distillate stockpiles USOILD=ECI, which include diesel and heating oil, fell by 3.4 million barrels in the week to 108.1 million barrels, versus expectations for a 2.5 million-barrel drop, the EIA data showed.

Net U.S. crude imports USOICI=ECI rose by 1.21 million barrels per day, EIA said.