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

Crude inventories rose by 4 million barrels in the last week to 420.6 million barrels, compared with analysts’ expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.9 million-barrel drop.

Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub fell by 2.4 million barrels in the week to Sept 8, EIA said.

Refinery crude runs rose by 177,000 barrels per day in the last week, EIA said.

Refinery utilization rates rose by 0.6 percentage points in the week.

U.S. gasoline stocks rose by 5.6 million barrels in the week to 220.3 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with analysts’ expectations in a Reuters poll for a 0.2 million-barrel rise.​

Distillate stockpiles, which include diesel and heating oil, rose by 3.9 million barrels in the week to 122.5 million barrels, versus expectations for a 1.3 million-barrel rise, the EIA data showed.

Net U.S. crude imports rose by 2.65 million barrels per day, EIA said.
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Arathy Somasekhar in Houston)