By Arathy Somasekhar
HOUSTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - U.S. crude stocks, gasoline
and distillate inventories rose last week, the Energy
Information Administration said on Wednesday.
Crude inventories rose by 4.1 million barrels
in the week ended Jan. 27 to 452.7 million barrels, compared
with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 0.4
million-barrel rise.
Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub rose by 2.3 million barrels in the last week, EIA
said.
Refinery crude runs fell by 20,000 barrels per
day in the last week, EIA said.
Refinery utilization rates fell by 0.4
percentage points in the week
U.S. gasoline stocks rose by 2.6 million
barrels in the week to 234.6 million barrels, the EIA said,
compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.4
million-barrel rise.?
Distillate stockpiles , which include diesel and
heating oil, rose by 2.3 million barrels in the week to 117.6
million barrels, versus expectations for a 1.3 million-barrel
drop, the EIA data showed.
Net U.S. crude imports rose by 2.59 million
barrels per day, EIA said.
(Reporting by Arathy Somasekhar in Houston)
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