March 8 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil and gasoline
stockpiles fell while distillate inventories rose last week, the
Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.
Crude inventories fell by 1.7 million barrels
to 478.5 million barrels in the week ending March 3, compared
with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 0.4
million-barrel rise.
Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma delivery hub fell by 890,000 barrels in the last week, EIA said.
Refinery crude runs fell by 12,000 barrels per
day in the last week, EIA said.
Refinery utilization rates rose by 0.2
percentage points in the week.
U.S. gasoline stocks fell by 1.1 million
barrels in the week to 238.1 million barrels, the EIA said,
compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.9
million-barrel drop.?
Distillate stockpiles , which include diesel and
heating oil, rose by 0.1 million barrels in the week to 122.3
million barrels, versus expectations for a 1 million-barrel
drop, the EIA data showed.
Net U.S. crude imports rose by 2.33 million
barrels per day, EIA said.
(Reporting by Laura Sanicola; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
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