By Arathy Somasekhar
HOUSTON, May 10 (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 3 million barrels in
the last week to 462.6 million barrels, compared with analysts'
expectations in a Reuters poll for a 0.9 million-barrel drop.
Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub rose by 397,000 barrels in the week to May 5, EIA
said.
Refinery crude runs rose by 10,000 barrels per
day in the last week, EIA said.
Refinery utilization rates rose by 0.3
percentage points in the week.
U.S. gasoline stocks fell by 3.2 million
barrels in the week to 219.7 million barrels, the EIA said,
compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.2
million-barrel drop.?
Distillate stockpiles , which include diesel and
heating oil, fell by 4.2 million barrels in the week to 106.2
million barrels, versus expectations for a 0.8 million-barrel
drop, the EIA data showed.
Net U.S. crude imports rose by 1.02 million
barrels per day, EIA said.
(Reporting by Arathy Somasekhar in Houston)
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