U.S. crude stocks fell last week as refineries hiked output, while gasoline stocks decreased and distillate inventories rose, data from the Energy Information Administration showed on Wednesday.
Crude inventoriesfell by 3.2 million barrels, compared with analysts' expectations for an decrease of 2.2 million barrels.
Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hubfell by 1.36 million barrels, EIA said.
Refinery crude runsrose by 546,000 barrels per day, EIA data showed.
Gasoline stocksfell by 1.2 million barrels, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 400,000-barrel gain.
Distillate stockpiles, which include diesel and heating oil, rose by 1.0 million barrels, versus expectations for a 800,000-barrel increase, the EIA data showed.
U.S. crude importsfell last week by 76,000 barrels per day.
Source: Reuters
Crude inventories
Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub
Refinery crude runs
Gasoline stocks
Distillate stockpiles
U.S. crude imports
