NEW YORK, July 17 (Reuters) - U.S. crude stocks fell while gasoline and distillate inventories rose in the week ending July 12, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday.
Crude inventories fell by 4.9 million barrels to 440.2 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 33,000-barrel draw.
Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub fell by 875,000 barrels last week, the EIA said.
Refinery crude runs fell by 181,000 barrels per day in the week ended July 12, the EIA said.
Refinery utilization rates fell by 1.7 percentage points in the week.
U.S. gasoline stocks rose by 3.3 million barrels in the week to 233 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.6 million-barrel draw.
Distillate stockpiles, which include diesel and heating oil, rose by 3.5 million barrels in the week to 128.1 million barrels, versus expectations for a 0.8 million-barrel drop, the EIA data showed.
Net U.S. crude imports rose last week by 312,000 barrels per day, EIA said. (Reporting by Nicole Jao)
