Dec 6 (Reuters) - U.S. crude stocks fell while gasoline and distillate inventories rose, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.
Crude inventories fell by 4.6 million barrels in the week ending Dec. 1 to 445 million barrels, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.4 million-barrel drop.
Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub rose by 1.8 million barrels in the last week, EIA said.
Refinery crude runs rose by 179,000 barrels per day in the last week, EIA said.
Refinery utilization rates rose by 0.7 percentage points in the week.
U.S. gasoline stocks rose by 5.4 million barrels in the week to 223.6 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1 million-barrel rise.
Distillate stockpiles, which include diesel and heating oil, rose by 1.3 million barrels in the week to 112 million barrels, versus expectations for a 1.5 million-barrel rise, the EIA data showed.
Net U.S. crude imports rose by 2.09 million barrels per day, EIA said. (Reporting by Laura Sanicola)
