HOUSTON, May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. crude stocks and distillate inventories rose while gasoline inventories fell in the week ending May 17, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.
Crude inventories rose by 1.8 million barrels to 458.8 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 2.5 million-barrel draw.
Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub rose by 1.3 million barrels last week, the EIA said.
Refinery crude runs rose by 227,000 barrels per day, the EIA said.
Refinery utilization rates rose by 1.3 percentage points in the week.
U.S. gasoline stocks fell by 0.9 million barrels in the week to 226.8 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 0.7 million-barrel draw.
Distillate stockpiles, which include diesel and heating oil, rose by 0.4 million barrels in the week to 116.7 million barrels, versus expectations for a 0.4 million-barrel drop, the EIA data showed.
Net U.S. crude imports fell last week by 676,000 barrels per day, EIA said. (Reporting by Georgina McCartney in Houston)
