Feb 7 (Reuters) - U.S. crude stocks rose last week as refineries hiked output, while gasoline stocks increased and distillate inventories rose, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.
Crude inventories USOILC=ECI rose by 1.9 million barrels in the week to Feb. 2, compared with analysts' expectations for an increase of 3.2 million barrels.
Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub USOICC=ECI fell by 711,000 barrels, EIA said.
Refinery crude runs USOICR=ECI rose by 784,000 barrels per day, EIA data showed. Refinery utilization rates USOIRU=ECI rose by 4.4 percentage points.
Gasoline stocks USOILG=ECI rose by 3.4 million barrels, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 459,000-barrel gain.
Distillate stockpiles USOILD=ECI , which include diesel and heating oil, rose by 3.9 million barrels, versus expectations for a 1.4 million-barrel drop, the EIA data showed.
Net U.S. crude imports USOICI=ECI fell last week by 60,000 barrels per day.