the energy information administration on wednesday reported that us crude inventories rose by 26 million barrels for the week ended oct 21 on average analysts forecasted a decrease of 800000 barrels according to a poll conducted by sp global commodity insights the eia also showed a weekly inventory decline of 15 million barrels for gasoline while distillate stockpiles edged up by 200000 barrels the analyst survey had called for decreases of 16 million barrels for gasoline and 15 million barrels for distillates crude stocks at the cushing okla nymex delivery hub edged up by 700000 barrels for the week the eia said december west texas intermediate crude clz22 was up 163 or 19 at 8695 a barrel on the new york mercantile exchange it was at 8667 before the supply data