US commercial crude stocks are expected to have increased 2.10 million barrels for the reporting week ended October 3, according to a Platts analysis and survey of oil analysts Monday. The American Petroleum Institute will release its weekly report at 4:30 pm EDT (2030 GMT) Tuesday and the US Energy Information Administration is scheduled to release its weekly data at 10:30 am EDT (1430 GMT) Wednesday. The EIA five-year average shows inventories typically rise this reporting week, increasing 2.39 million barrels. US crude stocks are well-supplied by recent historical standards. The crude inventory was 356.64 million barrels for the week ended September 26, which was 1.26% above the EIA five-year average (2009-2013). Analysts expect US refinery utilization rates to have fallen 0.38 percentage point to 89.42%. EIA data showed US refinery runs at 15.69 million b/d for the reporting week ended September 26. […]