U.S. crude stockpiles last week rose to a record high for a fourth straight week even as distillate and gasoline inventories fell significantly more than expected, data from the Energy Information Administration showed on Wednesday. Crude inventories rose 3.9 million barrels in the week to March 4, inline with analysts’ expectations, hitting an all-time high of 521.9 million barrels. Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub rose by 690,000 barrels, hitting another record high, EIA said. Gasoline stocks fell 4.5 million barrels, the largest weekly drop in almost two years and more than three times larger than the 1.4 million-barrel drop expected by analysts in a Reuters poll. Distillate stockpiles, which include diesel and heating oil, fell 1.1 million barrels, much bigger than the 43,000-barrel […]