U.S. crude oil stocks rose more than expected last week to the highest in nearly 17 months as imports climbed, while gasoline inventories posted their steepest drawdown since September 2017, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Crude inventories rose 7 million barrels to 456.6 million barrels in the last week, their highest since November 2017, compared with analysts’ expectations for an increase of 2.3 million barrels. A majority of the increase came once again from the Gulf Coast region, where inventories rose 5.4 million barrels to 232.2 million barrels. “The increase in crude supplies still has to do with some of the logistical issues we had in Texas, along with refinery problems,” said Phil Flynn, an analyst at Price Futures Group […]