UPDATE 1 — US crude stocks, product inventories likely fell last week

(Adds details from API data in paragraphs 6-8) Oct 14 (Reuters) — US crude oil stockpiles were expected to have fallen last week alongside product inventories, an extended Reuters poll showed on Wednesday. Nine analysts polled estimated, on average, that crude inventories fell by about 300,000 barrels in the week ended October 9. Crude inventories fell by 3.2 million barrels to 424.1 million barrels in the week ended October 2, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.7 million-barrel rise. REUTERS ACTUAL PREVIOUS YR-AGO FORECAST FOR WEEK WEEK CHANGE CHANGE FOR (EIA) CHANGE WEEK WEEK ENDED ENDED ENDED 10/09/26 10/02/26 10/10/25 CRUDE -0.3 MLN 424.1 -3.2 MLN 3.5 MLN DISTILLATE -1.6 MLN 105.1 0 MLN -4.5 MLN GASOLINE -0.5 MLN 204.7 0.4 MLN -0.3 MLN REFINERY -0.5 PCT PT 92.7% 0.2 PCT -6.7 PCT RUNS PTS PT Analysts estimate stockpiles of gasoline fell by about 500,000 barrels last week, while distillate inventories, which include diesel and heating oil, are expected to have declined by 1.6 million barrels. The rate of refinery utilization is estimated to have decreased by 0.5 percentage point from 92.7% of total capacity in the previous week