U.S. crude stockpiles surged last week, driven by a big rise in imports and inventory build at the key oil hub at Cushing, Oklahoma, while gasoline drew down unexpectedly, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Crude inventories USOILC=ECI were up 13.8 million barrels in the week to Feb. 3, compared with expectations for an increase of 2.5 million barrels. Crude imports USOICI=ECI jumped, rising 1.1 million barrels per day, with a big increase in imports at the Gulf Coast, where crude stocks rose by 10.9 million barrels, the largest weekly rise on record, to 267.6 million barrels. That figure is also a record. Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub for U.S. crude futures USOICC=ECI rose 1.1 million barrels, EIA said. Demand for the feedstock slipped as refinery crude runs USOICR=ECI fell 54,000 bpd and refining utilization rates USOIRU=ECI edged down 0.5 percentage point to 87.7 percent […]