HOUSTON, June 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.4 million barrels per day (b/d) during the week ending June 3, 355,000 b/d more than the previous week's average, according to a weekly report issued by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Wednesday.

       Refineries operated at 94.2 percent of their operable capacity last week, said the Weekly Petroleum Data report.

       Both gasoline and distillate fuel production increased last week, averaging 10 million b/d and 5 million b/d respectively.

       U.S. commercial crude oil inventories, excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, went up by 2 million barrels from the previous week to 416.8 million barrels, about 15 percent below the five-year average for this time of year.

       Total motor gasoline inventories decreased by 0.8 million barrels last week, about 10 percent below the five-year average for this time of year.

       Finished gasoline inventories remained unchanged while blending components inventories decreased last week.

       Distillate fuel inventories rose by 2.6 million barrels last week, about 23 percent below the five-year average for this time of year.

       Propane/propylene inventories increased by 0.7 million barrels last week, about 12 percent below the five-year average for this time of year.

       Total commercial petroleum inventories surged by 11 million barrels last week.

       Total products supplied over the last four-week period averaged 19.8 million b/d, up by 3.9 percent from the same period last year. Over the past four weeks, motor gasoline product supplied averaged 9 million barrels a day, down by 0.9 percent from the same period last year.

       Distillate fuel product supplied averaged 3.8 million b/d over the past four weeks, down by 2.8 percent from the same period last year.

       Jet fuel product supplied was up 26.5 percent compared with the same four-week period last year.