SPR stocks drew for a seventh week in a row, falling by 2.4 million last week to 359.59 million barrels, their lowest since September 1983, due to last year's congressionally mandated release.
Inventories at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub for U.S. crude futures (USOICC=ECI) rose by 1.5 million barrels last week, the EIA said.
Brent and U.S. crude futures were trading just over 0.2% higher at $75.11 per barrel and $71.05 per barrel, respectively, by 10:39 a.m.
Gasoline stocks (USOILG=ECI) fell by 1.4 million barrels in the week to 218.3 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with analysts' forecasts for a 1.1 million-barrel drop.
U.S. crude oil imports rose 24% to 6.9 million barrels, while exports also climbed nearly 50% to 4.3 millions barrels.