West Texas Intermediate (WTI) (CLc1) was up 16 cents at $30.64 a barrel at 0052 GMT (1852 EDT). Brent crude (LCOc1) was yet to trade. Data showing that crude inventories (USOILC=ECI) rose 234,000 barrels last week, much less than expectations, was overshadowed by reported builds of 8.4 million barrels in gasoline (USOILG=ECI) and over 6 million in distillates, which includes diesel and heating oil (USOILD=ECI).