EIA: US Ethanol Output Lower
VIENNA (DTN) -- Ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.055 million barrels per day (bpd), according to the Energy Information Administration report released Wednesday, down 50,000 bpd week-on-week and 6,000 bpd, or 0.6%, higher than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 1.076 million bpd was 11,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
Midwest ethanol production averaged 997,000 bpd, down 50,000 bpd week-on-week and 11,000 bpd, or 1.1%, higher than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 1.020 million bpd was 15,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
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Ethanol blending activity in the U.S. averaged 922,000 bpd, up 42,000 bpd week-on-week and 14,000 bpd, or 1.5%, higher than in the same week last year. Four-week average blending demand at 913,000 bpd was 1,000 bpd below the same four weeks last year.
Blender inputs at the East Coast were down 1,000 bpd on the week while inputs in the Midwest were up 3,000 bpd, up 9,000 bpd on the Gulf Coast and up 30,000 bpd on the West Coast.
Domestic ethanol inventories ended the week at 22.602 million bbl, down 235,000 bbl week-on-week and 1.183 million bbl, or 5.2%, lower than in the same week last year.
East Coast PADD 1 inventories ended the week at 6.854 million bbl, up 152,000 bbl week-on-week and 763,000 bbl, or 11.1%, lower than in the same week last year.
Midwest PADD 2 inventories ended the week at 9.341 million bbl, down 366,000 bbl week-on-week and 218,000 bbl, or 2.3%, lower than in the same week last year.
Gulf Coast PADD 3 inventories ended the week at 3.504 million bbl, down 105,000 bbl week-on-week and 462,000 bbl, or 13.2%, lower than in the same week last year.
West Coast PADD 5 inventories ended the week at 2.531 million bbl, up 70,000 bbl week-on-week and 290,000 bbl, or 11.5%, higher than in the same week last year.
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