EIA Weekly Ethanol Report
EIA: US Ethanol Output Dips; Stocks Down 0.6% on Year
VIENNA (DTN) -- Ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.105 million barrels per day (bpd) during the week ended Dec. 3, down 21,000 bpd week-on-week and 2,000 bpd, or 0.2%, higher than in the same week last year, according to the Energy Information Administration. Four-week average output at 1.109 million bpd was 14,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
Midwest ethanol production averaged 1.046 million bpd, down 22,000 bpd week-on-week and 1,000 bpd, or 0.1%, higher than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 1.05 million bpd was 21,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
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Ethanol blending activity in the U.S. averaged 851,000 bpd, down 6,000 bpd week-on-week and 52,000 bpd, or 5.8%, lower than in the same week last year. Four-week average blending demand at 870,000 bpd was 14,000 bpd below the same four weeks last year.
Blender inputs at the East Coast were up 13,000 bpd on the week while inputs in the Midwest were down 3,000 bpd, down 14,000 bpd on the Gulf Coast and down 1,000 bpd on the West Coast.
Domestic ethanol inventories ended the week at 22.51 million bbl, down 1,000 bbl week-on-week and 126,000 bbl, or 0.6%, lower than in the same week last year.
East Coast PADD 1 inventories ended the week at 6.389 million bbl, down 165,000 bbl week-on-week and 746,000 bbl, or 10.5%, lower than in the same week last year.
Midwest PADD 2 inventories ended the week at 9.249 million bbl, up 234,000 bbl week-on-week and 538,000 bbl, or 6.2%, higher than in the same week last year.
Gulf Coast PADD 3 inventories ended the week at 4.016 million bbl, down 46,000 bbl week-on-week and 51,000 bbl, or 1.3%, lower than in the same week last year.
West Coast PADD 5 inventories ended the week at 2.474 million bbl, down 21,000 bbl week-on-week and 139,000 bbl, or 6%, higher than in the same week last year.
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