EIA: US Ethanol Output Fell by 1.1%
HOUSTON (DTN) -- The Energy Information Administration reported Wednesday overall ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.056 million barrels per day (bpd), up 20,000 bpd week-on-week and 12,000 bpd, or 1.1%, lower than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 1.026 million bpd was 13,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
Midwest ethanol production averaged 999,000 bpd, up 19,000 bpd week-on-week and 8,000 bpd, or 0.8%, lower than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 970,000 bpd was 10,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
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Ethanol blending activity in the U.S. averaged 939,000 bpd, up 20,000 bpd week-on-week and 2,000 bpd, or 0.2%, higher than in the same week last year. Four-week average blending demand at 918,000 bpd was 6,000 bpd below the same four weeks last year.
Blender inputs at the East Coast were up 5,000 bpd on the week while inputs in the Midwest were up 4,000 bpd, up 6,000 bpd on the Gulf Coast and up 4,000 bpd on the West Coast.
Domestic ethanol inventories ended the week at 24.281 million barrels (bbl), down 663,000 bbl week-on-week and 1.074 million bbl, or 4.4%, higher than in the same week last year.
East Coast PADD 1 inventories ended the week at 7.452 million bbl, down 7,000 bbl week-on-week and 140,000 bbl, or 1.9%, higher than in the same week last year.
Midwest PADD 2 inventories ended the week at 9.641 million bbl, up 95,000 bbl week-on-week and 173,000 bbl, or 1.8%, higher than in the same week last year.
Gulf Coast PADD 3 inventories ended the week at 4.602 million bbl, down 437,000 bbl week-on-week and 825,000 bbl, or 17.9%, higher than in the same week last year.
West Coast PADD 5 inventories ended the week at 2.252 million bbl, down 295,000 bbl week-on-week and 46,000 bbl, or 2%, lower than in the same week last year.
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