EIA: Domestic Ethanol Output Up 2% Week Ended June 28
OAKHURST, N.J. (DTN) -- Overall ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.064 million barrels per day (bpd) in the week ended June 28, up 21,000 bpd from the prior week, the Energy Information Administration reports, and 4,000 bpd, or 0.4%, higher than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 1.047 million bpd was 2,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
Midwest ethanol production averaged 1.008 million bpd, up 21,000 bpd week-on-week and 9,000 bpd, or 0.9%, higher than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 990,000 bpd was 5,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
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Ethanol blending activity in the U.S. averaged 925,000 bpd, down 2,000 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 924,000 bpd was 15,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
Blender inputs at the East Coast were up 2,000 bpd on the week while inputs in the Midwest were down 2,000 bpd, flat on the Gulf Coast and down 2,000 bpd on the West Coast.
Domestic ethanol inventories ended the week at 23.594 million bbl, up 171,000 bbl week-on-week and 1.334 million bbl, or 5.7%, higher than in the same week last year.
East Coast PADD 1 inventories ended the week at 7.006 million bbl, up 34,000 bbl week-on-week and 69,000 bbl, or 1%, higher than in the same week last year.
Midwest PADD 2 inventories ended the week at 9.533 million bbl, down 85,000 bbl week-on-week and 896,000 bbl, or 9.4%, higher than in the same week last year.
Gulf Coast PADD 3 inventories ended the week at 4.432 million bbl, up 198,000 bbl week-on-week and 389,000 bbl, or 8.8%, higher than in the same week last year.
West Coast PADD 5 inventories ended the week at 2.302 million bbl, up 36,000 bbl week-on-week and 12,000 bbl, or 0.5%, higher than in the same week last year.
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