EIA: Domestic Ethanol Production Rose 2.3% in Week Ended Oct.4
OAKHURST, N.J. (DTN) -- Overall ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.038 million barrels per day (bpd) in the week ended Oct. 4, the Energy Information Administration reports, up 23,000 bpd week-on-week and 34,000 bpd, or 3.3%, higher than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 1.024 million bpd was 24,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
Midwest ethanol production averaged 979,000 bpd, up 18,000 bpd week-on-week and 29,000 bpd, or 3%, higher than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 965,000 bpd was 19,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
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Ethanol blending activity in the U.S. averaged 912,000 bpd, up 4,000 bpd week-on-week and 8,000 bpd, or 0.9%, higher than in the same week last year. Four-week average blending demand at 907,000 bpd was 12,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
Blender inputs at the East Coast were down 3,000 bpd on the week while inputs in the Midwest were up 4,000 bpd, up 1,000 bpd on the Gulf Coast and down 0,000 bpd on the West Coast.
Domestic ethanol inventories ended the week at 22.154 million barrels (bbl), down 1.305 million bbl week-on-week and 628,000 bbl, or 2.8%, higher than in the same week last year.
East Coast PADD 1 inventories ended the week at 7.044 million bbl, down 477,000 bbl week-on-week and 251,000 bbl, or 3.6%, higher than in the same week last year.
Midwest PADD 2 inventories ended the week at 8.994 million bbl, down 172,000 bbl week-on-week and 775,000 bbl, or 8.6%, higher than in the same week last year.
Gulf Coast PADD 3 inventories ended the week at 3.598 million bbl, down 568,000 bbl week-on-week and 154,000 bbl, or 4.3%, higher than in the same week last year.
West Coast PADD 5 inventories ended the week at 2.159 million bbl, down 64,000 bbl week-on-week and 568,000 bbl, or 26.3%, lower than in the same week last year.
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