EIA: US Ethanol Supply Build Leaves Stocks at Near 5-Year High
EIA: US Ethanol Supply Build Leaves Stocks at Near 5-Year High
OAKHURST, N.J. (DTN) -- Overall ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.081 million barrels per day (bpd) in the week-ended Feb. 21, down 3,000 bpd week-on-week, according to the latest Energy Information Administration data. Still, total output for the week was 3,000 bpd, or 0.3% higher than in the same week last year.
Data show four-week average total ethanol output at 1.09 million bpd was 21,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
Midwest ethanol production averaged 1.033 million bpd last week, steady from the week prior while 4,000 bpd, or 0.4%, higher than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 1.037 million bpd was 18,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
Domestic ethanol inventories ended the week at 27.571 million bbl, up 1.353 million bbl week-on-week, the highest level since the week-ended April 17, 2020 at 27.689 million bbl. Stocks are 1.549 million bbl, or 5.6%, higher than in the same week last in 2024.
East Coast PADD 1 inventories ended the week at 8.259 million bbl, up 9,000 bbl week-on-week while 179,000 bbl, or 2.2%, lower than in the same week last year.
Midwest PADD 2 inventories ended the week at 11.16 million bbl, up 761,000 bbl week-on-week and 1.144 million bbl, or 10.3%, higher than in the same week last year.
Gulf Coast PADD 3 inventories ended the week at 5.241 million bbl, up 540,000 bbl week-on-week and 456,000 bbl, or 8.7%, higher than in the same week last year.
West Coast PADD 5 inventories ended the week at 2.588 million bbl, up 30,000 bbl week-on-week and 169,000 bbl, or 6.5%, higher than in the same week last year.
Ethanol blending activity in the U.S. averaged 846,000 bpd, down 4,000 bpd week-on-week and 26,000 bpd, or 3.1%, lower than in the same week last year. Four-week average blending demand at 852,000 bpd was unchanged versus 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 6,000 bpd, up 2,000 bpd on the Gulf Coast and down 1,000 bpd on the West Coast.
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