EIA: US Ethanol Output Down 0.1%, Supply Up 4.6% Year-Over-Year
HOUSTON (DTN) -- The Energy Information Administration reports overall ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.053 million barrels per day (bpd), down 52,000 bpd week-on-week and 1,000 bpd, or 0.1%, lower than in the same week last year.
Four-week average output at 1.079 million bpd was 34,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
Midwest ethanol production averaged 1.002 million bpd, down 55,000 bpd week-on-week and 5,000 bpd, or 0.5%, lower than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 1.027 million bpd was 31,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
Ethanol blending activity in the U.S. averaged 878,000 bpd, down 18,000 bpd week-on-week and 17,000 bpd, or 1.9%, higher than in the same week last year.
Four-week average blending demand at 885,000 bpd was 10,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
Blender inputs at the East Coast were down 5,000 bpd on the week while inputs in the Midwest were down 7,000 bpd, down 1,000 bpd on the Gulf Coast and down 4,000 bpd on the West Coast.
Domestic ethanol inventories ended the week at 27.35 million bbl, up 775,000 bbl week-on-week and 1.258 million bbl, or 4.6%, higher than in the same week last year.
East Coast PADD 1 inventories ended the week at 8.066 million bbl, down 85,000 bbl week-on-week and 440,000 bbl, or 5.5%, lower than in the same week last year.
Midwest PADD 2 inventories ended the week at 11.627 million bbl, up 838,000 bbl week-on-week and 894,000 bbl, or 7.7%, higher than in the same week last year.
Gulf Coast PADD 3 inventories ended the week at 4.802 million bbl, up 57,000 bbl week-on-week and 668,000 bbl, or 13.9%, higher than in the same week last year.
West Coast PADD 5 inventories ended the week at 2.485 million bbl, down 39,000 bbl week-on-week and 157,000 bbl, or 6.3%, higher than in the same week last year.
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