EIA: US Ethanol Output Higher
HOUSTON (DTN) -- Overall ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.112 million barrels per day (bpd), up 38,000 bpd week-on-week and 30,000 bpd, or 2.9%, higher than in the same week last year, the Energy Information Administration reported Wednesday, Oct. 22. Four-week average output at 1.097 million bpd was 36,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
Midwest ethanol production averaged 1.051 million bpd, up 27,000 bpd week-on-week and 28,000 bpd, or 2.7% higher than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 1.038 million bpd was 38,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
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Ethanol blending activity in the U.S. averaged 911,000 bpd, down 4,000 bpd week-on-week and 11,000 bpd, or 1.2% lower than in the same week last year. Four-week average blending demand at 913,000 bpd was 2,000 bpd below the same four weeks last year.
Blender inputs at the East Coast were down 2,000 bpd on the week while inputs in the Midwest were down 0,000 bpd, up 1,000 bpd on the Gulf Coast and down 2,000 bpd on the West Coast.
Domestic ethanol inventories ended the week at 21.919 million bbl, down 709,000 bbl week-on-week and 148,000 bbl, or 1.4% lower than in the same week last year.
East Coast PADD 1 inventories ended the week at 6.383 million bbl, down 477,000 bbl week-on-week and 363,000 bbl, or 5.7% lower than in the same week last year.
Midwest PADD 2 inventories ended the week at 8.814 million bbl, down 227,000 bbl week-on-week and 237,000 bbl, or 2.7% higher than in the same week last year.
Gulf Coast PADD 3 inventories ended the week at 3.938 million bbl, up 90,000 bbl week-on-week and 120,000 bbl, or 3% lower than in the same week last year.
West Coast PADD 5 inventories ended the week at 2.416 million bbl, down 94,000 bbl week-on-week and 371,000 bbl, or 15.4% higher than in the same week last year.
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