EIA Weekly Ethanol Report
US Ethanol Output Falls, Stocks Up 0.8% on Year
VIENNA (DTN) -- Overall ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.075 million barrels per day (bpd) in the week ended Nov. 12, down 48,000 bpd week-on-week and 30,000 bpd, or 2.8%, lower than in the same week last year, according to the Energy Information Administration. Four-week average output at 1.1 million bpd was 5,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
Midwest ethanol production averaged 1.014 million bpd, down 47,000 bpd week-on-week and 28,000 bpd, or 2.8%, lower than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 1.04 million bpd was 8,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
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Ethanol blending activity in the U.S. averaged 895,000 bpd, down 9,000 bpd week-on-week and 23,000 bpd, or 2.6%, lower than in the same week last year. Four-week average blending demand at 905,000 bpd was 11,000 bpd below the same four weeks last year.
Blender inputs at the East Coast were down 4,000 bpd on the week while inputs in the Midwest were down 3,000 bpd, up 1,000 bpd on the Gulf Coast and down 1,000 bpd on the West Coast.
Domestic ethanol inventories ended the week at 22.219 million bbl, down 436,000 bbl week-on-week and 199,000 bbl, or 0.9%, higher than in the same week last year.
East Coast PADD 1 inventories ended the week at 6.642 million bbl, up 146,000 bbl week-on-week and 224,000 bbl, or 3.4%, lower than in the same week last year.
Midwest PADD 2 inventories ended the week at 8.975 million bbl, down 176,000 bbl week-on-week and 317,000 bbl, or 3.5%, higher than in the same week last year.
Gulf Coast PADD 3 inventories ended the week at 3.882 million bbl, down 284,000 bbl week-on-week and 183,000 bbl, or 4.7%, lower than in the same week last year.
West Coast PADD 5 inventories ended the week at 2.361 million bbl, down 121,000 bbl week-on-week and 286,000 bbl, or 12.1%, higher than in the same week last year.
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