EIA Weekly Ethanol Report
EIA: U.S. Ethanol Stocks Expand, Up 5.8% on Year
VIENNA (DTN) – The Energy Information Administration reported on Thursday that overall ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.065 million bpd in the week ending Oct. 9, up 12,000 bpd week-on-week and 9,000 barrels per day (bpd), or 0.8% lower than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 1.038 million bpd was 3,000 bpd below the same four weeks last year.
Midwest ethanol production remained unchanged at 1.01 million bpd, 14,000 bpd, or 1.4% lower than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 982,000 bpd was 6,000 bpd below the same four weeks last year.
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Ethanol blending activity in the U.S. averaged 899,000 bpd, up 2,000 bpd week-on-week and 16,000 bpd, or 1.7% lower than in the same week last year. Four-week average blending demand at 904,000 bpd was 1,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
Blender inputs at the East Coast were up 3,000 bpd on the week while inputs in the Midwest were down 2,000 bpd, up 1,000 bpd on the West Coast, and remained unchanged on the Gulf Coast.
Domestic ethanol inventories ended the week at 23.942 million bbl, up 199,000 bbl week-on-week and 1.314 million bbl, or 5.8% higher than in the same week last year.
East Coast PADD 1 inventories ended the week at 7.239 million bbl, up 327,000 bbl week-on-week and 379,000 bbl, or 5.5% higher than in the same week last year.
Midwest PADD 2 inventories ended the week at 9.196 million bbl, down 125,000 bbl week-on-week and 155,000 bbl, or 1.7% higher than in the same week last year.
Gulf Coast PADD 3 inventories ended the week at 5.016 million bbl, up 91,000 bbl week-on-week and 1.168 million bbl, or 30.4% higher than in the same week last year.
West Coast PADD 5 inventories ended the week at 2.159 million bbl, down 99,000 bbl week-on-week and 351,000 bbl, or 14% lower than in the same week last year.
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