US ethanol production edges upwards

April 4, 2013 |

In Washington, the Energy Information Administration is reporting that ethanol production averaged 807,000 barrels per day (b/d) — or 33.89 million gallons daily. That is up 2,000 b/d from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 804,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 12.33 billion gallons. Stocks of ethanol stood at 17.5 million barrels. That is a 0.2% increase from last week.Gasoline demand for the week averaged 358.0 million gallons daily. On the co-products side, ethanol producers were using 12.236 million bushels of corn to produce ethanol and 90,064 metric tons of livestock feed, 80,292 metric tons of which were distillers grains. The rest is comprised of corn gluten feed and corn gluten meal.

Category: Fuels

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