US ethanol production dips to 15.99 billion gallon rate
In Washington, according to EIA data as analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association, ethanol production averaged 1.039 million barrels per day (b/d)—or 43.64 million gallons daily. That is down 10,000 b/d from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production decreased slightly to 1.043 million b/d for an annualized rate of 15.99 billion gallons. Stocks of ethanol were 22.8 million barrels. That is a sizeable 4.2% decrease from last week and the largest weekly draw since mid-August 2014.
Average weekly gasoline demand softened by 1.2% to 386.7 million gallons (9.208 million barrels) daily. This is equivalent to 141.16 billion gallons annualized. Refiner/blender input of ethanol slipped 1.7% to 900,000 b/d, equivalent to 13.80 billion gallons annualized. The ethanol content in gasoline supplied to the market averaged 9.77%, down marginally from 9.82% the previous week.
Category: Fuels
