Ethanol production rising, says EIA and EPA

In Washington, the US Energy Information Agency released weekly ethanol productino figures, showing that ethanol production averaged 826,000 barrels per day (b/d) — or 34.69 million gallons daily. That is up 19,000 b/d from the week before. The four week average for ethanol production stood at 822,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 12.60 billion gallons. Imports of ethanol showed 52,000 b/d, down from last week.