EIA Data shows Ethanol Stocks Rose in Week-ended Sept. 3

    

   NEW YORK (DTN) -- The Energy Information Administration today released data 
showing that total U.S. ethanol stocks were 17.735 million bbl for the 
week-ended Sept. 3, up 173,000 bbl from the previous week's 17.562 million bbl. 

   Of that total, 6.695 million bbl of supply was in the PADD 1 East Coast 
region, down 3,000 bbl from the 6.698 million bbl seen a week earlier. In the 
PADD 2 Midwest region, ethanol supply was seen at 5.885 million bbl, down 
90,000 bbl from 5.975 million bbl for the previous week. Ethanol stocks totaled 
2.633 million bbl in the PADD 3 Gulf Coast region, up 102,000 bbl from 2.531 
million bbl for the previous week. In the PADD 4 or Rocky Mountain region, 
ethanol stocks were 216,000 bbl last week, up 42,000 bbl from the previous 
week's 174,000 bbl. The EIA tallied 2.305 million bbl of supply in the PADD 5 
West Coast region, up 121,000 bbl from 2.184 million bbl for the previous week.

   The EIA data also showed U.S. ethanol plant production for the week-ended 
Sept. 3 at 875,000 bpd, up 19,000 bpd from 856,000 bpd for the previous week. 

   Refiner and blender net inputs came in at 793,000 bpd, down 6,000 bpd from 
799,000 bpd for the previous week. Refiner and blender net inputs represent a 
major portion of implied demand for ethanol. 

   Meanwhile, implied demand for gasoline fell by 123,000 bpd to 9.263 million 
bpd for the week.

   The data again showed there were no ethanol imports during the week.

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