(Corrects headline and 1st paragraph to show production rose. Updates to include additional details.)
US weekly ethanol production rose, according to the US Energy Information Administration report on Wednesday.
For the week ending July 17, US ethanol production averaged 1.09 million barrels per day, up from last week's 1.04 million b/d and above last year's 1.08 million b/d.
The four-week average output at 1.09 million b/d was below 1.08 million b/d a year ago.
Midwest ethanol production averaged 1.04 million b/d, up from 976,000 b/d the previous week. Four-week average output was 1.02 million b/d, compared with 1.03 million bpd a year ago.
Domestic ethanol inventories ended the week at 24.5 mmbbls, up from 24.4 mmbbls a week ago and from 24.4 mmbbls a year ago.