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Update: US Weekly Ethanol Production Rose, EIA Says

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US weekly ethanol production rose, according to the US Energy Information Administration report on Wednesday.

For the week ending May 29, US ethanol production averaged 1.11 million barrels per day, above last week's 1.09 mmb/d and unchanged from last year's 1.11 mmb/d.

The four-week average output at 1.10 mmb/d was above 1.05 mmb/dd during the same time last year.

Midwest ethanol production averaged 1.05 mmb/d, above 1.04 mmb/d the previous week. Four-week average output at 1.04 mmb/d, compared with 990,000 b/d a year ago.

Domestic ethanol inventories ended the week at 24.6 million barrels, below 25 mmbbls a week ago and 24.4 mmbbls a year ago.

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