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Posted May 20, 2013Today in Energy
Ethanol production capacity little changed in past year ›
U.S. fuel ethanol production capacity was 13.9 billion gallons per year (903,000 barrels per day), as of January 1, 2013, according to a report released by EIA on May 20, 2013. The report shows a very slight increase in the total capacity of operating ethanol plants compared to January 1, 2012. Most of the existing fuel ethanol capacity is located in the Midwest (PAD District 2). More›
Source: EIA, U.S. Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity.
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Data Highlights
Retail gasoline price
5/20/2013: $3.673/gal
up$0.070 from week earlier
down$0.042 from year earlier
Retail diesel price
5/20/2013: $3.890/gal
up$0.024 from week earlier
down$0.066 from year earlier
WTI crude oil futures price
5/17/2013: $96.02/bbl
down$0.02 from week earlier
up$3.46 from year earlier
Natural gas futures price
5/17/2013: $4.055/mmBtu
up$0.145 from week earlier
up$1.461 from year earlier
Weekly coal production
5/11/2013: 18.466 million tons
down0.042 million tons from week earlier
up0.324 million tons from year earlier
