US weekly propylene stocks drop by more than 6%

22 February 2008 15:52  [Source: ICIS news]

HOUSTON (ICIS news)--US weekly non-fuel use propylene inventories fell by 6.4% in the week ended 15 February, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Thursday.

US stocks dropped to 2.386m bbl from 2.550m bbl.

US propylene inventories were down by 28% from 3.317m bbl one year earlier.

Non-fuel use propylene, as defined by the EIA, is intended for petrochemical manufacturing, including polymer- and chemical-grade propylene. 

US weekly non-fuel use propylene inventories – m bbl (EIA)
15 Feb	08 Feb	01 Feb	25 Jan	18 Jan
2.386 (-6.4%)	2.550 (-8%)	2.772 (+4%)	2.664 (+3.9%)	2.564 (+6 %)

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