US weekly propylene stocks down by 4.3% - EIA

04 February 2009 23:06  [Source: ICIS news]

HOUSTON (ICIS news)--US non-fuel use propylene inventories fell by 4.3% in the week ended 30 January compared with one week earlier, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday.

US propylene inventories last week were at 3.563m bbl, according to the EIA.

The figure is up by 28.6% from 2.772m bbl one year earlier, the government said.

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)
30 Jan	23 Jan	16 Jan	09 Jan	02 Jan
3.563	3.723	3.709	3.847	3.947

 

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