US weekly propylene stocks jump 10% - EIA

28 October 2009 19:51  [Source: ICIS news]

HOUSTON (ICIS news)--US propylene inventories rose by 10% in the week ended 23 October compared with a week earlier, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday.

US propylene stockpiles ended last week at 2.361m bbl.

Inventories were down by 22% from 3.038m bbl in the same week of 2008, according to EIA data.

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)
23 Oct	16 Oct	09 Oct	02 Oct	25 Sep
2.361	2.142	2.147	2.226	2.124

 

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