US Q4 BD production falls 10% year on year - NPRA

25 February 2011 22:09  [Source: ICIS news]

HOUSTON (ICIS)--US fourth-quarter butadiene (BD) production was 793m lb (360,000 tonnes), a 10% decline from 884m lb one year earlier, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) said on Friday.

BD production in the fourth quarter fell by 13% compared with 911m lb in the third quarter, the group said.

US BD inventories in the fourth quarter were at 99m lb, dropping by 30% from 141m lb in the second quarter, while falling by 30% from 141m lb in the same period one year earlier.

NPRA's quarterly data is based on voluntary reports

Butadiene production, in millions of pounds

Q4 2009	Q1 2010	Q2 2010	Q3 2010	Q4 2010
884	876	903	911	793

Butadiene inventories, in millions of pounds

Q4 2009	Q1 2010	Q2 2010	Q3 2010	Q4 2010
141	152	151	141	99

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By: Al Greenwood
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