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U.S. Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity
Release Date:
May 30, 2012
| Next Release Date:
May 2013
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Notice: Changes to Petroleum Supply Survey Forms for 2013
This is the second release of U.S. Energy Information Administration data on fuel ethanol production capacity. EIA first reported fuel ethanol production capacities for January 2011 on November 29, 2011. This new report contains production capacity data for all operating U.S. fuel ethanol production plants as of January 1, 2012.
Nameplate and Maximum Sustainable Ethanol Production Capacity January 2012 | |||||||
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PAD District | Number of Plants | Nameplate Capacity | Maximum Sustainable Capacity | Nameplate Capacity | Maximum Sustainable Capacity | ||
million gallons per year | thousand barrels per day | ||||||
PADD 1 | 4 | 316 | 323 | 21 | 21 | ||
PADD 2 | 172 | 12,488 | 13,050 | 815 | 851 | ||
PADD 3 | 6 | 449 | 453 | 29 | 30 | ||
PADD 4 | 5 | 190 | 216 | 12 | 14 | ||
PADD 5 | 7 | 285 | 279 | 19 | 18 | ||
U.S. Total | 194 | 13,728 | 14,321 | 895 | 934 | ||
Nameplate Capacity: volume of denatured fuel ethanol that can be produced during a period of 12 months under normal operating conditions Maximum Sustainable Capacity: annualized maximum denatured fuel ethanol production that can be achieved over a period of any 6 consecutive months Source: Form EIA-819M Monthly Oxygenate Report |