CEC: California CARB Diesel Stocks Jumped Last Week


   
Maria Eugenia Garcia
DTN Energy Editor

    

   HOUSTON TX (DTN) -- California production of ultra-low sulfur diesel (CARB 
diesel) increased last week, leading to an inventory build across the state, 
according to the California Energy Commission's Weekly Fuels Report for the 
week ending May 1.

   CARB diesel production soared by 236,000 bbl to 817,000 bbl statewide, last 
week. Output rose sharply in Northern California, in the week ending May 1, to 
462,000 from 76,000 bbl reported last week, while Southern California 
refineries decreased production by 150,000 bbl to 355,000 bbl from 505,000 bbl 
last week.

   Statewide CARB diesel stocks rose by 228,000 bbl, or 16% in the week 
profiled to 1.687 million bbl.

   In Northern California, inventories rose by 45,000 bbl to 696,000 bbl, in 
the week ending May 1 while Southern California stocks fell by 90,000 bbl to 
548,000 bbl in the same period, according to the CEC.

   In contrast, production of other diesel fuels, including EPA-compliant ULSD, 
rose by 359,000 bbl to 40,000 bbl.




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