Gross refinery inputs rose by 129k b/d, or 0.8% on the week to 16.3m b/d for the seven days to Oct. 3, according to EIA data.
- The rise was driven by increases in PADDs 1 and 3, up 66k b/d and 262k b/d respectively.
- This offset a 123k b/d fall in PADD 5 and smaller decreases in PADDs 2 and 4.
- US refinery runs rose by 1% on the week to 92.4%
- Runs were up by 2.7 percentage points in PADD 3, and 7.2 percentage points in PADD 1.
- PADD 5 lost 4.9 percentage points on the week, with unplanned refinery outages likely curtailing runs.
- PADD 2 was down 0.2 percentage points on the week, while PADD 4 lose 3.2 percentage points.