US ethylene production rose in the fourth quarter of 2017 while stocks moved lower compared 

with  the  third  quarter  of  the  same  year,  data  from  the American Fuel and Petrochemical 

Manufacturers showed Wednesday. 

Ethylene production was at 15.739 billion lb in Q4, up 1.474 billion lb from the total of 14.265 

billion lb in Q3 2017, the data shows. Total production for 2017 was at 60.543 billion lb, which 

was almost 2.423 billion lb above the 2016 total of 58.12 billion lb. 

The  Q4  production  was  up  1.028  billion  lb  compared  to the year-ago quarter, which saw 

production at 14.711 billion lb, AFPM said. 

Ethylene inventories showed a 74.1 million lb decline quarter on quarter, slipping to 2.342 billio

n lb, compared to the revised Q3 total of 2.416 billion lb. Stocks stood at 1.487 billion lb in Q4 

2016.