U.S. propane stocks increased by 1.8 million barrels last week to 70.3 million barrels as of August 8, 2014, 8.4 million barrels (13.7%) higher than a year ago.
Gulf Coast inventories increased by 1.3 million barrels and Midwest inventories increased by 0.5 million barrels. Rocky Mountain/West Coast inventories increased by 0.1 million barrels while East Coast inventories decreased by 0.1 million barrels.
Propylene non-fuel-use inventories represented 5.9% of total propane inventories.