# Monthly Biodiesel Production Report

Withdata for August2015

Independent Statistics & Analysis www.eia.gov U.S. Department of Energy Washington, DC 20585 

# October2015U.S. Energy Information Administration |Monthly Biodiesel Production Report 

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## October2015

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# Biodiesel Highlights and Background, Data forAugust2015 Highlights

Production

–U.S. production of biodiesel was 123 million gallons in August 2015. Biodiesel production during August 2015 was about 2 million gallons higher than production in July 2015. Biodiesel production from theMidwest region (Petroleum Administration for Defense District 2) was about 70 percent of the United States total. Production came from 101 biodiesel plants with capacity of 2.0 billion gallons per year.

Sales

–Producer sales of biodiesel during August 2015 included 75 million gallons sold as B100 (100% biodiesel) and an additional 46 million gallons of B100 sold in biodiesel blends with diesel fuel derived from petroleum.

Feedstocks

–There were a total of 909 million pounds of feedstocks used to produce biodiesel in August 2015. Soybean oil remained the largest biodiesel feedstock during August 2015 with 464 million pounds consumed.



## Background

The Monthly Biodiesel Production Report provides data on operations of the U.S. biodiesel industry as part of EIA's response to section 1508 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 which directed EIA to publish information on renewable fuels including biodiesel. Data are provided for the U.S. and in selected cases by state and region.

The source of data isForm EIA

-22M Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey, used to collect the following information from registered producers of biodiesel.

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## plant location, operating status, and annual production capacity

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## production of 100% biodiesel (B100)

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## biodiesel coproduct production

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## stocks

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## feedstock, alcohol input, and catalysts used in biodiesel production

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## sales of B100 andblended biodiesel from producing plants

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## sales of biodiesel to end

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Form EIA

-22M provides data necessary to monitor growth of the biodiesel industry in order to allow Congress to assess whether objectives of Section 503 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and Section 1508 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 are being achieved.

### Table 1. U.S. Biodiesel production capacity and production million gallons

Period Annual Production Capacity Monthly B100 Production

2013 January 2,112 69 February 2,121 70 March 2,140 101 April 2,141 107 May 2,153 111 June 2,162 113 July 2,156 129 August 2,153 130 September 2,153 127 October 2,137 137 November 2,136 129 December 2,116 135 Total -- 1,359

2014 January 1,959 73 February 2,100 76 March 2,071 99 April 2,079 93 May 2,120 106 June 2,002 110 July 2,105 121 August 2,116 124 September 2,131 114 October 2,140 122 November 2,131 109 December 2,130 123 Total -- 

### 1,270

2015 January 2,032 72 February 2,079 78 March 2,073 98 April 2,125 108 May 2,108 116 June 2,121 122 July 2,068 121 August 2,087 123 8 Month Total -- 839

2014 8 Month Total -- 802 2013 8 Month Total -- 831 -- = Not Applicable R = Revised Totals may not equal the sum of components due to independent rounding. B100 is the industry designation for pure biodiesel; a biodiesel blend contains both pure biodiesel and petroleum diesel fuel. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-22M "Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey"

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### Table 2. U.S. Biodiesel production, sales, and stocks million gallons

Period B100 production Sales of B100 Sales of B100 included in biodiesel blends Ending stocks of B100 B100 stock change

2013 January 69 52 15 31 1 February 70 46 23 33 2 March 101 70 29 35 2 April 107 79 31 34 (1) May 111 77 40 27 (6) June 113 78 36 28 1 July 129 88 40 30 2 August 130 91 40 28 (2) September 127 92 37 27 (1) October 137 99 42 23 (3) November 129 87 33 34 10 December 135 84 64 20 (14) Total 1,359 942 434

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2014 January 73 50 17 26 6 February 76 52 20 32 7 March 99 67 31 36 4 April 93 58 33 39 3 May 106 67 42 36 (2) June 110 70 41 34 (2) July 121 79 43 36 2 August 124 77 48 34 (2) September 114 71 47 30 (5) October 122 76 45 32 3 November 109 61 40 41 9 December 123 65 83 15 (26) Total 1,270 792 491 -- (5)

2015 January 72 39 22 29 14 February 78 51 18 38 9 March 98 62 29 45 7 April 108 70 37 46 1 May 116 77 44 41 (4) June 122 80 45 38 (3) July 121 74 52 45 7 August 123 75 45 40 (5) 8 Month Total 839 529 293 -- 25

2014 8 Month Total 802 519 276

-- 15 2013 8 Month Total 831 580 256

-- (3) -- = Not applicable R = Revised

B100 is the industry designation for pure biodiesel; a biodiesel blend contains both pure biodiesel and petroleum diesel fuel. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-22M "Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey" (s) = Value is less than 0.5 of the table metric, but value is included in any associated total. Totals may not equal the sum of components due to independent rounding.

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### Table 3. U.S. Inputs to biodiesel production million pounds

Period Canola oil Corn oil Cottonseed oil Palm oil Soybean oil Other Poultry Tallow

2013 January 16 60 - W 313 W 7 15 February 38 61 - W 287 W 8 28 March 39 71 - W 443 W 9 53 April 47 71 - W 423 W 15 56 May 33 91 - W 416 W 20 61 June 28 98 - W 486 2 19 58 July 55 108 - 93 480 2 17 50 August 79 106 - W 513 2 17 51 September 44 95 - 93 502 W 14 50 October 82 103 - 100 551 W 13 23 November 80 98 - 93 535 W 11 12 December 105 104 - 63 559 W 11 8 Total 646 1,068 - 632 5,507 W 160 465

2014 January 36 73 - W 241 W W 5 February 27 54 - - 277 W W 21 March 32 77 - - 379 W 13 43 April 58 66 - W 360 W 17 33 May 68 87 - W 364 4 23 48 June 91 75 - W 467 W 18 21 July 135 91 - W 435 W 22 42 August 136 91 - W 448 38 15 35 September 126 92 - W 395 W 18 46 October 133 86 - W 459 W 12 29 November 121 84 - W 447 W 15 12 December 85 94 - W 531 W 12 21 Total 1,046 970 - 63 4,802 96 173 355

2015 January 65 54 - W 306 W W 19 February W 63 - W 311 W 9 9 March 80 72 - W 381 W 8 34 April 94 94 - W 385 W 16 31 May W 87 - W 443 W W 49 June 56 78 - W 474 W 20 57 July 76 106 - W 446 W 18 47 August 73 108 - W 464 2 21 44 8 Month Total 529 661 - 1 3,209 17 117 290

2014 8 Month Total 583 617 W W 3,038 W 116 260 2013 8 Month Total 335 666 W W 3,361 W 112 372 - = No data reported R = Revised W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data. (s) = Value is less than 0.5 of the table metric, but value is included in any associated total. Totals may not equal the sum of components due to independent rounding. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-22M "Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey" Feedstock inputs Vegetable oils Animal fats

### Table 3a. U.S. Inputs to biodiesel production (continuation of table 3) million pounds

Period White grease Other Yellow grease Other Algae Other Alcohol Catalysts

2013 January 31 3 54 23 - 1 52 8 February 32 3 59 23 - (s) 48 8 March 36 2 77 15 - (s) 66 11 April 48 2 84 20 - 3 71 11 May 41 W 92 20 - W 78 12 June 41 4 94 26 - W 78 12 July 43 2 101 31 - W 91 13 August 41 W 97 31 - W 91 14 September 38 W 108 22 - W 90 13 October 36 1 107 28 - W 96 14 November 34 W 91 32 - W 88 12 December 45 W 84 39 (s) W 92 13 Total 468 W 1,046 310 (s) W 940 139

2014 January 25 W 60 11 - 21 116 8 February 41 4 76 22 - W 62 10 March 41 3 93 21 W W 77 9 April 39 4 86 26 - W 68 9 May 46 4 105 34 W W 78 11 June 29 4 86 22 - 7 80 11 July 37 4 98 W - 29 85 13 August 36 2 104 W - W 92 15 September 41 1 105 W W 15 86 14 October 33 1 96 7 - W 91 16 November 24 1 73 5 W W 78 14 December 36 W 91 W W W 89 15 Total 427 30 1,074 186 1 151 941 145

2015 January 28 W 52 W - W 54 9 February 33 1 76 W W 5 63 10 March 43 4 92 W - 10 74 14 April 57 3 104 W - 12 81 14 May 60 W 110 W - W 90 15 June 56 18 130 W - 8 94 16 July 49 3 127 W W 14 94 15 August 54 5 116 W - W 88 16 8 Month Total 380 43 809 74 0 73 638 109

2014 8 Month Total 299 27 718 166 - 101 595 85 2013 8 Month Total 313 21 658 189 - 22 575 89 - = No data reported R = Revised W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data. (s) = Value is less than 0.5 of the table metric, but value is included in any associated total. Totals may not equal the sum of components due to independent rounding. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-22M "Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey" Other inputs Feedstock inputs Animal fats Recycled feeds

### Table 4. Biodiesel producers and production capacity by state, August 2015

State Number of producers Annual production capacity (million gallons per year)

Alabama 2 46 Alaska 1 0 Arizona 1 2 Arkansas 2 63 California 8 59 Colorado - - Connecticut 1 10 Delaware - - District of Columbia - - Florida 4 30 Georgia 4 19 Hawaii 1 6 Idaho - - Illinois 6 196 Indiana 3 120 Iowa 9 285 Kansas 2 3 Kentucky 1 45 Louisiana - - Maine 1 1 Maryland - - Massachusetts 1 1 Michigan 2 10 Minnesota 4 125 Mississippi 2 85 Missouri 9 195 Montana - - Nebraska 1 3 Nevada - - New Hampshire 1 4 New Jersey - - New Mexico 1 1 New York 1 0 North Carolina 2 7 North Dakota 1 85 Ohio 1 65 Oklahoma 2 45 Oregon 1 17 Pennsylvania 2 50 Rhode Island 1 1 South Carolina 1 5 South Dakota - - Tennessee 2 5 Texas 9 315 Utah 1 40 Vermont - - Virginia 4 9 Washington 3 107 West Virginia - - Wisconsin 3 29 Wyoming - - U.S. Total 101 2,087
- = No data reported. Totals may not equal the sum of components due to independent rounding. Number of producers is a count of plants with operable capacity during the report month. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-22M "Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey"

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### Table 5. Biodiesel (B100) production by Petroleum Administration for Defense District (PADD) million gallons

Period East Coast (PADD 1) Midwest (PADD 2) Gulf Coast (PADD 3) Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) West Coast (PADD 5) U.S.

2013 January 4 54 9 (s) 2 69 February 4 52 11 (s) 2 70 March 5 69 21 (s) 6 101 April 6 71 23 (s) 7 107 May 5 76 20 (s) 10 111 June 6 80 22 (s) 5 113 July 7 83 30 (s) 9 129 August 7 87 29 (s) 6 130 September 6 82 30 (s) 9 127 October 7 89 31 1 10 137 November 7 85 28 (s) 9 129 December 6 86 34 (s) 9 135 Total 70 914 288 1 84 1,359

2014 January 3 50 17 (s) 2 73 February 5 57 10 (s) 4 76 March 5 75 12 (s) 6 99 April 6 68 14 (s) 5 93 May 5 76 17 1 8 106 June 5 85 13 1 6 110 July 6 86 20 1 9 121 August 7 85 22 1 10 124 September 8 79 19 (s) 8 114 October 5 86 23 (s) 8 122 November 3 78 19 (s) 8 109 December 4 88 24 (s) 7 123 Total 61 913 210 4 81 1,270

2015 January 2 54 9 (s) 7 72 February 3 56 11 (s) 6 77 March 5 68 16 (s) 8 98 April 5 75 18 (s) 9 108 May 6 81 19 (s) 9 116 June 6 84 21 (s) 10 122 July 6 87 17 (s) 11 121 August 6 86 21 (s) 10 123 8 Month Total 41 591 134 (s) 70 839

2014 8 Month Total 42 582 126 4 50 802 2013 8 Month Total 44 572 165 (s) 47 831 - = No data reported R = Revised

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-22M "Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey" B100 is the industry designation for pure biodiesel; a biodiesel blend contains both pure biodiesel and petroleum diesel fuel. PADD

U.S. Energy Information Administration | Monthly Biodiesel (s) = Value is less than 0.5 of the table metric, but value is included in any associated total. Totals may not equal the sum of components due to independent rounding.

See Appendix A for a map of states included in each PADD.

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# Appendix APetroleum Administration for Defense Districts (PADD)