Monthly Biodiesel Production 

Report

November 2012

With Data for September 2012

Independent Statistics & Analysis

www.eia.gov

U.S. Department of Energy

Washington, DC 20585
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This report was prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the statistical and 

analytical agency within the U.S. Department of Energy. By law, EIA’s data, analyses, and forecasts are 

independent of approval by any other officer or employee of the United States Government. The views 

in this report therefore should not be construed as representing those of the Department of Energy or 

other Federal agencies.
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Biodiesel Highlights and Background, Data for September 2012

Highlights

Production – U.S. production of biodiesel was 81 million gallons in September 2012. 

Biodiesel production from the Midwest region (Petroleum Administration for Defense 

District 2) was 73% of the U.S. total. Production came from 105 biodiesel plants with 

operable capacity of 2.1 billion gallons per year. Biodiesel production during JanuarySeptember 2012 was 782 million gallons, which was up from production of 648 million 

gallons during the first 9 months of 2011.

Sales – Producer sales of biodiesel during September 2012 included 61 million gallons 

sold as B100 (100% biodiesel) and an additional 17 million gallons of B100 sold in 

biodiesel blends with diesel fuel derived from petroleum.

Feedstocks – Soybean oil was the largest biodiesel feedstock during September 2012

with 322 million pounds consumed. The next three largest biodiesel feedstocks during 

the period were yellow grease (62 million pounds), corn oil (55 million pounds), and 

tallow (49 million pounds).

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 is Form EIA-22M Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey, used to 

collect the following information from registered producers of biodiesel.

plant location, operating status, and annual production capacity

production of 100% biodiesel (B100)

biodiesel coproduct production

stocks

feedstock, alcohol input, and catalysts used in biodiesel production

sales of B100 and blended biodiesel from producing plants

sales of biodiesel to end-users

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

2010

January 2,026 27

February 2,026 29

March 1,972 34

April 1,950 34

May 1,939 32

June 1,966 27

July 1,962 28

August 2,015 27

September 2,021 30

October 2,021 28

November 2,013 22

December 2,014 25

Total -- 343

2011

January 2,114 35

February 2,104 40

March 2,081 60

April 2,101 71

May 2,064 77

June 2,069 81

July 1,958 92

August 2,008 95

September 2,087 96

October 2,119 105

November 2,098 105

December 2,090 109

Total -- 967

2012

January 2,140 71

February 2,111 77

March 2,110 92

April 2,122 92

May 2,123 100

June 2,120 91

July 2,090 87

August 2,106 90

September 2,106 81

9 Month Total -- 781

2011 9 Month Total -- 648

2010 9 Month Total -- 268

-- = Not Applicable

R = Revised

Annual Production Capacity

B100 is the industry designation for pure biodiesel; a biodiesel blend contains both pure biodiesel 

and petroleum diesel fuel.

Monthly B100 Production

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"

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Table 2. U.S. Biodiesel Production, Sales, and Stocks

(million gallons)

Period

2010

January 27 13 7 18 5

February 29 20 8 18 0

March 34 25 10 17 (1)

April 34 23 8 20 3

May 32 20 11 21 1

June 27 22 9 17 (4)

July 28 19 8 16 (0)

August 27 19 7 18 1

September 30 25 6 17 (1)

October 28 25 4 17 (0)

November 22 17 4 18 2

December 25 22 7 13 (5)

Total 343 251 89 -- 0

2011

January 35 22 9 17 4

February 40 27 13 17 1

March 60 41 17 19 2

April 71 47 22 21 2

May 77 50 27 23 2

June 81 62 24 19 (4)

July 92 66 22 23 4

August 95 64 30 25 2

September 96 68 37 21 (4)

October 105 69 36 25 4

November 105 66 39 26 1

December 109 59 62 14 (12)

Total 967 641 339 -- 1

2012

January 71 45 21 26 12

February 77 56 19 33 7

March 92 73 32 35 2

April 92 68 31 40 5

May 100 75 35 37 (3)

June 91 77 19 31 (6)

July 87 70 18 29 (2)

August 90 72 17 30 1

September 81 61 17 32 2

9 Month Total 781 597 209 -- 18

2011 9 Month Total 648 447 202 -- 8

2010 9 Month Total 268 187 74 -- 4

-- = Not Applicable

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"

R = Revised

Totals may not equal the sum of components due to independent rounding.

B100 Production Sales of B100

Sales of B100 

Included in 

Biodiesel Blends

Ending Stocks of 

B100

B100 Stock 

Change

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Table 3. U.S. Inputs to Biodiesel Production

(million pounds)

2010

January 33 3 W W 90 W 4 23

February 30 8 W W 102 W 2 27

March 22 3 W W 112 W 6 17

April 30 4 W W 127 W 5 28

May 36 8 W W 98 W 7 19

June 28 1 W W 89 W 8 9

July 17 11 W W 96 W 7 8

August 19 12 W W 84 W 13 7

September 11 19 W W 102 W 13 11

October 10 14 W W 105 W 14 9

November 4 11 W W 73 W 9 4

December 8 18 W W 63 W 11 8

Total 246 112 W W 1,141 W 100 170

2011

January 8 17 - W 150 W 14 11

February 26 13 - W 150 W 14 11

March 68 14 - W 190 W 19 27

April 88 20 - W 236 W 15 47

May 113 21 - W 264 W 16 36

June 75 34 - W 311 W 23 49

July 77 35 - W 367 W 26 64

August 84 37 W W 398 W 34 38

September 84 27 W W 430 W 20 49

October 69 30 W W 527 W 31 39

November 84 27 W W 538 W 13 31

December 71 30 W W 592 W 15 27

Total 847 304 W W 4,153 W 240 431

2012

January 73 40 - W 306 W 20 25

February 90 43 - W 320 W 8 20

March 117 44 - W 387 W 11 23

April 112 45 - W 349 W 11 44

May 85 46 - W 428 W 16 50

June 103 46 - W 369 W 10 28

July 64 45 - W 347 W 20 30

August 48 50 - W 385 W 21 44

September 46 55 - W 322 W 19 49

9 Month Total 738 414 - W 3,213 W 136 313

2011 9 Month Total 623 218 W W 2,496 W 181 332

2010 9 Month Total 226 69 W W 900 W 65 149

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-22M "Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey"

Palm Oil Soybean Oil Other Poultry

W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.

Totals may not equal the sum of components due to independent rounding.

R = Revised

Cottonseed 

Oil

Canola Oil Corn Oil

(s) = Value is less than 0.5 of the table metric, but value is included in any associated total.

Vegetable Oils

Tallow

Animal Fats Period

- = No data reported.

Feedstock Inputs

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Table 3a. Inputs to Biodiesel Production (continuation of table 3)

(million pounds)

2010

January 19 6 8 1 - 3 18 3

February 17 4 9 1 - 2 17 3

March 34 10 19 1 - 2 21 4

April 26 2 15 (s) - (s) 21 4

May 23 6 21 2 - 2 20 3

June 20 3 29 2 - 1 21 4

July 32 2 29 2 - 1 18 3

August 30 1 30 1 - 1 20 3

September 33 1 27 5 - 1 23 3

October 32 1 19 8 - 4 20 3

November 32 2 13 8 - 8 14 2

December 35 3 25 10 - 8 18 3

Total 333 42 246 40 - 33 233 38

2011

January 31 3 18 10 - 7 20 4

February 48 2 19 11 - 4 20 3

March 60 12 33 10 - 7 34 5

April 55 8 52 11 - (s) 46 7

May 57 10 41 15 - (s) 48 8

June 55 7 50 18 - 1 58 9

July 49 6 45 20 - 2 62 9

August 48 15 47 19 - 5 63 9

September 40 4 50 21 - (s) 64 9

October 29 7 42 21 - (s) 71 10

November 35 8 39 20 - (s) 71 10

December 26 5 35 20 - (s) 68 11

Total 533 85 471 195 - 27 626 94

2012

January 29 3 31 18 - (s) 43 7

February 29 4 34 22 - - 45 8

March 31 6 54 21 - (s) 51 9

April 41 5 61 24 - - 54 9

May 38 5 54 26 - - 60 10

June 39 4 57 27 (s) - 55 9

July 31 4 57 24 - (s) 55 9

August 34 4 67 27 - (s) 54 10

September 33 4 62 25 - - 50 9

9 Month Total 305 39 477 214 (s) (s) 467 80

2011 9 Month Total 443 67 355 135 - 27 415 63

2010 9 Month Total 234 35 187 15 - 13 179 30

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-22M "Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey"

W = Withheld to avoid discloaure of individual company data

Other

Recycled Feeds

Catalysts

Totals may not equal the sum of components due to independent rounding.

(s) = Value is less than 0.5 of the table metric, but value is included in any associated total.

R = Revised

- = No data reported.

White 

Grease

Other Yellow 

Grease

Period Animal Fats

Alcohol

Feedstock Inputs Other Inputs

Algae Other

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Table 4. Biodiesel Producers and Production Capacity by State, September 2012

State Number of Producers Annual Production Capacity

(million gallons per year)

Alabama 2 49

Alaska - -

Arizona 1 2

Arkansas 3 85

California 5 55

Colorado - -

Connecticut 2 3

Delaware - -

District of Columbia - -

Florida 1 3

Georgia 3 30

Hawaii - -

Idaho - -

Illinois 6 278

Indiana 2 104

Iowa 8 250

Kansas 1 1

Kentucky 5 71

Louisiana 1 12

Maine 1 1

Maryland 1 3

Massachussetts 1 1

Michigan 2 18

Minnesota 4 107

Mississippi 3 105

Missouri 6 110

Montana - -

Nebraska - -

Nevada 1 1

New Hampshire 1 3

New Jersey - -

New Mexico - -

New York 2 20

North Carolina 4 10

North Dakota - -

Ohio 3 67

Oklahoma 1 15

Oregon 1 1

Pennsylvania 6 91

Rhode Island 1 1

South Carolina 2 41

South Dakota 1 2

Tennessee 1 2

Texas 11 408

Utah 1 10

Vermont - -

Virginia 3 9

Washington 4 109

West Virginia - -

Wisconsin 4 31

Wyoming - -

U.S. Total 105 2,106

- = 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)

East Coast

(PADD 1)

Midwest

(PADD 2)

Gulf Coast

(PADD 3)

Rocky

Mountain

(PADD 4)

West Coast

(PADD 5)

2010

January 2 18 5 - 2 27

February 2 19 6 - 2 29

March 4 24 3 - 2 34

April 3 26 4 - 2 34

May 3 22 3 - 3 32

June 2 19 4 - 2 27

July 4 22 2 - (s) 28

August 3 23 2 - (s) 27

September 3 25 2 - (s) 30

October 3 23 1 - 2 28

November 3 18 1 - (s) 22

December 3 19 2 - 1 25

Total 35 258 34 - 17 343

2011

January 3 30 1 - 1 35

February 3 32 4 - 1 40

March 3 47 6 - 2 60

April 3 54 10 - 3 71

May 4 58 11 - 4 77

June 4 56 14 - 7 81

July 5 65 17 - 5 92

August 5 66 20 - 5 95

September 6 65 20 - 6 96

October 7 73 22 - 4 105

November 6 71 23 - 4 105

December 6 77 23 - 4 109

Total 56 695 171 - 46 967

2012

January 5 48 13 - 6 71

February 4 53 16 - 4 77

March 5 65 15 - 6 92

April 6 62 17 1 6 92

May 7 69 17 1 6 100

June 6 66 16 (s) 3 91

July 5 65 14 (s) 3 87

August 6 65 16 (s) 2 90

September 5 60 14 (s) 2 81

9 Month Total 49 553 138 2 38 781

2011 9 Month Total 36 473 103 - 34 648

2010 9 Month Total 26 198 31 - 14 268

- = No data reported.

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"

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

B100 is the industry designation for pure biodiesel; a biodiesel blend contains both pure biodiesel and 

petroleum diesel fuel.

PADD

R = Revised

(s) = Value is less than 0.5 of the table metric, but value is included in any associated total.

Period U.S.

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Appendix A Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (PADD)