Monthly Biodiesel Production 

Report

August 2013

With Data for June 2013

Independent Statistics & Analysis

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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 June 2013

Highlights

Production – U.S. production of biodiesel was 113 million gallons in June 2013. This was an 

increase from production of 111 million gallons in May 2013. Biodiesel production from the 

Midwest region (Petroleum Administration for Defense District 2) was 70% of the U.S. total. 

Production came from 110 biodiesel plants with operable capacity of 2.1 billion gallons per year.

Sales – Producer sales of biodiesel during June 2013 included 77 million gallons sold as B100 

(100% biodiesel) and an additional 36 million gallons of B100 sold in biodiesel blends with 

diesel fuel derived from petroleum.

Feedstocks – There were a total of 873 million pounds of feedstocks used to produce biodiesel 

in June 2013. Soybean oil was the largest biodiesel feedstock during June 2013 with 461

million pounds consumed. The next three largest biodiesel feedstocks during the period were 

corn oil (98 million pounds), yellow grease (93 million pounds), and tallow (54 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

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

October 2,121 75

November 2,130 57

December 2,127 57

Total -- 969

2013

January 2,086 66

February 2,090 68

March 2,160 98

April 2,162 106

May 2,165 111

June 2,148 113

6 Month Total -- 562

2012 6 Month Total -- 523

2011 6 Month Total -- 365

-- = 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

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

October 75 62 12 33 1

November 57 53 12 26 (8)

December 57 40 10 32 7

Total 969 753 243 -- 18

2013

January 66 52 15 31 (1)

February 68 44 23 33 2

March 98 68 29 35 2

April 106 79 31 34 (1)

May 111 77 40 28 (6)

June 113 77 36 28 1

6 Month Total 562 396 174 -- (4)

2012 6 Month Total 523 394 156 -- 17

2011 6 Month Total 365 249 112 -- 6

-- = Not Applicable

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

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)

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

October 16 59 - W 307 W 14 44

November 17 48 - W 244 W 11 22

December 16 50 - W 259 W 9 3

12 Month Total 787 571 - W 4,023 W 170 382

2013

January 16 60 - W 300 W 7 15

February 38 61 - W 275 W 8 28

March 39 71 - W 424 W 9 53

April 47 71 - W 423 W 15 56

May W 91 - W 416 W 20 61

June W 98 - W 461 W 19 54

6 Month Total W 452 - W 2,299 W 78 267

2012 6 Month Total 580 264 - W 2,159 W 76 190

2011 6 Month Total 378 119 - W 1,301 W 101 181

Canola 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

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

Corn Oil

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

(million pounds)

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

12 Month 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

October 41 4 57 29 - (s) 47 8

November 28 4 35 23 - - 38 7

December 35 2 44 21 - (s) 37 6

12 Month Total 409 49 613 287 (s) 1 589 101

2013

January 31 3 46 23 - 1 50 7

February 32 3 51 23 - (s) 47 7

March 36 2 72 15 - (s) 63 10

April 48 2 79 19 - 3 70 11

May 41 W 88 20 - W 78 12

June 41 W 93 26 - W 77 12

6 Month Total 229 W 429 126 - W 385 59

2012 6 Month Total 207 27 291 138 - (s) 308 52

2011 6 Month Total 306 42 213 75 - 20 226 36

Other Yellow 

Grease

Period Animal Fats

Alcohol

Feedstock Inputs Other Inputs

Algae Other

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

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Table 4. Biodiesel Producers and Production Capacity by State, June 2013

State Number of Producers Annual Production Capacity

(million gallons per year)

Alabama 3 47

Alaska - -

Arizona - -

Arkansas 3 85

California 9 60

Colorado - -

Connecticut 2 3

Delaware - -

District of Columbia - -

Florida 2 8

Georgia 3 20

Hawaii 1 5

Idaho 1 1

Illinois 5 167

Indiana 2 104

Iowa 8 250

Kansas 1 1

Kentucky 5 68

Louisiana 1 12

Maine 1 1

Maryland - -

Massachussetts 1 1

Michigan 2 18

Minnesota 4 107

Mississippi 3 105

Missouri 8 188

Montana - -

Nebraska - -

Nevada 1 1

New Hampshire 1 3

New Jersey - -

New Mexico - -

New York 1 0

North Carolina 4 10

North Dakota 1 85

Ohio 3 67

Oklahoma 1 15

Oregon 2 18

Pennsylvania 4 87

Rhode Island 1 1

South Carolina 2 40

South Dakota - -

Tennessee 2 2

Texas 11 416

Utah 1 10

Vermont - -

Virginia 3 9

Washington 3 104

West Virginia - -

Wisconsin 4 32

Wyoming - -

U.S. Total 110 2,148

- = 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)

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

October 5 55 14 (s) 1 75

November 2 44 8 (s) 2 57

December 5 46 4 1 1 57

Total 61 698 164 4 42 969

2013

January 4 52 9 (s) 1 66

February 4 50 12 (s) 1 68

March 5 66 22 (s) 6 98

April 6 70 23 (s) 7 106

May 5 75 21 (s) 10 111

June 6 79 22 (s) 5 113

6 Month Total 30 392 109 1 30 562

2012 6 Month Total 33 363 94 2 31 523

2011 6 Month Total 20 277 46 - 18 365

- = 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)