Biodiesel Highlights and Background 

Data for January 2009 – December 2011 as of May 4, 2012 

Highlights 

Production – U.S. production of biodiesel was a record 109 million gallons in 

December 2011. Production came from 103 biodiesel plants with operable capacity of 

2.1 billion gallons per year. Biodiesel production for all of 2011 was 967 million gallons 

which was the highest production recorded since tracking started in 2001. Annual 

biodiesel production was 516 million gallons in 2009. Production fell to only 343 million 

gallons in 2010 before rebounding to 967 million gallons in 2011.

Sales – Producer sales of biodiesel during 2011 included 641 million gallons sold as 

B100 (100% biodiesel) and an additional 339 million gallons of B100 sold in biodiesel 

blends with diesel fuel derived from petroleum. 

Feedstocks – Soybean oil was the largest biodiesel feedstock during 2011 with 4,153 

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

were canola oil (847 million pounds), white grease (533 million pounds), and yellow 

grease (471 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. 

U.S. Energy Information Administration/Monthly Biodiesel Production Report
Table 1. U.S. Biodiesel Production Capacity and Production, January 2009 through December 2011

(million gallons)

Period

2009

January 2,148 R 42 R

February 2,148 R 33 R

March 2,093 R 27 R

April 2,081 R 28 R

May 2,141 R 32 R

June 2,083 R 34 R

July 2,037 R 43

August 2,031 R 45 R

September 2,029 R 49 R

October 1,997 R 57 R

November 1,997 R 64 R

December 1,998 R 61 R

Total -- 516 R

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

-- = Not Applicable

R = Revised

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

Annual Production Capacity

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

biodiesel and petroleum diesel fuel.

B100 Production

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

U.S. Energy Information Administration/Monthly Biodiesel Production Report
Table 2. U.S. Biodiesel Production, Sales, and Stocks, January 2009 through December 2011

(million gallons)

Period

2009

January 42 R 14 21 R 34 R 7

February 33 R 18 22 R 30 R (4)

March 27 R 12 15 R 30 (1)

April 28 R 13 16 R 29 R (1) R

May 32 R 19 R 20 R 21 R (7)

June 34 R 19 R 21 R 16 R (5) R

July 43 23 23 14 R (2)

August 45 R 22 R 19 R 18 R 4

September 49 R 29 R 21 R 18 R 0

October 57 R 30 R 24 23 R 5

November 64 R 31 35 21 R (2)

December 61 R 26 44 R 13 R (8)

Total 516 R 254 R 280 R -- (14)

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 26 4

November 105 66 39 26 1

December 109 59 62 14 (12)

Total 967 641 339 -- 2

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"

Sales of B100 

Included in 

Biodiesel Blends

R = Revised

B100 Production Sales of B100 Ending Stocks of 

B100

B100 Stock 

Change

-- = Not Applicable

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

U.S. Energy Information Administration/Monthly Biodiesel Production Report
Table 3. U.S. Inputs to Biodiesel Production, January 2009 through December 2011

(million pounds)

2009

January 44 W - W 152 R W 16 69 R

February 15 W - W 146 W 15 42

March W W - W 102 W 7 35

April W 4 - W 102 W 8 28

May 2 8 - W 94 W 10 49 R

June 2 4 - W 112 R W 11 R 41 R

July W 10 - W 164 W 7 54

August W 10 - W 168 W 13 59

September 8 12 W W 215 W 10 43

October 65 10 W W 244 R W 11 R 30 R

November 99 11 W W 237 W 13 R 42

December 85 12 W W 241 W 13 R 39 R

Total W 84 W W 1,977 R W 135 R 531 R

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 - 538 W 13 31

December 71 30 W W 592 W 15 27

Total 847 304 W W 4,153 W 240 431

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

U.S. Energy Information Administration/Monthly Biodiesel Production Report
Table 3a. Inputs to Biodiesel Production, January 2009 through December 2011 (continuation of table 3)

(million pounds)

2009

January 12 R 1 3 R W - W 29 5

February 10 W 4 W - W 26 R 4

March 20 R W 6 R (s) - - 20 R 3

April 32 R 2 R 12 W - - 20 R 3

May 30 R W 13 1 R - W 22 R 4 R

June 34 R 20 R 12 R W - W 23 R 4

July 33 10 18 1 - W 27 5

August 31 7 21 2 - W 29 5

September 28 R 9 16 2 - W 31 5

October 36 W 20 2 - W 34 6

November 39 W 15 2 - W 39 R 7

December 29 W 16 2 - W 37 6

Total 334 R 69 R 156 14 R - W 336 R 56

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

Alcohol Catalysts

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

R = Revised

- = No data reported.

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

W = Withheld to avoid discloaure of individual company data

White 

Grease

Other Yellow 

Grease

Algae Other Other

Recycled Feeds Period Animal Fats

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

Feedstock Inputs Other Inputs

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Table 4. Biodiesel Producers and Production Capacity by State, December 2011

State Number of Producers Annual Production Capacity

(million gallons per year)

Alabama 2 49

Alaska - -

Arizona 1 2

Arkansas 3 87

California 7 91

Colorado - -

Connecticut 3 5

Delaware - -

District of Columbia - -

Florida 1 3

Georgia 3 30

Hawaii - -

Idaho - -

Illinois 6 278

Indiana 3 134

Iowa 8 250

Kansas 1 1

Kentucky 5 74

Louisiana 1 12

Maine 1 0

Maryland 1 3

Massachussetts 1 0

Michigan 2 18

Minnesota 4 107

Mississippi 2 85

Missouri 6 110

Montana - -

Nebraska - -

Nevada 1 1

New Hampshire - -

New Jersey - -

New Mexico - -

New York 2 20

North Carolina 4 39

North Dakota - -

Ohio 3 66

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 8 328

Utah - -

Vermont - -

Virginia 3 9

Washington 3 104

West Virginia 1 3

Wisconsin 4 31

Wyoming - -

U.S. Total 103 2,090

- = 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"

U.S. Energy Information Administration/Monthly Biodiesel Production Report
Table 5. Biodiesel (B100) Production by Petroleum Administration for Defense District (PADD)

(million gallons)

2009

January 1 24 14 - 3 42 R

February 2 21 7 - 3 33 R

March 2 19 R 4 R W W 27 R

April 3 21 3 W W 28 R

May 4 22 4 - 2 32 R

June 3 22 R 6 - 1 34 R

July 3 31 7 W W 43

August 3 33 6 - 3 45 R

September 3 38 6 - 2 49 R

October 4 43 7 - 3 57 R

November 4 45 8 - 6 64 R

December 5 R 47 8 - 2 61 R

Total 38 366 81 W W 516 R

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 - 3 60

April 3 54 8 - 5 71

May 4 58 9 - 6 77

June 4 56 12 - 9 81

July 5 65 14 - 8 92

August 5 66 17 - 8 95

September 6 65 17 - 8 96

October 7 73 19 - 6 105

November 6 71 21 - 7 105

December 6 77 21 - 6 109

Total 56 695 149 - 68 967

- = No data reported.

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

Period U.S.

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.

Midwest

(PADD 2)

East Coast

(PADD 1)

Rocky

Mountain

(PADD 4)

Gulf Coast

(PADD 3)

West Coast

(PADD 5)

PADD

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.

U.S. Energy Information Administration/Monthly Biodiesel Production Report
Appendix A Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (PADD)

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