Patent ID: 8658026

Claim:
A method of producing a transportation or heating fuel comprising: (a) causing a first amount of combustible fluid feedstock comprising methane to be introduced to apparatus for delivering a combustible fluid feedstock to a fuel production facility, said first amount of combustible fluid feedstock being derived from organic material; (b) withdrawing for use at a fuel production facility, a second amount of combustible fluid feedstock approximately equal to the first amount of combustible fluid feedstock; (c) processing at the fuel production facility the second amount of combustible fluid feedstock to produce renewable hydrogen; (d) producing a third amount of liquid transportation or heating fuel having renewable content by a process that comprises: combining renewable hydrogen derived from the second amount of combustible fluid feedstock with a crude oil derived liquid hydrocarbon in a reactor under conditions to hydrogenate the liquid hydrocarbon with the renewable hydrogen, wherein the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of the renewable content of the fuel is at least 20% lower than baseline emissions for gasoline; and (e) generating or receiving a renewable fuel credit as a result of the hydrogenation.