Monthly Biodiesel Production Report

Monthly Biodiesel Production
Report
January 2013
With Data for November 2012

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Biodiesel Highlights and Background, Data for November 2012
Highlights
Production – U.S. production of biodiesel was 57 million gallons in November 2012.
Biodiesel production from the Midwest region (Petroleum Administration for Defense
District 2) was 77% of the U.S. total. Production came from 112 biodiesel plants with
operable capacity of 2.1 billion gallons per year. Biodiesel production during JanuaryNovember 2012 was 912 million gallons, which was up from production of 858 million
gallons during the first 11 months of 2011.
Sales – Producer sales of biodiesel during November 2012 included 53 million gallons
sold as B100 (100% biodiesel) and an additional 12 million gallons of B100 sold in
biodiesel blends with diesel fuel derived from petroleum.
Feedstocks – Soybean oil was the largest biodiesel feedstock during November 2012
with 244 million pounds consumed. The next three largest biodiesel feedstocks during
the period were corn oil (48 million pounds), yellow grease (35 million pounds), and
white grease (28 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.

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Table 1. U.S. Biodiesel Production Capacity and Production
(million gallons)
Period

Annual Production Capacity

Monthly B100 Production

2010
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total

2,026
2,026
1,972
1,950
1,939
1,966
1,962
2,015
2,021
2,021
2,013
2,014
--

27
29
34
34
32
27
28
27
30
28
22
25
343

2,114
2,104
2,081
2,101
2,064
2,069
1,958
2,008
2,087
2,119
2,098
2,090
--

35
40
60
71
77
81
92
95
96
105
105
109
967

2,140
2,111
2,110
2,122
2,123
2,120
2,090
2,106
2,106
2,121
2,130
--

71
77
92
92
100
91
87
90
81
75
57
912

2011
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total
2012
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
11 Month Total

2011 11 Month Total
-858
2010 11 Month Total
-319
-- = 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

2010
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total

27
29
34
34
32
27
28
27
30
28
22
25
343

13
20
25
23
20
22
19
19
25
25
17
22
251

7
8
10
8
11
9
8
7
6
4
4
7
89

18
18
17
20
21
17
16
18
17
17
18
13
--

5
(s)
(1)
3
1
(4)
(s)
1
(1)
(s)
2
(5)
(s)

2011
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total

35
40
60
71
77
81
92
95
96
105
105
109
967

22
27
41
47
50
62
66
64
68
69
66
59
641

9
13
17
22
27
24
22
30
37
36
39
62
339

17
17
19
21
23
19
23
25
21
25
26
14
--

4
1
2
2
2
(4)
4
2
(4)
4
1
(12)
1

2012
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
11 Month Total

71
77
92
92
100
91
87
90
81
75
57
912

45
56
73
68
75
77
70
72
61
62
53
712

21
19
32
31
35
19
18
17
17
12
12
233

26
33
35
40
37
31
29
30
32
33
26
--

12
7
2
5
(3)
(6)
(2)
1
2
1
(8)
11

2011 11 Month Total
-858
582
277
13
2010 11 Month Total
-319
229
82
6
-- = Not Applicable
R = Revised
(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.
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 3. U.S. Inputs to Biodiesel Production
(million pounds)

Period

Feedstock Inputs
Vegetable Oils
Cottonseed
Palm Oil
Soybean Oil
Oil

Canola Oil

Corn Oil

2010
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total

33
30
22
30
36
28
17
19
11
10
4
8
246

3
8
3
4
8
1
11
12
19
14
11
18
112

2011
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total

8
26
68
88
113
75
77
84
84
69
84
71
847

17
13
14
20
21
34
35
37
27
30
27
30
304

-

2012
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
11 Month Total

73
90
117
112
85
103
64
48
46
16
17
771

40
43
44
45
46
46
45
50
55
59
48
521

-

Animal Fats
Other

Poultry

Tallow

W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W

W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W

90
102
112
127
98
89
96
84
102
105
73
63
1,141

W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W

4
2
6
5
7
8
7
13
13
14
9
11
100

23
27
17
28
19
9
8
7
11
9
4
8
170

W
W
W
W
W
W

W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W

150
150
190
236
264
311
367
398
430
527
538
592
4,153

W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W

14
14
19
15
16
23
26
34
20
31
13
15
240

11
11
27
47
36
49
64
38
49
39
31
27
431

W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W

306
320
387
349
428
369
347
385
322
307
244
3,764

W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W

20
8
11
11
16
10
20
21
19
14
11
161

25
20
23
44
50
28
30
44
49
44
22
379

W
W

225
88

402
162

2011 11 Month Total
776
275
W
W
3,561
2010 11 Month Total
240
94
W
W
1,078
- = 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"
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Table 3a. Inputs to Biodiesel Production (continuation of table 3)
(million pounds)

Period

Animal Fats
White
Other
Grease

Feedstock Inputs
Recycled Feeds
Yellow
Other
Grease

Other Inputs
Algae

Other

Alcohol

Catalysts

2010
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total

19
17
34
26
23
20
32
30
33
32
32
35
333

6
4
10
2
6
3
2
1
1
1
2
3
42

8
9
19
15
21
29
29
30
27
19
13
25
246

1
1
1
(s)
2
2
2
1
5
8
8
10
40

-

3
2
2
(s)
2
1
1
1
1
4
8
8
33

18
17
21
21
20
21
18
20
23
20
14
18
233

3
3
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
38

2011
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total

31
48
60
55
57
55
49
48
40
29
35
26
533

3
2
12
8
10
7
6
15
4
7
8
5
85

18
19
33
52
41
50
45
47
50
42
39
35
471

10
11
10
11
15
18
20
19
21
21
20
20
195

-

7
4
7
(s)
(s)
1
2
5
(s)
(s)
(s)
(s)
27

20
20
34
46
48
58
62
63
64
71
71
68
626

4
3
5
7
8
9
9
9
9
10
10
11
94

2012
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
11 Month Total

29
29
31
41
38
39
31
34
33
41
28
374

3
4
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
47

31
34
54
61
54
57
57
67
62
57
35
569

18
22
21
24
26
27
24
27
25
29
23
266

-

(s)

43
45
51
54
60
55
55
54
50
47
38
552

7
8
9
9
10
9
9
10
9
8
7
95

557
213

83
35

(s)

(s)
-

(s)
(s)
(s)
-

(s)

(s)

2011 11 Month Total
507
82
436
176
26
2010 11 Month Total
298
38
219
31
25
- = No data reported.
R = Revised
W = Withheld to avoid discloaure 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"
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Table 4. Biodiesel Producers and Production Capacity by State, November 2012
State

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachussetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
U.S. Total

Annual Production Capacity
(million gallons per year)

Number of Producers

2
-

49
-

1
3
9
-

2
85
57
-

2
-

3
-

1
3
6
2
8
1
5
1
1
1
1
2
4
3
8
1
1
1
2
4
3
1
1
6
1
2
1
1
11
1
3
4
4
112

- = 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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3
20
251
104
250
1
71
12
1
3
1
18
107
105
170
0
1
3
20
10
67
15
1
90
1
41
2
2
408
10
9
109
31
2,130

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

East Coast
(PADD 1)

Midwest
(PADD 2)

Gulf Coast
(PADD 3)

Rocky
Mountain
(PADD 4)

West Coast
(PADD 5)

U.S.

2010
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total

2
2
4
3
3
2
4
3
3
3
3
3
35

18
19
24
26
22
19
22
23
25
23
18
19
258

5
6
3
4
3
4
2
2
2
1
1
2
34

-

2
2
2
2
3
2
(s)
(s)
(s)
2
(s)
1
17

27
29
34
34
32
27
28
27
30
28
22
25
343

3
3
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
7
6
6
56

30
32
47
54
58
56
65
66
65
73
71
77
695

1
4
6
10
11
14
17
20
20
22
23
23
171

-

1
1
2
3
4
7
5
5
6
4
4
4
46

35
40
60
71
77
81
92
95
96
105
105
109
967

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
11 Month Total

5
4
5
6
7
6
5
6
5
5
2
56

48
53
65
62
69
66
65
65
60
55
44
652

13
16
15
17
17
16
14
16
14
14
8
160

-

6
4
6
6
6
3
3
2
2
1
2
41

71
77
92
92
100
91
87
90
81
75
57
912

2011 11 Month Total
2010 11 Month Total

49
32

617
239

148
33

-

42
16

858
319

2011
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total
2012

1
1
(s)
(s)
(s)
(s)
(s)
(s)
3

- = No data reported.
R = Revised
(s) = Value is less than 0.5 of the table metric, but value is included in any associated total.
Totals
equaldesignation
the sum of for
components
due toa independent
rounding.
B100 ismay
the not
industry
pure biodiesel;
biodiesel blend
contains both pure biodiesel and
petroleum diesel fuel.
See Appendix A for a map of states included in each PADD.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-22M "Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey"
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Appendix A Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (PADD)

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