
Adds RIN generation table, background
Feb 20 (Reuters) - The United States generated fewer renewable blending credits in January versus the prior month, data from the Environmental Protection Agency showed on Thursday.
About 1.25 billion ethanol (D6) blending credits were generated in January, compared with about 1.30 billion in December, the data showed.
Credits generated from biodiesel (D4) blending fell to about 486 million in January from 906.8 million the month prior, the data showed.
The credits are used by oil refiners and importers to show compliance with EPA-mandated renewable blending quotas for petroleum-based fuels. They are generated with every gallon of biofuel produced.
The following is a table of the credit generation for January by credit type.
Fuel (D) code | RINs | Volume (Gal.) |
D3 | 8,672,789 | 8,672,789 |
D4 | 485,993,359 | 297,047,687 |
D5 | 20,475,686 | 14,305,944 |
D6 | 1,245,135,209 | 1,245,135,209 |