
NEW YORK, March 20 (Reuters) - The United States generated fewer renewable blending credits in February versus the prior month, data from the Environmental Protection Agency showed on Thursday.
About 1.12 billion ethanol (D6) blending credits were generated in February, compared with about 1.25 billion in January, the data showed.
Credits generated from biodiesel (D4) blending fell to about 376 million in February from 486 million the prior month, 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 February by credit type.
Fuel (D) code | RINs | Volume (Gal.) |
D3 | 7,471,185 | 7,471,185 |
D4 | 375,624,105 | 232,765,132 |
D5 | 15,217,843 | 10,871,825 |
D6 | 1,120,320,726 | 1,120,269,421 |