NEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) - The United States generated fewer renewable blending credits in April versus the prior month, data from the Environmental Protection Agency showed on Wednesday.
About 1.16 billion ethanol (D6) blending credits were generated in April, compared with about 1.21 billion in March, the data showed.
Credits generated from biodiesel (D4) blending rose to about 592 million in April from 573 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 April by credit type.
Fuel (D) code | RINs | Volume (Gal.) |
D3 | 11,202,699 | 11,202,699 |
D4 | 591,592,854 | 362,510,562 |
D5 | 22,899,110 | 16,949,068 |
D6 | 1,161,477,147 | 1,161,477,147 |