
NEW YORK, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. generated more renewable blending credits in October than September, data from the Environmental Protection Agency showed on Thursday.
About 1.28 billion ethanol (D6) blending credits were generated in October, compared with about 1.23 billion in September, the data showed.
Credits generated from biodiesel (D4) blending rose to 665 million in October from 660 million in the prior month, according to the data.
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 October by credit type.
Fuel (D) code | RINs | Volume (Gal.) |
D3 | 7,660,878 | 7,660,878 |
D4 | 664,858,467 | 405,064,959 |
D5 | 25,960,494 | 19,185,032 |
D6 | 1,282,438,240 | 1,282,438,240 |