Biodiesel production fell by 51 million gallons in the US in January

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has published its monthly biodiesel production report for January 2017, revealing production during the month was 51 million gallons lower than in December 2016.

According to the figures recently released by the EIA, US production of biodiesel was 93 million gallons in January 2017, while production in December was 144 million gallons. Month on month, January 2017’s production was lower than 2016, which hit 105 million gallons.

January 2015 reached only 73 million gallons of biodiesel production, making it the lowest producing month since the start of 2015. December and October 2016 were the joint highest producing months in the US biodiesel industry in that period, both reaching 144 million gallons.

70% of January 2017’s biodiesel production came from the Midwest region. 96 biodiesel plants are located in the region, with a combined annual capacity of 2.2 billion gallons.

712 million pounds of feedstocks were used in biodiesel production in January 2017. Continuing a long standing trend, soybean oil remained the most popular biodiesel feedstock, with 390 million pounds consumed.

35 million gallons of biodiesel in January 2017 were sold as B100 (100% biodiesel). 37 million gallons were sold in biodiesel blends with diesel fuel derived from petroleum.