04.24.2024
Biodiesel output strong in Q2; producers start locking in Q3-Q4 sales
A second producer echoed this sentiment and said they have had to work a bit harder to secure feedstock to line it up with sales at the right time.
Daily Charts
Biomass-Based Diesel RINs Hold Ground
The 2020 biodiesel RIN (B20) gained fifty cents, pushing to a 79.50 bid versus an 80 offer at the end of the day. The B20 RIN traded at 79.50 while the B19 and B21 finished unchanged. Ethanol RINs also finished the day where they left off on Friday.
Soybean oil and heating oil, the two components in the bean oil/heating oil spread (BOHO), finished the day lower. Heating oil followed crude lower, slipping nearly four cents to $1.16 per gallon. Soybean oil saw a steeper decline, falling 2.5 percent or 85 ticks to 33.16 cents per pound for November delivery. The larger decline in soybean oil allowed the BOHO to edge 2.6 cents lower to $1.28 per gallon.
California’s LCFS credit continues to quietly hold in the min $190’s. There is a myriad of factors that affect the…