TABLE-US generated more renewable blending credits in April, EPA says

NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - The United States generated more renewable blending credits in April versus the month prior, data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) showed on Wednesday. About 1.20 billion ethanol (D6) blending credits were generated in April, up from 1.19 billion in March, according to the data. Biodiesel (D4) blending credits generated in April rose to about 780 million, from 653 million in March, the data showed. The credits are used by oil refiners and importers to show compliance with EPA-mandated ethanol 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 the month of April by credit type. Fuel (D Code) RINs Volume (Gal.) D3 68846858 68846858 D4 780124023 483963965 D5 16141792 11252732 D6 1195097580 1192043647 (Reporting by Shariq Khan in New York; Editing by Sandra Maler)