Data from the California Air Resources Board and the US Department of Energy’s Alternative Fueling Station Locator suggest that most of this fuel is consumed in California. This trend is unique to the West Coast, where most of the US’ new renewable diesel supply is consumed. In the three months of 2023 published in the EIA’s Petroleum Supply Monthly (PSM), consumption for two months was below 10-year lows, and the average monthly consumption was the lowest for those three months since 2000. In five months in 2022, distillate fuel consumption in the region dropped below the 10-year (2012 – 2021) minimums. West Coast distillate fuel oil consumption decreased in 2022, and is on track to be even lower in 2023. The primary cause for the decline is the replacing of petroleum diesel with biofuels, namely renewable diesel, which has gained a larger market share of the region’s diesel pool as clean fuel programmes incentivise biofuels. By Bella Weetch (Hydrocarbon Engineering) Consumption of distillate fuel oil on the US West Coast, as measured by product supplied, decreased to its lowest level since 2002 in 2022, and continues its decline in 2023.
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