Method for producing renewable fuels

1. A method of transforming waste organic material to produce a liquid transportation or heating fuel comprising:

(a) subjecting waste organic material to anaerobic digestion by microorganisms in a biogas production facility that incorporates apparatus to collect the microbially generated biogas;

(b) collecting an amount of crude biogas from the biogas production facility;

(c) removing impurities from the crude biogas to yield a combustible fluid feedstock;

(d) introducing a first amount of combustible fluid feedstock from step (b) or (c) to apparatus for delivering a combustible fluid feedstock to a fuel production facility;

(e) withdrawing for use at a fuel production facility a second amount of combustible fluid feedstock;

(f) processing at the fuel production facility the second amount of combustible fluid feedstock to produce renewable hydrogen;

(g) producing a third amount of liquid transportation or heating fuel by a process that comprises combining renewable hydrogen derived from the second amount of combustible fluid feedstock with a desulfurized, crude oil derived liquid hydrocarbon in a reactor under conditions to hydrogenate the liquid hydrocarbon with the renewable hydrogen; and

(h) generating or causing generation of a renewable fuel credit.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the biogas production facility is a landfill, a sewage treatment facility or a manure digestion facility.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reactor is a hydrogenation reactor.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reactor is a hydrocracker.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the liquid transportation or heating fuel is selected from the group consisting of gasoline, diesel, heating oil and jet fuel.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a liquid transportation fuel is produced in step (g).

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein a renewable fuel credit is associated with said first or second amount of combustible fluid feedstock, the renewable hydrogen, the liquid transportation or heating fuel, or a combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein a renewable fuel credit is associated with said liquid transportation or heating fuel.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the liquid transportation or heating fuel is renewable or partially renewable.

10. A method of producing a transportation or heating fuel comprising:

(a) causing a first amount of combustible fluid feedstock to be introduced to apparatus for delivering a combustible fluid feedstock to a fuel production facility, said first amount of combustible fluid feedstock being derived from a crude biogas that was generated by anaerobic digestion of waste organic material and from which impurities were removed following collection from a biogas production facility;

(b) withdrawing for use at a fuel production facility, a second amount of combustible fluid feedstock;

(c) processing at the fuel production facility the second amount of combustible fluid feedstock to produce renewable hydrogen;

(d) producing a third amount of liquid transportation or heating fuel by a process that comprises combining renewable hydrogen derived from the second amount of combustible fluid feedstock with a desulfurized, crude oil derived liquid hydrocarbon in a reactor under conditions to hydrogenate the liquid hydrocarbon with the renewable hydrogen; and

(e) generating or causing generation of a renewable fuel credit.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the biogas production facility is a landfill, a waste treatment facility or a manure digestion facility.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the reactor is a hydrogenation reactor.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the reactor is a hydrocracker.