October 17, 2014

VIA EDGAR

Pamela Long

Assistant Director

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549-4561

Re: Aemetis, Inc. (the “Company”)

Registration Statement on Form S-3

File No. 333-197259

Requested Date: October 17, 2014

Requested Time: 5:00 P.M. Eastern Time

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Aemetis, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests that the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-197259) (the “Registration Statement”) be declared effective at the “Requested Date” and “Requested Time” set forth above or at such later time as the Company or its counsel may orally request via telephone call to the staff (the “Staff”) of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). Once the Registration Statement has been declared effective, please orally confirm that event with us by calling Todd Waltz, at (408) 213-0925, or our counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP, by calling Nathan Mee at (415) 616-1156.

In connection with the acceleration request, the Company hereby acknowledges that:

●   should the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement;

●   the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement; and

●   the Company may not assert Staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

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Very truly yours,
AEMETIS, INC.
By:	/s/ Eric McAfee
	Name: Eric McAfee
	Title: Chief Executive Officer

cc:           Todd Waltz, Aemetis, Inc.

Manuel Mangrobang, Aemetis, Inc.

Christopher Forrester, Shearman & Sterling LLP