Category: Fuels

Strategic Biofuels successfully completes CCS test well in Louisiana

Strategic Biofuels successfully completes CCS test well in Louisiana

August 11, 2021 |

In Louisiana, Strategic Biofuels LLC says its Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Test Well Program was successfully completed at the company’s Louisiana Green Fuels Project (LGF) in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. LGF is the first renewable diesel fuel project to achieve this milestone. The goals of the test well program were to demonstrate that carbon dioxide […]

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IVECO teams with Gruber Logistics on biomethane-powered trucks

IVECO teams with Gruber Logistics on biomethane-powered trucks

August 11, 2021 |

In Italy, IVECO, a brand of CNH Industrial, and Gruber Logistics have undertaken a sustainability partnership with IVECO S-WAY biomethane-powered trucks. The vehicles’ first refueling took place during the inauguration of the liquid biomethane installation at the Autoporto Sadobre service area. The collaboration between Gruber Logistics, APS Fuel and HAM has given way to the […]

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Brazilian president signs temporary law allowing ethanol producers to sell directly to retailers

Brazilian president signs temporary law allowing ethanol producers to sell directly to retailers

August 11, 2021 |

In Brazil, Reuters reports that President Bolsonaro has signed a temporary decree that gives gas stations the ability to buy hydrous ethanol directly from producers and importers while also allowing them to sell fuels from other suppliers than their own brand in an effort to make the sector more competitive. To become a permanent law, […]

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Mitsui & Co teams with CF Industries to develop blue ammonia in the US

Mitsui & Co teams with CF Industries to develop blue ammonia in the US

August 11, 2021 |

In Illinois, Mitsui & Co., Inc., one of the leading ammonia marketers in the world, and CF Industries Holdings, Inc., the world’s largest producer of ammonia, announced a memorandum of understanding that will guide the companies in a joint exploration of the development of blue ammonia projects in the United States.  Under the memorandum of […]

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Ethanol production falls below 1M barrels for first time in 13 weeks

Ethanol production falls below 1M barrels for first time in 13 weeks

August 11, 2021 |

In Washington, DTN reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production fell below the psychological key level of an average 1 million barrels per day last week for the first time since early May. Production was 986,000 bpd. In line with lower production, stocks also fell to 22.276 million barrels with drawdowns seen in the […]

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Lower Brazilian sugarcane production sends sugar and ethanol prices soaring

Lower Brazilian sugarcane production sends sugar and ethanol prices soaring

August 11, 2021 |

In Brazil, Platts reports UNICA data showed sugarcane production has fallen by more than 7% this season through July to 304 million metric tons, the lowest since 2017/18, which pushed sugar futures higher as well as the spot price for hydrous ethanol. Ethanol production reached 14.1 billion liters through July, down nearly 3.5% on the […]

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Phillips 66’s Rodeo refinery reports successful start-up of renewable diesel production

Phillips 66’s Rodeo refinery reports successful start-up of renewable diesel production

August 10, 2021 |

In California, production of renewable diesel at Phillips 66’s refinery in Rodeo, California, began in April and Phillips 66 now reports successful start-up at the 9,000 barrels-per-day facility. The existing hydrotreater has the ability to produce renewable diesel from pretreated vegetable oils. With HydroFlex, customers can convert low value feedstocks to renewable fuels that qualify […]

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Indian minister says banks will begin flexible finance for ethanol by August 15

Indian minister says banks will begin flexible finance for ethanol by August 15

August 10, 2021 |

In India, Swarajya reports that the cooperation minister says banks will begin providing ethanol plants with flexible lending by August 15 following the failure of the tripartite plan between mills, ethanol offtakers and banks. The idea was that banks would finance ethanol capacity expansion and the loans would be paid directly by the oil marketing […]

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Canada provide startup funding to 96 Plus for innovative ethanol production

Canada provide startup funding to 96 Plus for innovative ethanol production

August 10, 2021 |

In Canada, the Government of Canada has provided C$2 million in funding for 96 Plus, a startup SME aiming to produce high-purity, pharmaceutical-grade and food-grade ethanol. The repayable contribution will allow the business to cover part of the cost of acquiring and installing ethanol production equipment, including distillation towers, cooling and ventilation systems, heat and steam equipment […]

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Gevo signs offtake deal with bp for Iowa RNG

Gevo signs offtake deal with bp for Iowa RNG

August 10, 2021 |

In Colorado, Gevo, Inc. announced that its wholly owned dairy manure-based renewable natural gas project company located in northwest Iowa, Gevo NW Iowa RNG, LLC, has signed binding, definitive agreements with BP Canada Energy Marketing Corp. and BP Products North America Inc. for the sale of NW Iowa RNG’s production. The NW Iowa RNG project […]

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