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War Stories

War Stories: The Crisis of Hurricane Katrina

July 12, 2017

By Jessica Loomis In August 2005, Stillwater Associate Barry Schaps was working for Shell Oil Company as the General Manager of Supply Planning and Logistics. At the time, Barry’s son was getting ready to begin his first year at Tulane University in New Orleans, so Barry and his family were in town for the school’s...

Presentations

Forecasting LCFS Credit Prices

June 22, 2017

Dave Hackett’s presentation to CARB’s June 22, 2017 board meeting. Dave provided comments to the board on the forecasted rising LCFS cost, or hidden tax, in gasoline and diesel price. This analysis first appeared in Stillwater’s June 2017 Monthly LCFS Newsletter. You can download a copy of the presentation here. Want LCFS news, data, and exclusive expert...

War Stories

War Stories: Leigh Noda’s Advice that Can’t be Erased

June 7, 2017

June 7, 2017 by Jessica Loomis In 1972, young Leigh Noda had just begun his career as a refinery engineer with Atlantic Richfield Company. It would be the beginning of a 28-year long journey with the company, but as a young man just starting out, Leigh felt overwhelmed and in awe of the Operations Supervisor...

White Papers

The LCFS Cost in Transportation Fuels – The Growing Hidden Tax

June 6, 2017

June 7, 2017 by Leigh Noda The Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) increases the cost of the gasoline and diesel fuels produced from crude oil by requiring credits to offset the LCFS deficits.  Stillwater projects that this program will add another 20 cpg to the consumer price of gasoline by 2020. To date, the LCFS...

White Papers

The RFS Point of Obligation Part 2: How are RINs generated and RFS compliance achieved?

June 6, 2017

Last month in the first edition in our RFS Point of Obligation series, we discussed the general RFS rules, this month we get more specific about RIN generation and RFS Compliance.  When a renewable fuel producer like an ethanol production facility or biomass-based diesel manufacturing plant produces a compliant renewable fuel, the renewable fuel producer...

White Papers

California’s 2030 Scoping Plan: Changes for the Transportation Fuels Sector

June 6, 2017

Introduction Last week President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the historic Paris Climate Agreement, signaling a lack of commitment at the federal level to combatting climate change. Many states, municipalities, and companies, however, have voiced continued support for the Paris Agreement and have affirmed their intention to fulfill the tenets of the Agreement. Sub-national governments...
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