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RFS Point of Obligation Part 1: How Does the RFS Work?

May 16, 2017

For the past year or more, there has been a lot of discussion in the transportation fuels industry on moving the current Renewable Fuels Standard 2 (RFS2) point of obligation to the point where rack blending occurs. Currently the point of obligation is with refiners and importers, however the RINs for RFS compliance are separated...

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IMO 2020: The Next Big Thing for the Oil Supply Chain

May 16, 2017

The term “oil supply chain” is a way to describe the activities that are required to produce crude oil out of the ground, move it to the refinery, transform the crude oil into fuel, and move the fuel to consumers.  The chief air pollutant in crude oil is sulfur. Governments and industry have been working...

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A Closer Look: Integrated Majors Breaking Up with their Refineries

February 28, 2017

by Jessica Loomis In recent years, several major integrated oil companies have sold off certain refineries they own because they don’t believe they are positioned to be core to their current business practices. We thought it would be interesting to examine some of these large companies as they continue to turn their focus to upstream...

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LCFS 101 – A Beginner’s Guide

February 28, 2017

NOTE: We published a more recent LCFS 101 article on June 1, 2024. You can view that 2024 update here. Not too long ago a friend checked in looking for an LCFS tutorial. Based on that request we decided to put together a handy dandy LCFS guide. We could go on for days about this...

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Bubble Map Update 2017: My How Things Have Changed

January 26, 2017

January 25, 2017 This month, we decided to take a look back at January 2016 and compare it to our first Bubble Map of 2017. Last year at this time oil prices were in the basement. In our January 15, 2016 blog, WTI was listed at $29 per barrel, with Brent in the same spot....

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Tier 3: A quick guide to the EPA’s new gasoline sulfur standards

January 19, 2017

Effective January 1, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began requiring all U.S. gasoline to meet an annual 10 ppm average sulfur requirement as part of their new Tier 3 vehicle and fuel regulations. The 10 ppm sulfur average applies at the refinery gate, which is the point where finished gasolines or blendstocks for...
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