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Economics
Low Crude, High Stakes: Investment in a $54 Oil World
November 19, 2025
The latest Energy Information Administration (EIA) Short Term Energy Forecast (STEO) projects crude oil prices settling in the $54 per barrel range in the first quarter of 2026 signaling a pivotal shift for the energy sector. This price level, while moderate compared to some historical downturns, presents complex challenges and opportunities for crude producers, refiners, renewable fuel producers, and infrastructure investors alike. Understanding these dynamics is critical for...
Stillwater Spotlight
Stillwater Spotlight: Chuck LeTavec
November 17, 2025
Stillwater Associates is proud to welcome Chuck LeTavec to our team. Chuck is a seasoned expert whose career bridges technical innovation, regulatory transformation, and energy market strategy. His ability to connect the economic, political, and scientific dimensions of transportation fuels brings valuable perspective to Stillwater’s work helping clients navigate change. Chuck brings over three decades...
Policy
What the IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2025 means for the future of transportation energy… and your business
November 14, 2025
Bottom Line Up Front: Despite ambitious global targets, the 2025 International Energy Agency (IEA) World Energy Outlook 2025 sends a clear signal: the politics and practicalities of the energy transition are driving dramatic increases in electricity demand alongside a slower shift away from oil and liquid fuels. Biofuels – already delivering significant GHG reductions – will remain central to policy-driven...
News
Open Season for Western Expansion: Kinder Morgan and Phillips 66 Launch Western Gateway Pipeline Connecting Midwest Supply to the Southwest and California
October 27, 2025
Just a month ago, we explored the possibility of a Sun Belt Connector pipeline – now, we have another potential pipeline project seeking to reshape Western fuel logistics. Kinder Morgan, Inc. and Phillips 66 have announced the binding open season for an ambitious new refined products corridor: the Western Gateway Pipeline. Announced on October 20, the...
Economics
A Tale of Two Strategies: China’s Aggressive Crude Stockpiling and U.S. SPR Stagnation
October 22, 2025
Over the past year, the global oil market has taken a striking turn. On one side, China has aggressively used market opportunities to accelerate its strategic crude oil stockpiling, sometimes absorbing more than 1 million barrels of surplus (mostly Russian) crude daily into its reserves as domestic demand growth cooled and prices softened. On the...
Economics
Fueling Biofuels: How Legislation and Tariffs Shape Lipid Feedstock Supply
October 13, 2025
Two of the world’s largest biofuel markets, the U.S. and Europe, share several common trends. Firstly, there is a growing demand for biomass-based biodiesel (BBD) – a category including renewable diesel (RD) and biodiesel (BD) – and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Secondly, both markets have become increasingly dependent on imports of lipid biofuel feedstocks. Finally,...
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