In California, KPIX reports environmentalists are skeptical of the moves made by major oil refiners in the Bay Area who are seeking to convert their facilities to renewable diesel production. Environmental groups have protested the alleged greenhouse gas and water foot reductions claimed by the refiners, saying that the soybean and corn feedstocks proposed for […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that expectations of another sub-standard rapeseed harvest in Germany are the driving force behind oil mills’ efforts to procure supplies for the coming season well in advance. However, producers are not very ready to sell. The Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen e. V. (UFOP), taking a closer look at […]
In Iowa, Agri Pulse reports that President Trump’s loyal farm community is beginning to question its loyalty with an Iowa farmer telling reporters clearly that if the administration doesn’t stand up to its promises to support agriculture and specifically ethanol in favor of the oil industry, that they will remember that slight at the polls […]
In Canada, Saskatchewan-based Milligan Biofuels that has bought up to 50,000 metric tons of off-spec canola from the prairie region to produce 20 million liters of biodiesel annually has entered receivership and closed its doors because it can no longer compete with low oil prices. Calgary’s Hardie and Kelly is handling the administration of the […]
In Texas, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) proposed a cap of 10 cents on each renewable fuel credit, which is a fraction of their value, to be placed to help the oil industry and refiners deal with the RFS requirements. His proposal requests that the EPA sell “fixed price waiver credits” at 10 cents each […]
In India, the government’s oil ministry issued an order further extending the deadline of the 12-member working group that was supposed to prepare a roadmap for expanding refining capacity last year. What was going to be a three-month project has now been over a year in the making as India prepare plans for increasing their […]
In Belgium, the biofuel industry shot back at the European Commission at a POLITICO event held on Wednesday, accusing the body of setting energy policy that favors the oil industry and is counterproductive to the goal of achieving low emissions mobility. Seeing how conventional biofuels producers have been treated by European policymakers through the phase […]
In New York, Raymond James analyst Pavel Molchanov and the RJ energy team write: “One year ago, we thought that 2016 oil prices would rally in the back half of the year, natural gas prices would be stagnant, and energy stocks in general would meaningfully outperform the broader market. Check. Oops. Check. After bottoming in […]
In Missouri, researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, and colleagues have discovered a way to make algae better oil producers without sacrificing growth. The findings were published September 6, in a paper titled, “Synergism between inositol polyphosphates and TOR kinase signaling in nutrient sensing, growth control and lipid metabolism in Chlamydomonas,” in The […]
In Zimbabwe, the National Oil Infrastructure Company has sued Green Fuel for $1,072,335.28 plus interest and legal costs after the company allegedly reneged on an integrated storage and handling agreement during a three-year period between 2013 and May 2016. The company has responded and aims to defend itself in court. The agreement with the parastatal […]
