Gasoline
U.S. oil refiners finally profit from biofuels due to mandates, high fuel prices
While stronger demand for renewable fuels and favorable policy signals have encouraged refiners to churn out more products, it remains unclear whether this will prompt producers to commit capital to expanding production capacity after several ventures have failed to break into this market.
Update: U.S. House passes bill allowing year-round sales of E15 gasoline
The House on Wednesday approved the H.R. 1346 bill, or the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act, by a vote of 218 to 203, which would allow fuel retailers to offer E15 year‑round, removing seasonal restrictions linked to smog concerns.
Nigeria fuel demand rises as Dangote drives near-full refining capacity
Average daily petrol consumption rose to 51.1 million liters, slightly above the 50 million liters benchmark levels, while diesel demand climbed to 17.3 million liters a day.
Lobbying battle intensifies as E15 ethanol bill nears U.S. vote
Both sides are lobbying Congress, with representatives from the Renewable Fuels Association, the American Petroleum Institute, and the Small Refineries of America meeting lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Monday and Tuesday.
Seven markets to track if peace breaks out in the Middle East
Here are key charts - across crude, products, shipping, gas, industrial commodities and equities - to gauge whether markets are pricing a temporary easing of tensions or a structural shift in global supply and demand if a peace deal emerges.
- Consortium launches study to create a consolidated hub for recycled plastics 5/22
- Eni strengthens its global LNG strategy with long-term supply agreements in Indonesia 5/22
- Breakthrough shows how electricity could replace heat to turn CO₂ into useful chemicals 5/22
- bp's Whiting Refinery offers revised proposal to union in ongoing talks 5/22
- Plains oil pipeline partly shut down after rupture in East Los Angeles (U.S.), could disrupt supplies to refineries 5/22
- Vitol moves to open Mexico fuel terminal years after bribery scandal 5/22

