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AFPM: The only lawful, acceptable number for RFS reallocation is zero
The supplemental proposal, issued in September as an addendum to EPA’s June RFS proposal, seeks to add to the already-historically-high 2026–2027 RFS biofuel blending mandates by reallocating RFS costs waved from some refineries over the course of 2023 to 2025 onto the next tranche of RFS obligations imposed on all refiners.
Montana Renewables supplies first SAF-fueled flight at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport (U.S.)
Montana Renewables, the largest SAF producer in North America (2024), provided MSP with its first shipment of 7,000 gallons (gal) of SAF made from Minnesota-grown winter camelina.
Plug Power partners with Edgewood Renewables to build renewable fuels facility in Nevada (U.S.)
The project is designed to process waste biomass feedstocks to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable diesel (RD), and bio-methanol, while utilizing, within its process, renewable natural gas (RNG) and low-carbon H2.
Opinion: Trump’s Russian oil sanctions gambit will test his tolerance for pain
The U.S. designation of the two Russian companies, which follows Britain's decision last week to hit Rosneft and Lukoil with sanctions, cuts them off from the dollar-based financial system.
EIA: U.S. crude, fuel inventories fall on robust refining and demand
U.S. crude oil, gasoline and distillate inventories fell last week as refining activity and demand strengthened, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said.
API reverses course on E15 gasoline bill, calls for regulatory fixes
The American Petroleum Institute opposes legislation to expand year-round sales of E15 gasoline, a reversal that underscores deepening tensions between the oil and ethanol industries after a brief period of cooperation.
Phillips 66, Kinder Morgan eye new pipeline to bolster U.S. West Coast fuel supply
If constructed, the new pipelines could help ease the strain on West Coast fuel supply from the planned closures of Phillips 66's Los Angeles refinery by the end of this year and Valero Energy's Benicia refinery next year.
EIA: U.S. crude stocks climb more than expected as refinery crude runs decline
U.S. crude stocks rose more than expected last week as refining crude runs dropped sharply to their lowest in more than a year and a half.
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