Biofuels RINs prices deflated significantly Tuesday as one refiner was selling heavy quantities of RINs, sources said. Corn-based ethanol (D6) RINs for 2013 were assessed 5 cents lower at $0.2950/RIN, falling for the second consecutive ...
Tags: Biofuels RINs, Corn-based ethanol
Sapphire Energy, Inc., one of the world leaders in algae-based Green Crude oil production, and Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX), an integrated energy manufacturing and logistics company, announced a strategic joint development agreement aimed at ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Crude Oil, Oil
I joined GreenBlue last fall as the new executive director and Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) director. Now that a year has passed, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on some key industry milestones in 2013 and talk ...
Petrobras announces that oil production (oil plus natural gas liquids – NGL) from all of Petrobras' fields in Brazil averaged 1,960 thousand barrels per day (bpd) in October, remaining practically stable when compared to September ...
Petrobras has acquired, alone or in partnership, 49 blocks, out of the 50 to which the company presented offers, in the 12th Bidding Round held today by the Brazilian National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP). Among the ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Oil
GeoPark Limited ("GeoPark"), the Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator with operations and production in Chile, Colombia, Brazil and Argentina (AIM: GPK), is pleased to announce that it has been awarded two new ...
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The European Biodiesel Board, a major group of biodiesel producers, hailed on Tuesday a decision by the European Commission to slap definitive antidumping duties against what it called "unfair imports" of soybean- and palm oil-based ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
About two years ago, I wrote a column on Apple’s new digital goddess Siri, the company’s digital assistant and go-to person for iPhone users. Folks could ask Siri a range of questions including street directions, the location of ...
Tags: Apple, revamp, Siri, agriculture
Abundant shale natural gas reserves in the United States are expected to keep petrochemical producers in North America well stocked with inexpensive ethane for the next decade, according to the just-launched Platts Petrochemical Analytics: ...
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Italian firm plans to build world's largest cellulosic ethanol plant in China Commercial manufacture of cellulosic bioethanol from agricultural residue is expected to be given further impetus after commercial production begins in China ...
Tags: Agricultural Waste, Energy
UPM was announced as the sector leader for the materials industry at the launch of CDP’s forests annual report. CDP’s forests program asks companies to disclose their exposure to deforestation risks through their use of five ...
Tags: materials industry, Textile
In what he describes as "the mother of all conspiracy theories," an Arizona-based talk radio host says the powers that be are intentionally destroying large bodies of water in a bid to create a multi-trillion-dollar biofuel industry. ...
Tags: algae, conspiracy, ocean, oil
Red palm oil has burst onto the health scene as a miracle food, helping to heal everything from cardiovascular disease to Alzheimer's to cancer. However, as it becomes more popular worldwide, a dark secret has come to light. Due to its ...
Tags: palm oil, health craze, extinction, destroy
The global oil market is currently well supplied but growing demand pressures and ongoing disruptions in some OPEC producing countries could soon reverse a recent spate of softer oil prices, the International Energy Agency said Thursday. ...
Tags: Oil Prices, oil market
Petrobras announces it has completed drilling the fifth exploratory well in the Santos Basin pre-salt Iara area, block BM-S-11. Well 3-RJS-715D (3-BRSA-1181D-RJS), informally known as Iara Alto Ângulo ('Iara steep angle'), is ...