Members of the Argentinian Biofuels Association, or CARBIO, exported 85,000 mt of biodiesel in March, a 5.2% fall compared with the same period in 2013, according to data from the industry body received by Platts Monday. CARBIO members ...
German automobile manufacturer MAN Truck & Bus has selected the tire maker Continental for supplying third generation tires for its trucks and buses. Following the move, new vehicles of the manufacturer will be equipped with the new Conti ...
A national tribunal is to consider minimum safety standards for Australian petrol tankers, after nationwide research revealed 1 in 4 tanker drivers were pressured to speed and 1 in 2 drivers reported inadequate brake inspections. ...
Volvo Trucks Fuelwatch Competition has been successfully held for five consecutive years with the aim of improving the fuel- saving driving skills of drivers. According to Volvo Trucks data, driving skills could impact on around 20% fuel ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized an agreement with Andersen Air Force Base (AAFB) in Guam requiring the base to update its oil spill prevention plan and address other spill prevention deficiencies at the base to better ...
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Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo Car Group has expanded its hybrid vehicle line-up with the launch of the new Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid with R-Design. The new vehicle is a revamped version of Volvo's V60 Plug-in Hybrid, which is ...
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German carmaker Mercedes-Benz has developed a new energy management technology for hybrid vehicles, the Intelligent HYBRID, which is claimed to improve the vehicle's performance and fuel efficiency. The technology, developed in ...
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South Korea's third-largest refiner, S-Oil, sold a combined 639,000 b/d of oil products, petrochemicals and lube in the first quarter of this year, up 1.4% from 630,000 b/d a year ago, the company said in a statement Thursday. Sales in Q1 ...
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Verdezyne, Inc., a privately-held industrial biotechnology company focused on producing renewable chemicals, announced that it has produced more than one metric ton of bio-based dodecanedioic acid (DDDA) using its proprietary yeast platform ...
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Shell Canada is introducing a commercial fleet card program in partnership with Electronic Funds Source LLC (EFS), which will allow Canadian fleets to define their own fuel networks from any fuel station where MasterCard is accepted. "Our ...
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Vivergo, the UK's largest ethanol producer by capacity, said Wednesday that profitability at its 420,000 cubic meter/year (111 million gallon/year) plant at Hull in northeast England has been "adversely affected" by the lowest spot prices ...
Refining margins for sweet crudes are out-performing margins for sour crudes like Urals in Northwest Europe, Platts data shows, as lighter refined products have surged while heavier products have dropped. While cracking margins -- which ...
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China's Ministry of Environmental Protection has lifted a ban on approvals for new refinery projects and upgrades proposed by state-owned companies PetroChina and Sinopec, the ministry announced in a notice posted on its website Wednesday. ...
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US ethanol stocks for the week ended April 18 moved up 566,000 barrels to a seven-week high of 16.518 million barrels, despite a production dip of 29,000 b/d to 910,000 b/d, Energy Information Administration data showed Wednesday. While ...
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BASF sponsored and participated in the 2014 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress, April 8-10, at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. As among the leading chemical supplier to the automotive industry, BASFoffered ...
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