Biofuels
Peru, Argentina to seek resolution to biodiesel dispute
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) — Argentina and Peru are seeking to resolve a dispute stemming from Peru's decision to apply anti-dumping tariffs on imports of Argentine biodiesel a year ago, Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said on Friday.
DuPont to sell cellulosic ethanol plant in blow to biofuel
CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) — DuPont Industrial Biosciences, a unit of DowDuPont Inc, on Thursday said it halted operations at a 2-yr-old ethanol plant and will sell it, dealing another blow to efforts to create biofuels without using food crops.
Indonesia 2017 biodiesel use to reach 2.53 MMkl
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) — Indonesia's unblended biodiesel consumption is expected to come in at 2.53 MM kiloliters (kl) this year, said Dono Boestami, the chief executive of the Indonesia Estate Crop Fund, a government agency that overseas consumption of the fuel.
Icahn refinery cuts biofuels short amid reform standstill
NEW YORK (Reuters) — Carl Icahn’s oil refining company CVR Energy has significantly unwound a large short position in the US biofuel credit market, more than halving its outstanding blending obligation, the company said on Wednesday.
ExxonMobil, Renewable Energy Group progress in biodiesel research
CLINTON, N.J. — ExxonMobil and Renewable Energy Group (REG) announced that by utilizing REG’s patented fermentation technology, the companies’ joint research program has demonstrated the ability to convert sugars from a variety of non-edible biomass sources into biodiesel.
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Editorial Comment: Ingenuity out of necessity
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US Senators from refinery states seek Trump meeting on biofuels policy
(Reuters) — Nine US senators from states that have oil refineries sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Thursday urging changes to biofuels policy and asking for a meeting to discuss the issue.
US sets antidumping duties on Argentine, Indonesian biodiesel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The US Commerce Department set preliminary antidumping duties on imports of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia, after an initial finding that the products used as motor fuel were being sold at prices below market value in the United States.
Trump 'committed' to US renewable fuels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — US President Donald Trump sought to ease concerns on Wednesday that his administration would make major alterations to biofuels policy, telling Iowa's governor he was committed to a decade-old biofuels program even as a top official considers changing it.
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