Archive for March 2021

Here’s Tom Kloza’s latest writeup on Tier 3 and sulfur credit prices: *********** 2021-03-09 04:50:16 EST ***Tier 3 Sulfur Gasoline Resurfaces as Issue for Some Refiners, Importers Some refiners who have complained about the necessity of purchasing expensive Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) have something else to complain about this week. After a long period of…

This Q&A appeared in the journal PTQ Catalysis March 15, 2021: Q: Is there a route for post-treating gasoline with minimal octane loss? A: George Hoekstra, President, Hoekstra Trading LLC, george.hoekstra@hoekstratrading.com Here are six handles to improve octane/sulfur performance in your gasoline desulfurizer: 1) Feed properties: controllable variables are feed source (FCC naphtha and other…

This Q&A appeared in the journal PTQ Catalysis, March 15, 2021: Q: Is there a route for post-treating gasoline with minimal octane loss? A: Colin Baillie, Segment Manager, Environmental Additives, W. R. Grace & Co, Colin.Baillie@Grace.com; and George Hoekstra, President, Hoekstra Trading LLC, George.Hoekstra@Hoekstratrading.com One way to minimise octane loss in post-treated gasoline is through…

This week Tier 3 gasoline sulfur credits traded over $1,000 / million ppm-gallon. That’s 5 times higher than the bottom price in November 2020, but still far below the pre-lockdown peak. The true demand for Tier 3 credits has not yet emerged. That will happen when the North American refining system fully adjusts to the…