Archive for June 2022
A RIN is a tax and a subsidy that forces renewables into fuel – Part 2, the RIN subsidy
Summary This is a four-part blog series describing the renewable identification number (RIN) as a tax (part 1) and a subsidy (this part 2) that forces renewables into fuels (part 3), and how this tax-and-subsidize interpretation resolves the apparent contradiction (part 4) at the core of the legal dispute over RINs now in its 10th…
Read More30% discount on this summer’s catalyst testing program for gasoline desulfurization
Better gasoline desulfurization catalysts are available to increase production of marketable Tier 3 gasoline Seventy gasoline desulfurizers are in operation in the US today, and over 200 worldwide. Now is the time to focus on optimizing their octane/sulfur performance. For one thing, better catalysts are available that will deliver higher octane product with just a…
Read MoreA RIN is a tax and a subsidy that forces renewables into fuels — Part 1, the RIN tax
Summary This is a four-part blog series describing the renewable identification number (RIN) as a tax (this part 1) and a subsidy (part 2) that forces renewables into fuels (part 3), and how this tax-and-subsidize interpretation resolves the apparent contradiction (part 4) at the core of the legal dispute over RINs now in its 10th…
Read MoreRefiners use new technology to increase gasoline supply and reduce price
This presentation from the 2021 Gulf Coast Conference shows how one refinery is working with Hoekstra Trading and our network of top refining technology companies (e.g. Avantium, C Solutions, Topsoe, W.R. Grace, VUV Analytics, Intertek, and others) to increase gasoline supply and reduce price using 21st century engineering and laboratory methods Refiners, join our coalition…
Read MoreNew desulfurization catalysts will increase gasoline supply and reduce price
Much of the gasoline being produced in the US today is not marketable because it is too high in sulfur and/or too low in octane. With the new Tier 3 ultra-low sulfur gasoline specification now fully in place, refiners must increase severity of gasoline desulfurization which is destroying $billions per year of octane and making…
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