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30% discount on this summer’s catalyst testing program for gasoline desulfurization
By Hoekstra Trading LLC |
Better gasoline desulfurization catalysts are available to increase production of marketable Tier 3 gasoline Seventy gasoline desulfurizers are in operation ...
Read More A RIN is a tax and a subsidy that forces renewables into fuels — Part 1, the RIN tax
By Hoekstra Trading LLC |
Summary This is a four-part blog series describing the renewable identification number (RIN) as a tax (this part 1) and ...
Read More Refiners use new technology to increase gasoline supply and reduce price
By Hoekstra Trading LLC |
This presentation from the 2021 Gulf Coast Conference shows how one refinery is working with Hoekstra Trading and our network ...
Read More New desulfurization catalysts will increase gasoline supply and reduce price
By Hoekstra Trading LLC |
Much of the gasoline being produced in the US today is not marketable because it is too high in sulfur ...
Read More Tier 3 sulfur credit price doubles in May
By Hoekstra Trading LLC |
Demand for Tier 3 sulfur credits caused the price to double in May. The best offer is now triple the ...
Read More Watch the coming spike in Tier 3 sulfur credits
By Hoekstra Trading LLC |
Tier 2 sulfur credits spiked 50-fold, then D6 RINs spiked 50-fold, now the Tier 3 sulfur credit spike is imminent. ...
Read More The Tier 3 investments that never occurred
By Hoekstra Trading LLC |
See this excerpt from Gasoline Desulfurization for Tier 3 Compliance on $3 billion of capital investments needed to produce Tier ...
Read More Why are gasoline prices so high?
By Hoekstra Trading LLC |
We don't have a shortage of gasoline. We have a shortage of marketable gasoline. This chart, from an Argus Media ...
Read More US refiners face gasoline sulfur/octane pinch with Tier 3
By Hoekstra Trading LLC |
Two key findings from Hoekstra Trading's 3-year research project on Tier 3 (10 ppm sulfur) gasoline were: The octane destruction ...
Read More Fuel economics – Why do Renewable Identification Number (RIN) costs pass through to fuel price?
By Hoekstra Trading LLC |
A 9-year, multi-billion dollar legal dispute between EPA and refiners is rooted in disagreements about fuel economics. One of the ...
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