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30% 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 ...
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A 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 ...
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Refiners 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 ...
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New 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 ...
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Tier 3 sulfur credit price doubles in May

Demand for Tier 3 sulfur credits caused the price to double in May. The best offer is now triple the ...
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Watch the coming spike in Tier 3 sulfur credits

Tier 2 sulfur credits spiked 50-fold, then D6 RINs spiked 50-fold, now the Tier 3 sulfur credit spike is imminent. ...
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The Tier 3 investments that never occurred

See this excerpt from Gasoline Desulfurization for Tier 3 Compliance on $3 billion of capital investments needed to produce Tier ...
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Why are gasoline prices so high?

We don't have a shortage of gasoline. We have a shortage of marketable gasoline. This chart, from an Argus Media ...
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US refiners face gasoline sulfur/octane pinch with Tier 3

Two key findings from Hoekstra Trading's 3-year research project on Tier 3 (10 ppm sulfur) gasoline were: The octane destruction ...
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Fuel economics – Why do Renewable Identification Number (RIN) costs pass through to fuel price?

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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