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RIN Price Nosedive Part 1 – C-Suites Questioned On RIN Price Nosedive

Last week financial analysts asked refining executives about the nosedive in the D4 Renewable Identification number (RIN). From responses to ...
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Hoekstra Trading “D4T” Theoretical RIN Price

Hoekstra Trading's "D4T" value is the calculated theoretical price of a D4 RIN using an equation published by Scott Irwin, ...
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Top 3 Takeaways From The OPIS 2023 Conference

See the other posts in this series, Top 3 Takeaways: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 2023's top 3 takeaways from Hoekstra ...
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Baby the RIN Must Fall, Part 4 — D4 RIN Price Nosedives, Triggering a Flurry of Market Reactions

In late July, 2023, the D4 Renewable Identification Number (RIN) credit price started nosediving from $1.60 on July 25 to ...
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Falling RIN Prices

Theoretical prices foreshadow actual price drop This chart compares the market price of the D4 RIN (gold dashed lines) with ...
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Sulfur Credit Strategy Pays Off For Refiners

The price of the Tier 3 gasoline sulfur credits has increased 12-fold in the last two years, and the impacts ...
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Baby the RIN Must Fall Part 2 – Will A RIN Price Crash Make a Mess In The Renewable Diesel Market?

U.S. production of hydrogenated renewable diesel (RD), made from soybean oil and animal fats like used cooking oil, is growing ...
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Baby, The RIN Must Fall Part 1 – What’s Behind The Chatter About RIN Prices Crashing To Zero?

The Renewable Identification Number (RIN) is an environmental credit that functions as a subsidy to force renewable fuels like ethanol ...
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99% Of Fuel Exhaust Problem Is Solved

Most people under 30 don't know that 99% of the problem with vehicle exhaust emissions was solved while they were ...
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Modeling RINs As An Option – Part 2

Also see Part 1 of this series In Figure 1, the silver points represent the price of D4 RINs that ...
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