Informative Articles About Our Research

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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Economics of Octane Loss In Gasoline Desulfurizers

With gasoline margins surprisingly strong, refiners are focusing on economic costs and opportunities in cracked gasoline desulfurization. These opportunities come ...
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What Has Quintupled? Multiple Choice:

A. Octane value B. Gasoline sulfur credit price C. U.S. gasoline exports D. Octane-barrel destruction in U.S. gasoline desulfurizers E. ...
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Investment alternatives for clean gasoline production in a volatile fuels market

This economic analysis presents investment costs and returns for a hypothetical refinery with a 55,000 barrel/day fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) ...
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No let-up in rising U.S. octane values

The relentless rise in octane value is seen in the U.S. average retail premium-regular pump price differential, expressed here in ...
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Modeling RINs as an option – Part 1

Also see Part 2 of this series This chart shows the price of D4 Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) traded in ...
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Quantifying investment options for Tier 3 ultra-low sulfur gasoline

Hoekstra Trading LLC collaborated with Dr. Marcio Wagner Da Silva of Petrobras and Dr. Thomas Murphy of Valuation Risk & ...
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The MPC-PSX stock price spread continues growing

This chart shows a steadily growing gap between the price of Marathon Petroleum Company stock (MPC, in green) and Phillips ...
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