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The New Game of Renewable Fuels Part 2 – Principles 1, 2, and 3

By Hoekstra Trading LLC | Jul 14, 2024

The RIN is a game-changing environmental credit that is a tax, a subsidy, and a mandate, all at once. Read ...

The New Game of Renewable Fuels – The Rules Of The Game

By Hoekstra Trading LLC | Jul 7, 2024

The Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) caused many businesses to be thrust involuntarily into a new game. The game came with ...

Mid-year ATTRACTOR Update – D4 RIN market price diverges from D4T Theoretical Price, plus “Critique of the C-Suites”

By Hoekstra Trading LLC | Jun 30, 2024

The Attractor spreadsheet (chart below) shows the 2024-vintage D4 RIN market price (gold points) and the “D4T” theoretical value (white ...

Revisiting RIN Cost Pass-through Part 4 – Will the Litigation Ever End?

By Hoekstra Trading LLC | Jun 23, 2024

See other episodes in this series: Part 1 - Two Camps Part 2 - How is the RIN Tax Different ...

Revisiting RIN Cost Pass-through Part 3 – The RIN Tax Does Not Affect A Refiner’s Profits

By Hoekstra Trading LLC | Jun 9, 2024

Read other blogs in this series: Part 1 - Two Camps Part 2 - How is the RIN Tax Different ...

Revisiting RIN Cost Pass-through – Part 2 – How is the RIN tax different than a sales tax?

By Hoekstra Trading LLC | Jun 2, 2024

Read other blogs in this series:Part 1 - Two CampsPart 2 - How is the RIN Tax Different From a ...

Revisiting RIN Cost Pass-through – Part 1, Two Camps

By Hoekstra Trading LLC | May 25, 2024

See other episodes in this series: Part 1 - Two Camps Part 2 - How is the RIN Tax Different ...

All Eyes On Renewable Diesel – Part 5, Hard Numbers On RD Margins

By Hoekstra Trading LLC | May 18, 2024

Get the Attractor spreadsheet Read other posts in this series: All Eyes on Renewable Diesel Margins: Part 1, Get Ready ...

All Eyes on Renewable Diesel Margins – Part 4, What Caused the $1.70 Crash in RD RIN value?

By Hoekstra Trading LLC | May 11, 2024

Get the Attractor spreadsheet The headline story in this quarter's renewable diesel producer's earnings reports was again renewable diesel (RD) ...

All Eyes on Renewable Diesel Margins – Part 3, RIN Price Crash Wipes Out Free Market Gains

By Hoekstra Trading LLC | May 4, 2024