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Baby the RIN Must Fall, Part 4 — D4 RIN Price Nosedives, Triggering a Flurry of Market Reactions
By Hoekstra Trading LLC |
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
By Hoekstra Trading LLC |
Theoretical prices foreshadow actual price drop This chart compares the market price of the D4 RIN (gold dashed lines) with ...
Read More Sulfur Credit Strategy Pays Off For Refiners
By Hoekstra Trading LLC |
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?
By Hoekstra Trading LLC |
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?
By Hoekstra Trading LLC |
The Renewable Identification Number (RIN) is an environmental credit that functions as a subsidy to force renewable fuels like ethanol ...
Read More 99% Of Fuel Exhaust Problem Is Solved
By Hoekstra Trading LLC |
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
By Hoekstra Trading LLC |
Also see Part 1 of this series In Figure 1, the silver points represent the price of D4 RINs that ...
Read More Economics of Octane Loss In Gasoline Desulfurizers
By Hoekstra Trading LLC |
With gasoline margins surprisingly strong, refiners are focusing on economic costs and opportunities in cracked gasoline desulfurization. These opportunities come ...
Read More What Has Quintupled? Multiple Choice:
By Hoekstra Trading LLC |
A. Octane value B. Gasoline sulfur credit price C. U.S. gasoline exports D. Octane-barrel destruction in U.S. gasoline desulfurizers E. ...
Read More Investment alternatives for clean gasoline production in a volatile fuels market
By Hoekstra Trading LLC |
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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