oil refining
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The loss of US refining capacity is helping drive record diesel prices — and it probably won’t improve anytime soon
As diesel and gasoline prices climb faster than the price of crude, a drop in U.S. refining capacity is seen as a key factor in…
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Daily Infographic: Hurricane Ida disrupted crude oil production and refining activity
Hurricane Ida made landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, as a Category 4 hurricane on Aug. 29
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- Fuel
What to know about the IMO’s new emissions standards
Kayla Matthews writes about the changes coming to the shipping and logistics industry as IMO 2020 takes effect in less than six weeks.
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Investors getting nervous about IMO 2020 tanker pitch
IMO 2020-driven refining activity and tanker demand appears to be materializing slower than previously expected.
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Commentary: Are the cycles of destruction to Louisiana’s freight infrastructure inevitable?
In the wake of Hurricane Barry, Brian Aoaeh writes about the disruption to supply chains that hurricanes and flooding can do. In particular, the state…
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FreightWaves oil report: Diesel just sits there while gasoline rockets higher
When a spread like that between gasoline and diesel come in this far and this fast, it can’t go on forever.
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The outlook of one energy economist for IMO2020: chaos in the diesel market
Stepping into the system is expected by this economist to be Donald Trump, using emergency powers to halt exports of diesel fuel
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Maersk changes course, will install IMO 2020 scrubbers
As late as last month, Maersk leadership insisted that scrubbers were not a solution for the new fuel regulations imposed by the International Maritime Organization…
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Biofuel industry thrilled with EPA for support, refiners not so much
A united retail fuel industry thanked EPA and the Trump administration for hearing and responding to their concerns and proposing renewable fuel obligations.
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