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Louisiana Light • 3 days | 78.61 | -1.95 | -2.42% | ||
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Bonny Light • 2 days | 81.28 | +1.10 | +1.37% | ||
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Opec Basket • 3 days | 85.00 | +1.11 | +1.32% | ||
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Mars US • 30 days | 79.71 | -2.05 | -2.51% | ||
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Gasoline • 2 days | 2.121 | -0.055 | -2.51% |
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Bonny Light • 2 days | 81.28 | +1.10 | +1.37% | ||
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Girassol • 2 days | 81.92 | +1.12 | +1.39% | ||
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Opec Basket • 3 days | 85.00 | +1.11 | +1.32% |
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Peace Sour • 2 days | 59.71 | -1.90 | -3.08% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 2 days | 63.56 | -1.90 | -2.90% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 2 days | 68.16 | -1.90 | -2.71% | ||
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Central Alberta • 2 days | 61.71 | -1.90 | -2.99% |
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Eagle Ford • 3 days | 72.44 | -1.90 | -2.56% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 3 days | 72.00 | -2.00 | -2.70% | ||
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Kansas Common • 6 days | 65.00 | -0.75 | -1.14% | ||
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Buena Vista • 4 days | 83.98 | +1.45 | +1.76% |
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Alternative Energy / Biofuels
Government Regulations Harming US Refiners
March was a challenging month for refiners. Three weeks ago I discussed the issue of the looming ethanol blend wall, which is leading to soaring costs for refiners as they…
Turning Fruit Trees into Biofuel
Fast growing trees, especially the poplars are being studied as they produce a large body of biomass per area. Poplars and willows are leading candidates as biofuel crops that are…
Ethanol Mandate: Jumping the Gun in a Big Way
US consumers aren’t sure the ethanol math is adding up here as they prepare for this year’s new federal mandate—they’re also not sure whether it’s good for their car engines.
Cooking Oil Gets KLM Across the Atlantic
Certainly it is a great leap for biofuels that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has successfully make a seven-hour flight from New York to Amsterdam flying on recycled cooking oil, after…
NASA Design Floating Bioreactor for Growing Biofuel
Algae feed off wastewater and carbon dioxide to produce biomass for fuel, fertiliser and feed in floating 'photobioreactors'.NASA has developed a unique coastal floating system to produce…
Exxon’s Algae Gamble 25 Years into the Future
Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) is spending $600 million on developing biofuels for motor vehicles from algae, but the company says success is still a quarter of a century away.
Camelina – Tomorrow’s Biofuel, Today
(Dan Dicker is currently on vacation and will be back with us next week. To fill in we have prepared a special report on the biofuel – Camelina which we…
Biofuel Breakthrough? Scientists Modify Plants to Store Oil in Leaves
Chubby caterpillars show that scientists have engineered a plant with oily leaves, an advance that could enhance biofuel production and lead to improved food for animals.The results, published…
Marginal Lands: Unfit for Food Crops, but Perfect for Biofuel Plants
Land unfit for food crops can be prime real estate for biofuel plants—and could produce an estimated 5.5 billion gallons of ethanol in the Midwest alone.In the current…
Four New Developments Leading Canada's Biofuel Revolution
Strong biofuels flight results, advances in algae, new commitments in venture capital and revived interest from the Canadian Navy.Biofuels are off to a fast start in 2013 in…
5 Biofuel Trends to Watch Out for in 2013
Despite a relatively down year with respect to investment and production capacity expansion, the biofuels industry grew modestly in 2012, continuing a shift from first generation facilities to next generation,…
U.S. Military Biofuels Survives Republican Congressional Euthanasia Attempt
What a difference a month makes.During the heated U.S. presidential debate last month, Republicans lined up the U.S. military’s interest in renewable fuels in their gunsights, with both…
The EPA Cracks Down on Biofuel Subsidy Scams
Corporate subsidies, in an era of fiscal-cliff attacks on Social Security and Medicare, have dodged attention despite their magnitude and absurdity. Take the renewable-fuels subsidy ecosystem—and a train of tankers…
Unlocking the Secrets of Cellulose to Improve Biofuel Efficiency
New research reveals how cells extrude cellulose—findings that could improve biofuel production and help better fight bacteria.Understanding the production and deposition of cellulose, the primary component of plants’…
Algal Biofuel is Currently Unsustainable, but Technology can Change That
“Algal biofuels are not quite ready for prime time,” says Joel Cuello, co-author of a new report evaluating the alternative fuel’s current drawbacks and its potential.Increasing the production…
New Pressure Cooking Technique Turns Algae to Crude Oil in a Minute
University of Michigan engineers lead by Phil Savage, an Arthur F. Thurnau professor and a professor of chemical engineering can “pressure-cook” algae for as little as a minute and…
Biofuels Company Teams Up with Enzyme Producer to Try and Kickstart Industry
A next-generation biofuels producer has formed a strategic partnership with the world’s largest supplier of industrial enzymes in a move they hope will kickstart the sector’s growth.Novozymes has…
Petroleum Free Aviation: First Ever All-Biofuels Flight takes Place in Canada
In California, Aemetis announced at Advanced Biofuels Markets the world’s first flight segment on 100% renewable, drop-in biofuel, conducted by the National Research Council of Canada using its Falcon 20…
Refining Wood: The Most Efficient Method for Producing Cellulosic Fuel
The Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes (CBP) has a very different take on using wood. Refine it into the main component parts similar to what is done with crude oil.
Why are we not Drowning in Algae Biofuel?
Producing biofuels from algae is a concept dating back to the oil shocks of the 1970s. At the time, the US Government created an algae research program which analyzed the…
