The EPA announced late Friday that it had granted 31 small refinery exemptions (SREs) for 2018, bringing the total number to 7.4 percent of the overall 19.29-billion-gallon required biofuel volume obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). By comparison, the 2017 SREs were 9.4 percent of the overall RFS volumes.
Biofuel groups and the National Corn Growers (NCGA) reacted with predictable opposition to the news, especially since President Trump’s announcement of year-round E15 use earlier this year was met with the industry’s frustration on SREs as a more pressing issue. There is some indication that their message was received by the administration. In its press statement regarding the SREs, the EPA took the unusual...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
