Tag: fuel

July 2, 2020

MAPCO, a convenience-store chain with 344 locations throughout the Southeastern region of the United States, has launched a new mobile app with a catalogue of rewards and the ability to pay directly through the app in an effort to make […]

May 22, 2020

Shell receives the most fuelling visits, representative of their large market share but Kwik Trip, Quik Trip, and Wawa fiercely compete for the lead with nearly identical CLI scores. Based on our last industry study, overall sentiment has increased with […]

March 3, 2020

The Port of Seattle in the US state of Washington has supported the state-wide implementation of a low carbon fuel standard. The Port of Seattle Commission and executive director Stephen Metruck sent a letter to the Senate Environment, Energy and […]

November 26, 2019

Trust is critical to all businesses. Without it, customers and investors take flight and profits tumble. When it comes to oil and gas, securing trust was once a relatively easy affair. On one hand, companies had to demonstrate that they […]

May 7, 2019

Biodiesel producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) has entered a partnership with Broco Oil Company to provide clean fuel options to heating oil dealers in the northeast of the US. Under the partnership, the two companies will collaborate on a biodiesel […]

May 7, 2019

Bloom Energy posted strong revenue results in its first-quarter 2019 financial report — a revenue story that distinguishes Bloom from the rest of the largely moribund fuel cell pack. But Bloom continues to lose money, and that is very much […]

December 3, 2018

Dutch low-carbon marine fuel supplier GoodFuels Marine reports successful trials of their zero-emission Bio-Fuel Oil with Danish shipping company Norden A/S. The trials took place in Northern Europe and involved hundreds of metric tons of the fuel. Bio-Fuel Oil was […]

November 13, 2018

Organic compounds in household sewage and industrial wastewater are a rich potential source of energy, bioplastics and even proteins for animal feed — but with no efficient extraction method, treatment plants discard them as contaminants. Now researchers have found an […]

September 25, 2018

Over the past few years, a number of scientists have made the seemingly outrageous claim that they could make fuel from thin air. The most recent announcement comes from Cornell University startup Dimensional Energy. In a press release – Just […]

February 16, 2018

This week Democratic Sen. Tom Carper said that President Trump is floating the possibility of a 25 cent per gallon fuel tax increase to pay for his new infrastructure plan. If enacted, this would be the first increase in the […]

February 6, 2018

Radioactive material from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) will be making a short trek from the now closed units to a spot next to the beach — a move that has outraged community activists, who fear it will […]

July 18, 2016

Norway is the first country to adopt a ban on deforestation, a policy that will likely have global effects. The Norwegian parliament recently committed to a deforestation-free supply chain of goods coming into the country. Norway is not, however, new […]

May 24, 2016

U.S. distillate inventory, which includes diesel fuel, dropped unexpectedly in April, causing an oil price rally. Will future months see additional surprises? US Distillate Consumption Declined In 2015 Consumption of distillate fuel, which includes diesel fuel and heating oil, fell […]

May 13, 2016

Ten years after the introduction of ultra low sulfur diesel fuel in 2006, the Diesel Technology Forum recognises the role of the shift to cleaner diesel fuel and its importance in the major environmental accomplishments being celebrated during National Clean […]

April 25, 2016

Oil prices dipped on Monday as traders took profits after three weeks of gains and as a jump in the dollar late last week was priced into fuel markets. Front-month Brent crude was trading at $44.80 per barrel at 0710 […]

April 20, 2016

State level taxes and fees on gasoline in the US averaged 26.5 ¢/gal. as of 1 January 2016. These taxes and fees ranged from a low of 8.95¢/gal. in Alaska to a high of 51.4¢/gal. in Pennsylvania, in addition to […]

March 31, 2016

The near-term outlook for oil markets is a mess. Price volatility recently reached its highest level since the global financial crisis as traders, investors and the industry as a whole try to sort through the significance of two big changes: […]

March 28, 2016

Oil prices rose on Monday after a three-day break, adding to gains in recent weeks as optimism holds that a production freeze among major producers may be implemented, but volumes were thin as a number of markets remain on holiday […]

March 24, 2016

North America’s top fleets have spoken, and their #1 choice for greening their fleet operations is biodiesel. According to a new 2016 Fleet Purchasing Outlook study conducted by the NTEA – The Association for the Work Truck Industry – biodiesel […]

March 18, 2016

High levels of natural gas production and relatively low natural gas prices are affecting markets for seasonal natural gas storage, including the value of additional storage capacity. For the second year in a row, no new natural gas storage facilities […]