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Elevance picks URS to build Mississippi biorefinery

Elevance Renewable Sciences has selected URS Corp. to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for its second world-scale biorefinery in Natchez, Mississippi.

Marathon Petroleum acquires Ohio biodiesel plant

The Ohio plant currently produces several products including biodiesel and glycerin, with a total capacity of about 4,100 bpd. The transaction is expected to close in April 2014.

A biofuels roadmap for Europe to 2030

E4tech: Bauen, A.

What will the transport sector use as an energy source in 2030? If you answered gas, electricity or hydrogen, you could be on the right track. These sources are becoming increasingly useful to meet cl..

HP Editorial Comment: What’s next for the energy industry?

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

Year-end always leads to insightful predictions for the upcoming 12 months and possibly some longer-term insights. In writing this editorial at the end of December, HP reviewed several 2014 outlooks t..

HP Viewpoint: Methanol: The other transportation fuel

Methanol Institute: Dolan, G. A.

In the US Congress, the Open Fuel Standard Act was introduced to direct automakers to have half of all new cars by the 2017 model year capable of operating on something other than gasoline, with model..

HP Industry Perspectives: New crude oil supplies stabilize oil prices

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

A new US Energy Information Administration (EIA) report highlighted a positive trend unfolding within the global energy market. The rise in US crude oil production has greatly contributed to stabilizi..

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Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Thinnes, Billy

US senator suggests lifting ban on oil exports    The Trans-Alaskan pipeline terminus in Valdez, Alaska. Photo courtesy of The Center for Land Use Interpretation. Senator Lisa Murk..

US energy groups spar over 2014 biofuel mandate

Several leading US trade groups representing the petroleum and biofuels sectors are at odds this week as the EPA prepares to finalize the nation's renewable fuels mandates for 2014.

Pacific Ethanol to enhance yields at Idaho plant

The company chose ICM Inc.'s Selective Milling Technology as a component in its process to increase corn oil production and boost ethanol yields by increasing available starch for conversion.

Ethanol plant sales reflect doubt over EPA mandate

Bunge has decided to sell its stake in an ethanol plant in Vicksburg, Mississippi, reflecting uncertainty over US biofuel use. The sale is the first in what will likely be a series of ethanol industry divestitures.