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Making the Grade – New Study Analyzes What’s to Come in the Anode Coke Market
Authors: John Auers and Elizabeth Hilbourn “None of you can make the grade” are the repeating lyrics of the angst fueled alternative rock band Placebo in their song “Bionic.” It is also a tune some...
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Not For All the Tea in China – A Primer on the Chinese Teapot Refineries-...
Authors: John Auers, Elizabeth Hilbourn and Wei Li We continue our focus on China this week as we further delve into the subject of China’s curiously named teapot refining industry. In Part 1, we...
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China’s Victory Day
Authors: John Auers, Elizabeth Hilbourn and Wei Li Considering the growing importance of China to the energy markets and the recent and high profile developments and speculation about economic activity...
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Year 2016 and the Renewable Fuel Standard
Authors: John Auers and Elizabeth Hilbourn As in the 1994 song, “When the Wheels Don’t Move” written by Jay Farrar, “Going green a casino catch phrase, Ethanol’s made of smoke and mirrors,” increasing...
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“Fast and Furious” – Oversupplying the Diesel Market?, Part 1
Authors: John Auers, Elizabeth Hilbourn and Ryan Couture What do diesel fuel and the “Fast and Furious” movie franchise have in common? The easy answer is Vin Diesel, but there are other similarities...
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“Fast and Furious” – Oversupplying the Diesel Market, Part 2
Authors: John Auers, Elizabeth Hilbourn and Ryan Couture In “Oversupplying the Diesel Market, Part 1,” we talked about how strong diesel demand in recent years has driven a shift in the industry toward...
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“It’s déjà vu all over again” – A baseball legend passes away, while a...
Authors: John Auers, Ryan M. Couture and Mike Leger The recent death of Yogi Berra at age 90 on September 22 not only marked the passing of a baseball legend, but also one of the most memorable and...
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“The Wolf of Wolfsburg” – The Volkswagen Scandal and What It Means for the...
Authors: Ryan M. Couture and John Auers A few weeks back we did a two part series discussing recent developments in the diesel market (“Fast and Furious”, Part 1 and Part 2) and how they have impacted...
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“The Wolf of Wolfsburg” – The Volkswagen Diesel Scandal and What It Means for...
Authors: Ryan M. Couture and John Auers It seems as if there are new developments every day in the story of how Volkswagen circumvented U.S. emissions regulations. In our blog last week, we began our...
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“The Wolf of Wolfsburg” – The Volkswagen Diesel Scandal and What It Means for...
Authors: Ryan M. Couture and John Auers Over the last two weeks, we’ve looked at how the “Wolf” has brought to the forefront the “dieselization” of passenger vehicles and the potential problems with...
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“You Can’t Fire Me, I Quit!” – The Continuing Saga of Keystone XL
By: John Auers and Ryan M. Couture After seven long years, the continuing soap opera around the Keystone XL (KXL) approval process seems to have finally come to an end; or has it? On Friday morning,...
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HOUSE of CARDS – The Crude Export Ban Episode
By Andy Hill and John Auers (Spoiler alert!) Frank Underwood (D-SC) has held high political ambitions for many years. Using a ruthless political strategy, he ascended into the world’s most powerful...
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By: John Auers As many of you begin preparations for a week of family get-togethers, turkeys (or turduckens), football, Black Friday craziness, and all the other things associated with the U.S. version...
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“Slow Boat to China” – U.S. Light Crude Oil Exports: Where Would They Go if...
By: Ryan M. Couture and John Auers In our blog two weeks ago (Nov. 17th – House of Cards), we discussed the changing political landscape that surrounds the crude export debate. While recent...
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Finally! Renewable Fuel Standards Set for 2014, 2015 and 2016
By: Tom Hogan and John Auers For all of the folks waiting with bated breath for the renewable fuel standards that were supposed to be set one to two years ago, they have arrived! While they are not...
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The Song That Never Ends: Cellulosic Biofuel
By John Auers and Elizabeth Hilbourn “This is the song that never ends, it goes on and on my friends, some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they continued singing it forever just...
View ArticleChristmas 2015 – Reflections on the Reason for the Season
As crude prices continue to languish and even turn lower, it might be tough this Christmas for some of you to recognize the “Tidings of Comfort and Joy” that come with the Season. While the refiners...
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For Auld Lang Syne, My Dear, Let’s Take a Cup of Cooking Oil and Turn it into...
By: John Auers and Elizabeth Hilbourn For our final blog of the year, it seems appropriate to discuss the still small, but rapidly growing market for renewable diesel. The Scottish phrase, “Auld Lang...
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Long Live the Planet! – COP21 and What it Means for the Energy Industry
By: John Auers and Elizabeth Hilbourn Long live the planet! I would hazard to say that most everyone (with the possible exception of ISIS, Lex Luther, Dr. Evil, or some other real or fictional...
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“Little GTO You’re Looking Really Fine”– and so are the Spreads for the...
By John Mayes and John Auers As those of you who drive cars calling for higher octane gasoline can attest, the relative price of premium gasoline (91-93 octane, compared to regular 85-87) has increased...
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