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Saudi Aramco looks to improve engines, fuels to sustain business

March 6, 2019 Energi Staff

Saudi Aramco, the state-run oil giant of Saudi Arabia, says it is looking to develop more efficient fuels and sophisticated combustion engines to help reduce CO2 emissions and secure the company’s business. [Read more]

No Picture
Opinion

Opinion: Hedge funds finish selling crude, grow bearish on diesel

December 3, 2018 Energi Staff

Hedge funds completed the wave of crude oil futures and options sales last week but there were heavy sales of derivatives linked to middle distillates.   Hedge funds net sellers of 649 million barrels in the [Read more] [Read more]

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Opinion

Opinion: Oil markets roiled by too much gasoline, not enough diesel

November 16, 2018 Energi Staff

Global oil markets are increasingly over-supplied with light distillates, such as gasoline, while there are not enough middle distillates, such as diesel, which has opened a big price differential between the two fuels.  McEvoy Oil [Read more]

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USA

Adoption of autonomous vehicles could increase US transportation energy consumption

June 19, 2018 Markham Hislop

Electricity consumption is higher in all cases Autonomous vehicles are one of the main sources of uncertainty in the future of U.S. transportation energy consumption, as autonomous vehicle technology has the potential to change travel [Read more]

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News

Electric vehicles continue to see slow sales growth, less use than conventional vehicles

May 22, 2018 Markham Hislop

About two-thirds of households with BEVs or PHEVs have incomes higher than $100,000 Electrified vehicles (hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and battery electric) have been sold as high fuel economy alternatives to conventional gasoline vehicles [Read more]

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USA

US biodiesels have distinct properties compared to petroleum diesel

May 8, 2018 Markham Hislop

In 2017, biodiesels accounted for4% of total diesel consumption Biodiesel is a renewable fuel made from various feedstocks, including refined vegetable oils, recycled cooking oils, and rendered animal fats. Different feedstocks produce biodiesel with distinct [Read more]

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USA

US ‘renewable diesel’ imports driven down in 2017 by new duties

May 2, 2018 Markham Hislop

Renewable diesel imports were 4.7 million barrels in 2017, 12% lower than in 2016 U.S. imports of biomass-based diesel, which include biodiesel and renewable diesel, totaled 14.1 million barrels in 2017, a 36% decrease from [Read more]

Rome
News

Rome to ban diesel cars by 2024

February 28, 2018 Energi Staff

Mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi said “If we want to intervene seriously, we have to have the courage to adopt strong measures”. Nearly all of the pollution in Rome is caused by motor vehicles On [Read more]

In the Spotlight

Alberta needs a Plan B

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Oil finally has a competitor (electricity) Alberta already has a Plan A. It’s called the Emissions Reduction and Energy Development Plan. To understand how risky it is, you need to understand OPEC’s “Oil and Gas [Read more]

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