Americas
Traveling sauna in US will run on Neste renewable diesel
When traveling the US roads in 2017, drivers may encounter a surprise amidst the conventional cars, trucks, and 18-wheelers. Throughout the year until December, a fully-functional Finnish sauna on wheels will travel 12,000 miles across the country. Neste is a sponsor of the Traveling Sauna, which is one of the many ways in which Finland celebrates its 100 years of independence in 2017.
EIA: Mexican gasoline market reforms could influence US gasoline export trends
The Mexican government is in the process of opening its gasoline and diesel markets to outside competition and replacing government-set prices with market-based prices. Last year, Mexico began allowing entities other than the state-owned company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) to import gasoline and diesel and open retail stations.
Brazil's Petrobras reduces diesel and gasoline prices at refineries
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -- Brazil's state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA announced on Thursday it is reducing diesel and gasoline prices at refineries, reflecting the fall in international petroleum products prices and the appreciation of the local currency against the dollar.
Magellan Midstream says Iowa pipeline still shut after diesel spill
(Reuters) -- Magellan Midstream Partners LP said on Thursday its refined products pipeline in Worth County, Iowa, remained shut after spilling about 3,300 barrels of diesel.
Buffett's BNSF cuts ethanol shipper costs amid push for safer train cars
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- BNSF Railway Co will start offering discounts to ethanol shippers this April if they agree to use new, safer train cars, as it pushes to scrub puncture-prone ones from its rail lines at a faster pace than required by US regulations.
US gasoline stockpiles build for fourth week on weak demand
(Reuters) -- Inventories of gasoline rose sharply in the United States for the fourth straight week amid weaker-than-usual demand, while crude oil stocks were also higher, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.
Oil slips on rising US inventories, awaits EIA data
LONDON (Reuters) -- Oil prices fell on Wednesday after builds in US inventories reinforced expectations that increasing shale output this year would reduce the impact of production cuts by OPEC and other major exporters.
Shell, Phillips 66 buy 6.4 MMbbl of oil from US emergency reserve
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Oil companies Shell and Phillips 66 together bought 6.4 MMbbl of oil last week from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), according to a Department of Energy document released on Tuesday.
Brazil's Petrobras says investors are suing its subsidiaries in Netherlands
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -- Brazil's state-run oil company, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, said on Tuesday in a securities filing that a group of investors is suing two of its subsidiaries in a court in the Netherlands.
In Trump freeze, US agencies delay biofuels regulations affecting farm towns
NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) -- US regulators under the new presidential administration have instituted a freeze on rules key to the country's farm belt, agricultural groups said on Tuesday, heightening uncertainty for some of the regions that helped propel Donald Trump into office.
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- Transition Industries signs agreements for the Pacifico Mexinol Project, an ultra-low carbon chemical production facility 7/3
- Bangkok Airways introduces SAF on commercial flights 7/3
- EcoCeres secures SAF contract with British Airways to help reduce carbon emissions 7/3
- Air Liquide to invest up to $200 MM in Louisiana, U.S. to support industrial growth 7/3
- MOL completes the acquisition of LBC Tank Terminals 7/3
