Published on Tuesday, July 30 2019
Authors: Cinda Lohmann, Julia Tossetti and John Auers

Just like ethanol blending in general, E15 (gasoline containing 15% ethanol) has long been a “political football” with refiners, automakers, ethanol makers, the farm lobby and environmentalists all involved in the skirmishes.  There have even been some unlikely alliances formed during the debate, with refiners finding allies from the environmental…

Published on Tuesday, July 23 2019
Authors: Elizabeth Hilbourn and John Auers

The Proposed 2020 RFS and 2021 biomass-based diesel RFS was announced by the EPA on July 5, 2019.  The proposed regulation anticipates a flat-line course with the imputed corn ethanol still at 15.00 billion gallons where it has been since 2017. This flat line of anticipated ethanol usage comes even…

Published on Tuesday, July 16 2019
Authors: Dennis Sutton

This Turning Point blog is provided by Dennis Sutton.  Following a 40-year career with Marathon Petroleum, Dennis is now principal of the consulting firm, PetroQual, and serves as the Executive Director of the Crude Oil Quality Association (COQA). Elvis Presley’s 1969 number 1 hit “Suspicious Minds,” which was more recently…