• Independent evaluations/audits of the fuels regulatory compliance status of refining and marketing facilities.
• Assessments of future expenditures required for remediation or closure activities.
• Representation regarding the assignment of environmental cleanup, remediation and future liabilities during mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.
• Negotiations with federal, state and local authorities regarding compliance issues.
• Staff training for gasoline, diesel and renewable fuels compliance regulations.

Exemplary Engagements:

• Assisted a biofuel producer review a range of processing schemes for co-processing units, as well as evaluating feedstock sources and injection points.
• Audited laboratories at each refinery of a multi-refinery system to satisfy court requirement.
• Audited refineries in the Midwest, Gulf Coast and Rocky Mountains to evaluate compliance with fuels regulations.
• Assisted biodiesel producers in France, Netherlands, Argentina on registering for, complying with, and reporting for, the U.S. federal renewable fuel program.
• Provided an industry association with a study on the economics of renewable diesel production.
• Performed several due diligence reviews, for refiners, of various renewable fuel suppliers, primarily biodiesel producers.
• Presentations to AFPM and individual companies on fuel regulations and implications for refiners.
• Performed an evaluation of a Gulf Coast renewable diesel producer on behalf of a prospective buyer.