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U.S. Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production Takes Off As New Capacity Comes Online

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Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production is growing in the United States as new capacity comes online. U.S. production of Other Biofuels, the category we use to capture SAF in our Petroleum Supply Monthly, approximately doubled from December 2024 to February 2025. SAF is an alternative to petroleum jet fuel. It’s produced from … [continued]

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With a Technology License from MIT and NREL in Hand, Comstock Fuels Aims to Produce Jet Fuel from Lignin

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Patent-Pending Technology Turns Lignin—a Plant Structural Material—Into Aromatic Hydrocarbons That Could Help Leap Over Synthetic Aviation Fuel ‘Blend Wall’ It is an ideal complement to Comstock Fuels’ own technologies: an additional refining step to upgrade lignin from biomass into aromatic hydrocarbons, which are molecules needed to produce “drop-in” synthetic aviation … [continued]

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Oil Prices & Refinery Margins Fell Slightly in 1st Quarter of 2025

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During the first quarter of 2025 (1Q25), crude oil prices generally decreased while U.S. refinery margins initially increased before decreasing in the final month of the quarter. In this quarterly update, we review petroleum markets price developments in 1Q25, covering crude oil prices, refinery margins, biofuel compliance credit prices, and … [continued]

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More Good Electric 2- & 3-Wheeler News From East & West Africa

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Several companies across a number of countries on the African continent have put in a lot of work over the past 7 years or so to establish and grow their electric mobility firms. Following a series of pilot projects and several iterations of their products incorporating key learnings from those … [continued]

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