Insights and Stories on Refining

Ceres plans southern Saskatchewan canola crush plant

May. 25, 2021 at 7:24 am CDT

U.S. ag commodities firm Ceres Global Ag, which in recent years has built up a Prairie grain and oilseed origination hub near the North Dakota border in southeastern Saskatchewan, now plans to crush canola there also. The Minneapolis company said Tuesday it plans to spend US$350 million to build an […]

Viterra plans major canola crusher for Regina

Apr. 26, 2021 at 4:58 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. oil industry seeks unusual alliance with Farm Belt against electric vehicle agenda

Jan. 29, 2021 at 3:41 am CST

By Jarrett Renshaw Stephanie Kelly

Trump administration mulls industry-wide biofuel waiver

Jan. 15, 2021 at 5:43 pm CST

By Stephanie Kelly

U.S. biofuel group says ethanol industry sharply cutting production

Mar. 19, 2020 at 9:17 pm CDT

By Stephanie Kelly

U.S. refiner group sues Trump EPA over E15 gasoline

Jun. 10, 2019 at 7:19 pm CDT

Reuters — The main U.S. refining industry association said on Monday it sued to block the Trump administration’s effort to expand sales of higher ethanol blends of gasoline, arguing the move exceeded the administration’s authority. The legal challenge from the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) association escalated a battle […]

By Reuters

Trump raises ethanol use in gasoline, appeases farmers ahead of elections

Oct. 9, 2018 at 8:36 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump launched an effort on Tuesday to increase ethanol use in the nation’s gasoline pool, delivering a long-sought political victory to the nation’s Farm Belt and angering oil refiners ahead of November’s congressional elections. Trump announced the lifting of a ban on summer […]

By Humeyra Pamuk Jarrett Renshaw

U.S. EPA scraps plan to force refiners to blend more biofuels

Jul. 12, 2018 at 12:57 am CDT

New York | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ditched a detailed plan that would have forced refiners to blend more biofuels into their gasoline and diesel in 2019 to compensate for volumes likely to be exempted under the agency’s small refinery hardship waiver program, according to newly released […]

By Jarrett Renshaw

U.S. EPA chief hints he could order more ethanol in fuel

Jun. 12, 2018 at 4:34 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — A week after the White House suspended its bid to reform the nation’s biofuels policy to aid oil refiners, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday dangled a tantalizing prospect to Midwest corn farmers, saying the agency has the power to expand […]

By Chris Prentice