Biodiesel News

China Aviation Oil, Asia's number one jet fuel buyer, is requesting up to 1.5 million barrels of jet fuel for August to September, a tender document reveals. This is approximately 27% lower than what the company required in its previous tender and is now looking for four jet fuel cargoes of 240,000 to 300,000 barrels each for loading periods. The cargoes are to be loaded from either South Korea,…
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Sagay Central, a sugar milling and sugar growing company and partner of energy crop cultivator Viaspace, has shipped and planted Giant King Grass in Negros Occidental, the Philippines. Sagay Central crushes 4,000 tonnes of sugarcane daily and produces 150,000 tonnes of sugar per year. The Giant King Grass was harvested from Viaspace's nursery in California, US and inspected by the US Department…
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The US Navy and the Chilean Navy will continue their shared research on advanced alternative fuels for power surface vessels and navy aircraft. After a four-year mutual agreement, this latest agreement enables both countries to reduce their dependence of imported fuels, and increase their energy security. By 2020, the US Navy aims to have 50% of its operations fuelled by alternative energy…
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Appalachian Biofuels is investing $3.5 million (€2.8 million) to manufacture biodiesel from waste feedstocks using immobilised enzymes. A new startup company plans to build an enzymatic biodiesel production facility in Russell County, Virginia, with funding from the state government. Virginia beat out South Carolina in competition for the project, according to a press release by Virginia…
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KazMunayGas Trading has lost its court case against Austrian oil company OMV Petrom. The product and supplies company will have to pay over $70 million (€56 million) to Romanian tax administration agency ANAF, for contentious biodiesel imports from Canada originating in the US. This sum was awarded for recovering losses generated by the OLAF investigation and the decision to pay the…
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China imported 51,507 tonnes of biodiesel in October, down 58.32% from September, data released by the General Administration of Customs shows. The country's main source of palm methyl ester is exported from Indonesia. These figures fell 56% month on month to 46,500 tonnes in October, while UCO methyl ester exports from Hong Kong fell 28.17% to 4,972 tonnes. PME shipments from Malaysia dropped…
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Karlstad Airport, Sweden, has become the first airport in Europe to install a fixed storage tank facility for aviation biofuel. The facility officially opened on 26 June and the first regular commercial flight in Sweden took off the same day. From the start of 2015, biofuels will be available to all aircraft departing from Karlstad Airport. 'This facility is the first stationary storage tank for…
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In the US, Simple Fuels is to acquire the assets of California-based Yokayo Biofuels. The transaction includes the sale of Yokayo's biodiesel operations, as well as its oil collection activities and deep fryer oil collected from local restaurants. It has been reported that Simple Fuels will continue producing and supplying biodiesel at the same price of $4.70 (€3.70) per gallon. Following…
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National flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia will use avtur, a type of aviation turbine fuel, with biofuel to help reduce its carbon emissions. Starting in 2016, the airline will use approximately 1.8 billion litres per year of avtur to operate at its aircraft. As a result, from 2016, Garuda's jet fuel consumption is expected to reach 2 billion litres per year. The state-owned carrier is currently…
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Biomass Japan has selected Davao City, in the Philippines, to set up a used cooking oil-based biodiesel production facility. The firm is currently negotiating feedstock supply contracts with major restaurants and other potential oil suppliers. '(The company) will collect all used cooking oil from restaurants and households, filter and process this into biodiesel, which can be used by cars and…
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The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has filed comments with the European Commission (EC) challenging blocked US biodiesel exports to Europe. Since 2009, the EC has prevented biodiesel exports trading from US to Europe, a move that the NBB calls 'unfair'. NBB urges the EC to allow duties on US biodiesel imports to expire this year planned, arguing that global trade for biodiesel has changed…
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Ergil will provide 16 pontoon type internal floating roofs for Gulf Petrochem's Pipavav Terminal project in Pipavav, Gujarat, India. The company, which engineers, constructs and manufactures storage tanks for the petroleum and chemical industries, will supply the oil and energy specialists with pontoon type internal floating roofs, which are fully compliant with API 650 standards. Pontoon type…
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Philadelphia-based biofuels company, SG Preston, is planning to build a $400 million (€299 million) renewable diesel plant in Ohio, US. SG Preston's plant will have a capacity of 120 million gallons (454 million litres). The South Point facility in Lawrence County is expected to be completed in 2017.
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Air France-KLM plans to fly weekly flights from Toulouse to Paris using a blend of kerosene. The airline will fly planes with a 10% blend of biofuel until September next year. Airlines are moving toward using clean fuel following assurance from the International Air Transport Association to cut emissions by 50% by 2050 from 2005 levels.
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