Rare Earths Shortage, Price Run-Up Posing Dilemma for Refiners

Global Refining & Fuels Report: Top Stories	January 26, 2011
Theresa Ward, Managing Editor, Newsletter Group	E-mail

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Volume 15, Issue 2

Top Stories
EPA Approves E15 for MY 2001-2006 Cars, Light Trucks
Valero, Darling Get US$241 Million DOE Loan OK for Renewable Diesel Plant
China Lining Up Investments, Access to Canada’s Oil Sands
2010 Marked Improvement for Refining Sector: Report
GTI, Criterion Ink ‘IH2’ Licensing Agreement
IndianOil, LanzaTech Sign MOU for Fuel-Grade Ethanol Technology
Qteros, Praj Industries Partner for Cellulosic Ethanol Commercialization
Valero to Invest US$50 Million in Cellulosic-Ethanol Plant
Marathon Spins-Off Downstream Business
Rare Earths Shortage, Price Run-Up Posing Dilemma for Refiners
Shell Carves Out Base-Oil Unit and Announces Harburg Refinery-To-Terminal Conversion
News from Americas
EPA: Obama Review Won’t Stop Refinery, Power-Plant GHG Rules
Elliott Group Wins Compressor Contracts for Ruwais Refinery
Q&A With Valero Energy on E15
CB&I Unit Wins Contract for Russian Ethylene Plant
Foster Wheeler to Build Biomass-Fired Generator in Spain
EPA to Defer CO2 Permit Requirements for Industries that Use Biomass
Petrobras Reports Record Gasoline Sales in 2010
U.S. Army Testing Trash-to-Fuel Scheme
News from Middle East / Asia
KPI Commissions New Rotterdam Refinery Units
Japanese Refiner Expanding Solar-Energy, Fuel-Cell Businesses
Flood-Induced Outage May Cost Caltex Australia Up to US$10 Million
News from Europe / Africa
Essar Confirms Talks to Buy Shell’s Stanlow Refinery
Repsol Refinery Efficiency Project Aimed at Reducing 212,000 Tons of GHG
Technip Wins Engineering Contract for Bulgaria Resid Hydrocracker
Neste Oil’s Porvoo Refinery Taps Headwaters HCAT Upgrading Technology
Market Report
Fortnight Market Snapshot: ICE Brent Futures and ICE Gas Oil Futures
Study: Plenty of Land for Biofuels
API: U.S. Petroleum Demand Rose 2.3% in 2010 vs 2009; Diesel Shines
Natural Gas Will Be Fastest Growing Fossil Fuel; Biofuels to Provide 9% of Transport Fuels: BP Analysis
Pratt & Whitney Military Engines Power Biofuel Tests for U.S. Air Force
Vehicle CO2 Emissions Likely to Jump 40-130% by 2050: Study
BNEF: Low-Carbon Energy Investment Reached a Record US$243 Billion in 2010
Study: Not Enough Infrastructure to Increase Ethanol Consumption in U.S.

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