oArgentina Imposes $7.5 Million Fine on Shell for Supposed Diesel Shortages.

oCitgo to Convert Current 500-ppm Sulfur Highway Diesel Output to ULSD in 2008 at its Lemont, Ill., and Corpus Christi, Tex., Refineries.

oU.S. Pipelines, Connecting Facilities Now Can Use Internet-Based ‘ULSD Facility Handoff’ Report.

oConocoPhillips (COP) Starts Producing Refinery-Hydrotreated Biodiesel at Irish Refinery.

oNissan Announces Plan to Introduce ‘Green’ Diesel Light-Duty Vehicles in U.S., Japan & China by 2010.

oTechnip Wins Colombia Refinery Fuel-Desulfurization Project Contract.

oSunoco to Boost ULSD Output via Refinery Upgrades at Toledo, Philadelphia.

oChinese Diesel Exports Dropped Dramatically in 2006.

oDiesel Technology Forum Release New Clean-Diesel Retrofit Guide.

oHybrid-Electric Vehicle Sales Seen Hitting Nearly 4 Million Units by 2015.

oPetrobras Cranking-Up ‘H-Bio’ Hydrotreated Biodiesel Production.

oRussia Planning GTL Diesel Plant.

oSouth Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD, Metro Los Angeles) Attacks Railroad Industry Lawsuit That Would Block Diesel Idling Emissions Restrictions.

oCat Gets U.S. EPA 2007 Certification on Big C13, C15 Highway Clean-Diesel Engines.

oTechnip Wins Two Biodiesel Plant Contracts in France.

oBP Mix-Up Causes 20-ppm Sulfur ULSD Delivery From Carson, Calif., Refinery.

oRailroads Cleaning-Up on Texas Emissions Reduction Program (TERP) Grants.

oUnion of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Claims Diesel Construction Equipment Emissions Causing Big Public Health Problems.

oEuropean Commission OK’s Italy’s Federal Aid Program for Diesel Particle Filter Retrofits on Passenger Buses.

oChina Opens Wholesale Products Market To Foreign Competition, But Retains Price Controls on Retail Markets.

oJapan’s Cosmo Oil Targets California CARB-ULSD Market With Refinery Upgrade Project.

o60% of Biodiesel Fails to Meet ASTM D6751 Standards, According to Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory Study.

oCoordinating Research Council (CRC) Light-Duty Diesel Performance Group Test Work Might Lead Automakers to Drop Push For Tougher Lubricity Limit.

oWoodward, Tenneco Team-up On Diesel Particle Filter (DPF) Soot Regeneration Burner Scheme.

oU.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) To Compel Diesel Aircraft Engine Makers to Account for ‘Inadequate’ Cetane in Kero-Jet Fuel.

oTaiwan Forced To Turn to Diesel Because of LNG Shortage for Electric Power.

oPetrobras Boasts that its ‘Podium’ Low-Sulfur Diesel Fuel Better Than Higher-Sulfur Competitors.

oU.S. EPA Awards $200,000 Grant To Cut Diesel Locomotive Emissions At Ohio River Port in Indiana.

oKorea Getting Many More ‘Green’ Diesel, Hybrid Cars.

oFord Seen Using Land-Rover Diesel Engines in Light Trucks for U.S Market.

oSlavneft Announces 10-ppm Sulfur ULSD Production.

oChoren Aims To Expand Biomass to Liquids (BTL) Diesel Production in Germany.

oEuro-4 Light-Duty Diesel Emissions Limits Reportedly Adopted for Beijing.

oCalifornia Air Resources Board (CARB) Adopts ‘Emergency’ Amendments to Portable Equipment Registration Program (PERP) for Construction Diesel Engines.

oU.S. EPA Vehicle Fuel-Economy Study Shows Diesel Drivers Get Exceptionally Good Miles Per Gallon.

oUnion Pacific (UP) Railroad Starts California Tests of Retrofit Diesel Particle Filter (DPF) on Switcher Locomotive, Using ULSD Fuel.

oMassachusetts To Retrofit Entire State Fleet of Diesel School Buses, Regional Transit Buses with Diesel Particle Filters.

oRenault OK’s B30 (30% Methyl-Ester Biodiesel) For Two Commercial Vehicles in Europe.

oFire Forces Suncor to Scale-Back ULSD Production at Colorado Refinery.

oVietnam Slightly Reduces Diesel Sulfur Limit to 2,500-ppm.

oSpecially Coated Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) Valves Now Aiding Diesel Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) Reduction.

oFire Temporarily Shuts Giant’s Ciniza, N.M., Refinery ULSD Production Unit.

oGreen Group Study Finds Locomotive Diesel Pollution Causing Thousands of Premature Deaths.