Navistar officials announced June 30 that they’ve inked a diesel engine supply deal with Turkish vehicle maker, Otokar.

Daimler Trucks North America officials announced July 1 that they expect production of Class 8 diesel trucks in the United States to be 67% higher in July 2010 than in July 2009.

California-based Clean Energy Fuels officials announced June 30 that they’ve won a 3.5-million-gallon-per-year liquefied natural gas supply contract for garbage truck hauler Republic Services in southern California.

Demand for diesel cars is likely to soften as India’s government eliminates price controls, according to spokesmen for major automakers.

Allison Transmission officials announced June 29 that they’ve begun construction on a US$130 million hybrid-electric truck drive systems plant in Indianapolis, Ind.

Caterpillar officials announced June 28 that they’ve decided to expand production of excavator machines in Xuzhou, China, because of “rapid expansion of opportunities in the key growth markets of Asia.”

International Energy Agency officials July 1 released an Energy Technology Perspectives 2010 report concluding that Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development nations seem headed for an “oil-less” economic recovery.

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and the European Union are teaming-up on a new study examining the future impact of biofuels on oil refining and fuels specifications.

International Finance Corp. officials announced June 28 that they have agreed to invest US$120 million in Egyptian Refining Co. for a 4-million-ton-per-year fuel-oil hydrocracking and coking refinery.

The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources last week ordered the indefinite suspension of a biodiesel mandate that was supposed to have started July 1.

The Lysychansk oil refinery (CJSC Linik, Luhansk region) has completed upgrades to enable production of Euro-4 (50 parts per million sulfur) diesel, according to an Interfax report last week quoting a TNK-BP press release.

PetroChina officials announced last week that they’ll launch a new 5-million-ton-per-year crude distillation unit and Euro-4 (50 parts per million sulfur) fuels upgrading capacity at the company’s Ningxia refinery starting in September 2011.

Officials with Tennessee-based Pilot Travel Centers LLC announced June 30 that they’ve completed a merger with Flying J, creating an expanded network of more than 550 interstate diesel fuel travel centers across 43 U.S. states and six Canadian provinces.

Israel-based Oil Refineries Ltd. officials announced June 30 that they’ve signed a US$600 million loan deal with a group of banks for a financing plan that includes a proposed hydrocracking unit.

In a run-up to fuel price deregulation announced late last month, India’s refiners began boosting output in May, according to a report from Interactive Investor (India) citing government data.

A new study by Boston-based Lux Research shows that venture capitalists slashed biofuels investments 26% in 2009 vs. 2008.

Lebanon, Ore.-based Cascade Renewable Energy officials this month unveiled plans to develop a 1-million-gallon-per-year biomass gasification/Fischer-Tropsch diesel project, tapping a “modular” wood-waste gasification plant.

Ultra-low sulfur diesel prices in major world spot and futures markets plummeted last week on plentiful supplies and souring global economic signals.

Distillate spot and futures prices plummeted last week on abundant supplies.