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A U.S. oil refinery in Texas. The world’s two largest refinery systems are both producing less distillate fuel than before the pandemic erupted.
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Comment: Diesel’s gloomy message for the global economy

The only way to rebalance supply and demand is more supply or a deep recession

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Global shortages of middle distillates such as diesel, gas oil and heating oil are intensifying rather than easing, making it more likely a relatively severe slowdown in the business cycle will be necessary to rebalance the market. U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil depleted to 106 million barrels on Oct. 7, the lowest seasonal level
The Manitoba Canola Growers Association thinks an opportunity could exist for canola producers to sell their product into the biodiesel market.
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Carbon tax could translate into more demand for canola

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“Nobody like taxes… but there is also going to be some opportunities,” as a result of Manitoba’s climate and green plan, Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) president Chuck Fossay told the Keystone Agricultural Producers’ advisory council Nov. 2. While the plan includes a flat $25-a-tonne carbon tax starting sometime next year, it also says if
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Plastic shopping bags make a fine diesel fuel, researchers report

Instead of clogging up landfills and poisoning wildlife the bags can be fuelling vehicles

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Plastic shopping bags, an abundant source of litter on land and at sea, can be converted into diesel, natural gas and other useful petroleum products, University of Illinois researchers report. The conversion produces significantly more energy than it requires and results in transportation fuels — diesel, for example — that can be blended with existing
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Bioblending a path to growth

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A Manitoba short line railway has been nationally 
recognized for its innovative solution to blending biodiesel

Central Manitoba Railway (CEMR) didn’t plan to get into biofuel blending — until it saw a good business opportunity headed the wrong way down the tracks. “The railway is a mature business and we’re a short line with 120 miles of track, so where do we grow our business?” said CEMR’s assistant general manager, Sean
Crops, Oilseeds

ADM To Build Canola Biodiesel Plant In Canada

briefs reuters / U.S.-based agribusiness Archer Daniels Midland Co. said Nov. 14 that it would build a 265-millionlitre biodiesel plant in Lloydminster, Alta. The plant would crush canola, Canada s second- biggest crop after spring wheat, and boost ADM s North American biodiesel production capacity by 50 per cent. ADM said it would start building
Crops

PAMI Puts Biodiesel To Work On Farms

The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Inst i tute (PAMI) has released a compilation of several studies that showed biofuels perform well in Prairie farm equipment. Western Canadian farmers are major consumers of diesel fuel which is used in most types of farm equipment. “For both environmental and cost reasons, some producers have been looking for alternatives
Crops

Study Finds Biodiesel Blend Can Handle Prairie Winter

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Anew study on biodiesel performance has found you can go green – even on a frosty winter day. Tractors and other farm equipment using fuel containing as much as 10 per cent biodiesel operated normally even when the temperature dipped to -36 C, according to a study conducted by the Saskatchewan Research Council. “The study
Crops, Oilseeds

S – for Nov. 18, 2010

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everal years ago the federal government agreed it would pass a law requiring petroleum diesel fuel contain two per cent biodiesel. But so far, it hasn’t done it. Canadian canola grower associations want that renewable fuel standard in place April 1, 2011 and are urging farmers to lobby their MPs to make it happen. “If
Crops, Oilseeds

Canola Oil Makes The Biodiesel Grade – for Aug. 5, 2010

Biodiesel made from canola oil would emit 50 per cent less greenhouse gas than petroleum diesel fuel, which would make it eligible for the U. S. mandate to increase renewable fuel production, according to the U. S. Envi ronmental Protect ion Agency (EPA). EPA data that compares greenhouse gas emissions between biodiesel and conventional diesel,
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Run Your Diesel Engine On Ethanol, Water And Diesel

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Suggest burning a mix of ethanol and water in a diesel engine and most farmers would give you a strange look and advice on places to go. But tell them it’s supposed to boost fuel efficiency, reduce emissions and extend engine life and you’ll have their attention. Ron Preston, president and Kevin Kenney, biofuel systems

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