In 2018, U.S. sales of electric vehicles (EVs) grew to over 361,000, up over 80 percent from 2017. Worldwide electric vehicle sales soared to over 1.7 million, with China claiming about half of the global EV market. Still, EVs only represent about 2 perce…
In 2018, U.S. sales of electric vehicles (EVs) grew to over 361,000, up over 80 percent from 2017. Worldwide electric vehicle sales soared to over 1.7 million, with China claiming… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/dominating-electric-vehicle-market/
The Oily Beginning: WWI
Oil became a key factor in military might in the decade before World War I when the UK Royal Navy and US Navy shifted from coal to oil as a source of power. Other major navies soon emulated this transition. By 1939, all naval vess…
Oil & War
February 19, 2019 Oil And Energy 2019, Government Policy, January/February 2019, Top Stories
By Captain Paul E. Mawn USN (Ret.)
The Oily Beginning:… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/oil-war/
Record voter turnouts were recorded across the country on November 6, 2018 as Americans came out like never before to participate in a mid-term election. While many election forecasters correctly predicted a “Blue Wave” of Democratic incumbents and candid…
Record voter turnouts were recorded across the country on November 6, 2018 as Americans came out like never before to participate in a mid-term election. While many election… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/2018-mid-term-election-results-impacts/
The first Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS1, was passed into law as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and expanded into RFS2 with the passage of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. As chief counsel at the Senate Committee on Environment a…
The first Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS1, was passed into law as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and expanded into RFS2 with the passage of the Energy Independence and… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/renewing-or-refining-rfs/
These are challenging times for American farmers. Low commodity prices, plummeting RIN values, and the prospect of trade wars are taking a toll on the agriculture economy. In June, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt spent time with farm groups and ethanol pro…
These are challenging times for American farmers. Low commodity prices, plummeting RIN values, and the prospect of trade wars are taking a toll on the agriculture economy. In… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/year-round-e15-and-small-refinery-waivers/
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has officially ceased its nearly-decade-old effort to convert the $1-per-gallon Biodiesel Tax Credit (BTC) from a blender credit to a producer credit.
Reuters broke the news on May 25, 2018, though Oil & Energy and ot…
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has officially ceased its nearly-decade-old effort to convert the $1-per-gallon Biodiesel Tax Credit (BTC) from a blender credit to a producer… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/we-have-unity/
Recent changes in state marijuana laws and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rules related to the use of synthetic opioids have raised some serious questions among commercial drivers and their employers. Which drugs are allowed with a pr…
Recent changes in state marijuana laws and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rules related to the use of synthetic opioids have raised some serious questions… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/what-clean-2018/
Recent legislation has directed the sale of more than 100 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in U.S. government fiscal years (FY) 2022 through 2027.
The following article originally appeared in the February 21 edition of Today In Energy, published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, under the heading, “Recent… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/congress-calls-additional-spr-sales/
On February 27, FERC issued an official news release stating that a staff inquiry had found “no evidence of anticompetitive withholding of natural gas pipeline capacity on Algonquin Gas Transmission.”
Report Finds “No Evidence” of Capacity Withholding in New England
On February 27, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an official news release stating that a… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/ferc-shows-its-hand/
On Tuesday, March 6, the Massachusetts Energy Marketers Association (MEMA) and Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) presented a webinar by DOER titled “Biofuels in the Massachusetts Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard.”
Over 110 indivi…
On Tuesday, March 6, the Massachusetts Energy Marketers Association (MEMA) and Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) presented a webinar by DOER titled “Biofuels in… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/mema-doer-present-webinar-alternative-energy-portfolio-standard/
On December 7, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) received a stop-work order from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEEE), suspending a study of the bureau’s offshore …
On December 7, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) received a stop-work order from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/decembers-drilling-de-regulations/
By this time next year (or maybe sooner), Massachusetts retailers selling bio-blended heating oil could potentially be collecting financial incentives as high as 65 cents per gallon of biodiesel delivered to their customers. To get to the “why” and “how” …
By this time next year (or maybe sooner), Massachusetts retailers selling bio-blended heating oil could potentially be collecting financial incentives as high as 65 cents per… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/massachusetts-looks-ahead-aps-rollout/
With more than 1.8 million oil-heated homes, New York has the largest heating oil market of any state in the country. Consisting of Westchester County, New York City, Nassau County, and Suffolk County, the downstate region alone contains more than 1.3 mil…
Legislation takes effect July 1, 2018
With more than 1.8 million oil-heated homes, New York has the largest heating oil market of any state in the country. Consisting of… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/ny-governor-signs-downstate-b5-law/
Regional and state associations help preserve the calm through the storms
In a sense, the Northeast’s energy marketers are already in the disaster management business. Called on to complete emergency deliveries and repairs during cold New England nights …
Regional and state associations help preserve the calm through the storms
In a sense, the Northeast’s energy marketers are already in the disaster management business. Called on… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/deliverable-fuels-industry-weathers-busy-hurricane-season/
Industry stakeholders react to EPA’s recent proposal and other developments
Industry stakeholders react to EPA’s recent proposal and other developments
It’s been some summer for the renewable fuels industry — rule proposals, public hearings,… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/rfs-perspective/
