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APRIL 3, 2019

A new study released by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) finds greenhouse gas emissions from corn-based ethanol are about 39% lower than gasoline. The study also states that when ethanol is refined at natural gas-powered refineries, the greenhouse gas emissions are even lower—around 43% below gasoline.

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MARCH 10, 2009

Abroad, meanwhile, an ethanol production unit is under analysis for Colombia. Separately, last week, Brazil Japan Ethanol (BJE), a joint venture formed between Petrobras and Japan Alcohol Trading, inaugurated its first unit to produce E3 (a 3% ethanol-gasoline blend) in Japan. Petrobras holds 87.5% of the stakes in the refinery.

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JULY 21, 2012

Honeywell’s UOP—a major international supplier and licensor of technology for petroleum refining, gas processing, petrochemical production and major manufacturing industries—has also been an early leader in developing technologies for the production of renewable drop-in hydrocarbon fuels. That’s a big sum. Earlier post.).

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