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PBF considering $550M investment to convert idled refinery unit to renewable diesel production

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Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and PBF Chalmette Refinery Manager Steven Krynski announced that the company is studying the possible conversion of an idled refinery unit into a renewable diesel production complex. Bernard Parish consider the project. PBF is one of the largest independent refining companies in the US.

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Syntroleum files suit against Neste Oil in Singapore over renewable diesel patent

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In the court filing, Syntroleum alleges that Neste’s “operation at its renewable diesel refinery in Singapore involves the processing of a bio-renewable feedstock to produce a hydrocarbon composition having at least 75 wt % even carbon number paraffins” which Syntroleum alleges “is claimed at the very least, in claim 22 of the Patent.”

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Biodiesel producer Renewable Energy Group to acquire F-T company Syntroleum

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US-based biodiesel producer Renewable Energy Group, Inc. Syntroleum also owns a 50% interest in Dynamic Fuels, LLC, a 75-million gallon renewable diesel production facility in Geismar, Louisiana. Syntroleum and its 50%-owned subsidiary Dynamic Fuels represent an attractive entry path for REG into renewable diesel.

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Man sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for selling $9 million in fraudulent renewable fuel credits

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to nearly 12 years and six months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for selling $9 million in renewable fuel credits which he falsely claimed were produced by his company, Clean Green Fuel, LLC. Hailey registered Clean Green Fuel with EPA under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program as a producer of biodiesel.

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Neste Oil sues Dynamic Fuels, LLC, Syntroleum Corporation, and Tyson Foods for infringement on NExBTL-related patent

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Neste Oil Corporation has filed a patent infringement action against Dynamic Fuels, LLC, Syntroleum Corporation, and Tyson Foods, Inc in the US District Court for the District of Delaware. Neste Oil is the world’s leading producer of premium-quality renewable diesel. 2 million t/a of NExBTL renewable diesel capacity.

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Neste Oil files another NExBTL patent infringement suit against Syntroleum and Tyson

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in the US District Court for the District of Delaware. The ’344 patent is related to and shares the same inventors as a prior Neste patent (7,279,018), and both are directed to a fuel composition for diesel engines. production process used to produce renewable diesel at Dynamic Fuels’ plant in Geismar, Louisiana.

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Neste Oil sues Dynamic Fuels, LLC, Syntroleum Corporation, and Tyson Foods for infringement on NExBTL-related patent

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Neste Oil Corporation has filed a patent infringement action against Dynamic Fuels, LLC, Syntroleum Corporation, and Tyson Foods, Inc in the US District Court for the District of Delaware. Neste Oil is the world’s leading producer of premium-quality renewable diesel. 2 million t/a of NExBTL renewable diesel capacity.