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U Delaware team synthesizes base oils at high yields from biomass

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Lubricants—a more than $146-billion market serving numerous applications, automotive among them—are produced from base oils derived from petroleum mineral oils (mineral base oil) or synthetic oils such as poly-?-olefins olefins (PAOs) (synthetic base oil).

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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. and is capable of processing both light and heavy crude oil. Bernard Parish consider the project.

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

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Syntroleum Corporation filed suit against Neste Oil Singapore Pte Ltd with the High Court of Singapore asserting Syntroleum’s Singapore Patent No. In May 2012, Neste Oil Oyj sued Syntroleum for alleged infringement of Neste’s U.S. 172,045 entitled “Even Carbon Number Paraffin Composition And Method of Manufacturing Same.”

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

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Neste Oil Corporation has filed a new patent infringement action against Dynamic Fuels, LLC, Syntroleum Corporation, and Tyson Foods, Inc. in the US District Court for the District of Delaware. The new action relates to infringement of a Neste Oil patent relating to the. —Matti Hautakangas, Neste Oil’s General Counsel.

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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. —Matti Hautakangas, Neste Oil’s General Counsel.

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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. —Matti Hautakangas, Neste Oil’s General Counsel.

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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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