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BASF completes carve-out of mobile emissions catalysts and precious metals services businesses: ECMS

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BASF has completed the carve-out of its mobile emissions catalysts and precious metal services businesses and named the separate legal entity BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS). As a standalone entity, ECMS operates its own legal entities, IT system landscape and services independently. Earlier post.)

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OPEI files legal challenge to EPA E15 misfueling rule

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The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), along with automakers and marine manufacturers, filed a legal challenge to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Regulation to Mitigate Misfueling” rule which was meant to address concerns about 15% ethanol blends in non-road products and older model-year vehicles. Earlier post.).

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UK unveils new plan to cut NO2; sale of new conventional gasoline and diesel cars to end by 2040; focus on local action

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Among the many policy and funding details in the UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations , produced by Defra and the Department for Transport is the cessation of the sale of all new conventional gasoline and diesel cars by 2040. —UK plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide. billion (US$3.5

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Iran, Iraq, Syria sign $10B gas pipeline deal

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Three working groups will begin examining the technical, financial, and legal aspects of the project, which has been under discussion since 2008. Separately, the Iranian deputy minister of industry and mines said the country will begin a pilot natural gas to gasoline project in Tehran to produce gasoline “for a 3-month trial”.

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BMW Motorrad Motorsport partners with NORDOEL in DeCarTrans alternative fuels project

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The project will investigate the continuous production of synthetic gasoline in a demonstration plant on an industrial scale of up to 380,000 liters total production volume. In addition, the consortium is evaluating possible sales and market launch scenarios as well as the associated legal framework (including RED II).

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EPA delays issuing 2014 RVO standards for RFS until sometime in 2015

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Nearly all gasoline sold in the US is now E10 (10% ethanol). Production of renewable fuels has been growing rapidly in recent years, while at the same time, advances in vehicle fuel economy and other economic factors have pushed gasoline consumption far lower than what was expected when Congress passed the Renewable Fuel Standard in 2007.

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Petroleum Marketers and Renewable Fuels trade groups join to warn retailers to hold off on E15 sales except to FFVs until regulations finalized

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This partial waiver represents only the first of a number of actions that are needed from federal, state and industry towards commercialization of E15 gasoline blends. But failing to adhere to the legal steps required to do so may give our fuel products and our industries an unnecessary and avoidable black eye.

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