RINs program within RFS created opportunities for fraud, report says

A program that the US Environmental Protection Agency designed to help refiners and other obligated parties meet renewable fuel volume obligations under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard actually “provided the unintended framework for a new and persistent area of fraud,” a report released Sept. 20 by E&W Strategies charged. Source: News


Minor Ras Tanura fire injures eight

Saudi Aramco said operations were unaffected by a minor fire that injured eight workers at its large Ras Tanura oil terminal on the Persian Gulf. Source: News