Just before the required deadline of June 1, 2015, the EPA issued proposed percentage standards of renewable fuels for the years 2014 through 2016. The
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Recently I was privileged to represent IHRDC at the International Petroleum Technology Conference in Kuala Lumpur as a co-author of a paper on this topic.
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