Oil Refiners’ Hope of Trump-Promised Deregulation Crushed by EPA

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10.20.2017

Prices for biofuel blending credits that drive oil refinery owners like Carl Icahn nuts plunged shortly after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. That’s because supporters expected the new president would reduce blending mandates enforced by the Environmental Protection Agency.

But that relief didn’t last long for the refiners obligated to buy the credits like Icahn’s CVR Energy Inc. Prices rallied this week as Trump personally directed EPA to back off plans to lower renewable fuel obligations following pressure from corn-state Republicans like Iowa’s Senator Chuck Grassley. Read more

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