Diesel
The Diesel Crack Spread: The Single Best Barometer of the Real Economy
Distillate margins track freight, farming, and factories, which makes diesel the honest signal buried inside refining ec
By John Winkler · 6 min
ULSD and the 15-ppm Sulfur Cliff That Rebuilt Global Diesel
The move to ultra-low-sulfur diesel forced refiners into a decade of hydrotreating and hydrogen spending that still deci
By John Winkler · 6 min
Why the World Keeps Running Short of Diesel While Awash in Crude
Crude is plentiful, but the world keeps running low on diesel because closed refineries and an ever-lighter crude barrel
By Christy Davis · 6 min
ULSD and the Sulfur Revolution: How Diesel Went From Dirty to Nearly Clean
The mandated collapse of diesel sulfur from 500 ppm to 15 ppm rewrote refinery economics and, more importantly, made mod
By Roy Thomas · 6 min
IMO 2020: The Shipping Rule That Quietly Rewired the Global Diesel Market
A single change to marine fuel sulfur limits pulled shipping into the same barrel that feeds trucks and tractors, and th
By Karen Anderson · 5 min
China's Electric Trucks Break Diesel Assumptions as EV-Driven Gasoline Peak Nears
Battery trucks that outsold LNG rigs in China during 2025 are draining diesel demand faster than Western forecasters pri
By Roy Thomas · 5 min
Global Diesel Markets Tighten as Ukraine Strikes Cripple Russian Refining
Moscow banned diesel exports on July 8 after months of Ukrainian drone attacks knocked out roughly a quarter of Russian
By Sarah Johnson · 5 min
Angola Officially Starts Up Cabinda Refinery, Its First Since Independence
The 30,000-barrel-a-day plant is feeding diesel into Angola's home market and shipping naphtha and heavy fuel oil abroad
By Sarah Johnson · 4 min
Global Diesel Cracks Retreat As Refining Margins Cool In Early 2026
Softer gasoil and diesel values pulled refining margins lower across the US Gulf Coast and Asia in early February, cooli
By Sarah Johnson · 5 min
Treasury's 45Z Rules Finally Land, Handing Renewable Diesel and SAF Makers a Roadmap
After more than a year of guessing, biofuel producers got proposed federal rules that spell out how carbon-intensity sco
By Sarah Johnson · 5 min
EU's Ban on Third-Country Fuels Made From Russian Crude Takes Effect, Reshaping Global Diesel Flows
As of January 21, the EU will no longer accept diesel and other petroleum products refined abroad from Russian-origin cr
By Christy Davis · 5 min
Diesel Cracks Blow Past $1 a Gallon for the First Time in Over a Year as Russian and Mideast Outages Bite
Refiners in New York Harbor, on the Gulf Coast and at the ARA hub are earning more than a dollar on every gallon of dies
By Aaron Wilson · 6 min
Neste Swings Back to Strong Renewable-Fuel Margins in Third-Quarter Results
The Finnish refiner posted its highest-ever comparable operating profit as renewable-diesel margins and record SAF volum
By Sarah Johnson · 5 min
Chevron Quits the Biofuels Lobby, Signaling Cooler Interest in Renewable Diesel
The largest owner of US biodiesel capacity let its membership in the industry's main trade group lapse as margins collap
By Sarah Johnson · 5 min
Mexico's Crackdown on 'Huachicol Fiscal' Nets 14 Arrests Including a Navy Vice Admiral
A tanker of diesel dressed up as tax-free petrochemicals has pulled a serving admiral, customs officials and businessmen
By Sarah Johnson · 5 min
The Changing Landscape of the Diesel Fuel Industry
The diesel fuel industry is undergoing significant changes, driven by a combination of economic, environmental, and tech
By Sarah Johnson · 3 min