Oil companies talk biodiesel

A panel of oil and pipeline company representatives discussing biodiesel took center stage during the general session on day two of the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo in Grapevine, Texas.

The topic of discussion was how oil and distribution companies will carry out RFS2’s biomass-based diesel mandate, and what physical challenges exist in doing so.
A question that arose was whether investments should be made for terminal blending of biodiesel now, or if waiting for pipeline readiness was a safer bet. Jim Lelio with Kinder Morgan Pipeline Group said his company, which has been on the forefront of efforts to move biodiesel through the pipeline infrastructure, can already handle 100,000 barrels (4.2 million gallons) of B5 per day—a volume greater than three of the state mandates in place today. Kinder Morgan’s total daily fuel throughput is 1.1 million barrels (46.2 million gallons).

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