Hamilton Reef
10-14-2005, 08:46 PM
Murphy seeks biodiesel exemption
ENERGY: A state law requiring soybean oil to be added to diesel will push freighters to fuel up elsewhere, the company says.
A new Minnesota law requiring retailers to quit selling straight diesel fuel and switch to biodiesel - a blend containing soybean oil - is making waves in the Twin Ports.
The measure has added 3 or 4 cents a gallon to the cost of diesel at the Murphy Oil marine fueling terminal in Duluth, said Dave Rectenwald, the company's manager of asphalt and residual fuel sales.
Those pennies add up quickly when the tanks of a 1,000-foot laker can gulp down 70,000 to 80,000 gallons of fuel in one sitting.
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/business/12899859.htm
ENERGY: A state law requiring soybean oil to be added to diesel will push freighters to fuel up elsewhere, the company says.
A new Minnesota law requiring retailers to quit selling straight diesel fuel and switch to biodiesel - a blend containing soybean oil - is making waves in the Twin Ports.
The measure has added 3 or 4 cents a gallon to the cost of diesel at the Murphy Oil marine fueling terminal in Duluth, said Dave Rectenwald, the company's manager of asphalt and residual fuel sales.
Those pennies add up quickly when the tanks of a 1,000-foot laker can gulp down 70,000 to 80,000 gallons of fuel in one sitting.
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/business/12899859.htm