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Protect America from the costs & consequences of CA electrification mandates

Last year, Congress stopped California from banning sales of new gas cars and imposing electric heavy-truck mandates. It took bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate voting together to rescind ...
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More than 70 organizations urge Congress to revoke federal approval of costly CA mandates with national impact

More than 70 consumer, energy and manufacturing organizations today sent a letter to leaders of the United States Senate and ...
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RFS reallocation is unlawful, will make EPA’s most expensive reg. even more costly to consumers

WASHINGTON, D.C. — American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Policy Geoff Moody issued the following statement on calls for EPA to reallocate ...
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RFS reallocation is unlawful, will make EPA’s most expensive reg. more costly to consumers

WASHINGTON, D.C. — American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President and CEO Chet Thompson issued the following statement on EPA’s decision to reallocate 2025 RFS regulatory relief: ...
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AFPM Communications

AFPM Communications provides insights from inside AFPM. Some have been surprised by recent refining margins, earnings in the refining sector and a seeming disconnect between finished fuel prices and ...
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Tax & Trade

Agreements and policies that enhance global trade and market access are essential to the growth of our industries and American progress.
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What’s the difference between heavy and light crude oils? And why do American refineries need both?

There are hundreds of varieties of crude oil around the world. Different types of oil require different refining processes to make the fuels we need in the quantities we need. Many American refineries ...
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How much oil does the United States import (and why)?

About 60% of the crude oil that runs through U.S. refineries is extracted right here at home. However, our refineries run on many different types of crude oil, some of which we don’t produce here or ...
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AFPM responds to temporary Jones Act waiver

WASHINGTON, D.C. — American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President and CEO Chet Thompson issued the following statement today in response to the Trump administration’s decision to issue a ...
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Energy Market Impacts on Fuel and Petrochemical Prices

The recent spate of news articles referencing the “global energy crunch,” “unseasonably high gas prices” and “chemical shortages,” while informative, offer little insight on how these issues—and their ...
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Refinery Utilization 101: The Other Half of the Capacity Story

In a recent post we reviewed refining capacity, which for the United States is the maximum volume of crude oil that all 125+ American refineries, combined, can process in a given day according to ...