I am not familar with the Regulations on diesel fuels.
If I am reading your post right......
In summary, the Gov. is lowering the requirments on allowable Sulphur in diesel fuels.
This will drive up the cost of diesel even higher than it is now.
Just curious.....what is the market for the sulphur that is taken out when the fuel is produced? What is it used for?
I remember that we had tanker trucks coming into the refinery to load up with that bright "Yellow" liquid stuff. FYI.....sulphur will be a liquid if the temperature is in the proper range. If sulphur is heated it will melt and become a liquid. But if it gets too hot, it turns back into a solid. I don't remember exactly what the temperature range is......but it is something like between 230 to 260 deg it will be a liquid. Low pressure steam was used to keep the underground pit at the proper temperature so the liquid could be pumped into the tanker trucks.
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