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Growth in renewable diesel production:  The impact on vegetable oil refining

Our latest vegetable oil refining report examines how growth in renewable diesel production is reshaping refinery production and capacity in the US

July 1, 2021
By Tore Alden
Freight Grains and oilseeds

What’s inside the full report?

  • Explore the dynamics driving the spread between refined (RBD) and crude degummed soybean oil, and take a look at the data on both
  • Understand how and when that spread might start to return to normal levels
  • Find out about the key forces behind the expansions in the US crushing and refining capacities
  • Get a full list of where these expansions are set to happen 
  • And many more vegetable oils insights from Fastmarkets principal analyst Tore Alden

Download the full report here

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