Industry, analysts puzzle over US RFS mandate

摘要

Washington—No market likes uncertainty but the US Environmental Protection Agency managed to create exactly that in announcing its finalized 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard on Tuesday, with industry insiders saying that the agency left far more questions about the future of its biofuels blending mandate than it answered. In the short term, renewable fuel makers appeared to be winners, and refiners also seemed to come out ahead.