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What is the difference between CBOB and RBOB gasoline?
CBOB is a blendstock that’s combined with ethanol to get E10 gasoline. RBOB becomes reformulated gasoline (or RFG) after blending with ethanol.
What exactly is in gasoline?
Gasoline is a mixture of many different hydrogen- and carbon- containing chemicals (hydrocarbons). A typical gasoline mixture contains about 150 different hydrocarbons, including butane, pentane, isopentane and the BTEX compounds (benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, and xylenes).
Is butane a blendstock?
That ruling is based on the theory that butane is a gasoline blendstock and thus a “taxable fuel,” not an “alternative fuel.” Despite that pronouncement, butane is an alternative fuel that can qualify for the credit when mixed with gasoline. It also fails to address the circumstances in which butane is a taxable fuel.
What is gasoline blend stock?
An anhydrous denatured aliphatic alcohol intended for gasoline blending as described in Oxygenates definition. Gasoline Treated as Blendstock (GTAB) Non-certified Foreign Refinery gasoline classified by an importer as blendstock to be either blended or reclassified with respect to reformulated or conventional gasoline.
Where is Rbob used?
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
RBOB is an acronym for “Reformulated Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygen Blending”. This type of gasoline is used as the benchmark for gasoline trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
What does Cbob stand for?
Conventional Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (CBOB) Motor gasoline blending components intended for blending with oxygenates to produce finished conventional motor gasoline. Conventional Gasoline. Finished motor gasoline not included in the oxygenated or reformulated gasoline categories.
What is the alternative fuel tax credit?
A tax credit in the amount of $0.50 per gallon is available for the following alternative fuels: natural gas, liquefied hydrogen, propane, P-Series fuel, liquid fuel derived from coal through the Fischer-Tropsch process, and compressed or liquefied gas derived from biomass.
Why gasoline is called blended product?
These new thermally “cracked” gasolines were believed to have no harmful effects and would be added to straight-run gasolines. There also was the practice of mixing heavy and light distillates to achieve the desired Baumé reading and collectively these were called “blended” gasolines.