04.25.2024
US heating oil, distillate fuel consumption lower than usual in Q1
In the first quarter of 2024, US prices for distillate fuel oil — which includes diesel fuels for vehicles and for home heating — was lower than the...
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RINs Move Lower with BOHO Spread
A sharp decline in soybean oil prices this week has erased the past two weeks of price appreciation. Today’s close has soybean oil futures down 7.2 percent from Friday and at their lowest level in nearly four weeks. Heating oil futures are also lower, but only 4.4 percent from Friday’s close. The more rapid decline in feedstock (soybean oil) costs relative to heating oil, has allowed the bean oil/heating oil spread (BOHO) to fall 9.5 percent to $1.30 per gallon, reaching its lowest level in 12 trading days.
The decline in the BOHO spread has taken some of the air out of recent RIN prices. The B19 RIN is down seven percent this week, while the B20 RIN has slipped just over three percent. Despite the decline, some of the biodiesel producers…