EPA, RVOs and RVPs upend US light end markets

08/12/21 • 19 min

An alphabet soup of changes have impacted US light end markets in the last year -- EPA, RVP and RVO -- including changes in environmental rules that have readjusted the entire RBOB market.

S&P Global Platts editors Sarah Hernandez and Matt Kohlman look at the forces shaping the market.

An alphabet soup of changes have impacted US light end markets in the last year -- EPA, RVP and RVO -- including changes in environmental rules that have readjusted the entire RBOB market.

S&P Global Platts editors Sarah Hernandez and Matt Kohlman look at the forces shaping the market.

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