Complete speculation, but if margins for jet fuel are so good that an airline wants to get into the refining business, it might make sense for Catsimatidis to ship in jet fuel from elsewhere and stockpile it at the terminal.
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Industry heavyweights like Cosan (CZZ) are also researching ways to make fuel ethanol friendly for jet fuel, and turn sugarcane bagasse, the leafy waste of the cane stalks after they are crushed into sugar molasses, into second generation ethanol, as well.
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There is no hope for any hydrotreated fuel to come anywhere near conventional diesel or jet fuel prices.
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In 2004, gasoline accounted for 46.8% of refinery yields, distillate fuel oil accounted for 23.9% and jet fuel accounted for 9.7%.
Dutch airline KLM has begun powering some commercial flights on an eco-friendly fuel mix that includes 25% cooking oil and 75% jet fuel.
Much of the Pentagon's fuel goes to the air force, however, and reducing the consumption of jet fuel is much more difficult.
The navy intends that, by 2020, half the fuel it uses (over six billion litres a year, mainly diesel and jet fuel) will be from renewable sources.
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It created a race to build the technology for making fuel from non-food sources, whether it was ethanol from wood chips and jet fuel from algae.
It even announced in July it will sell a small, fuel-efficient jet (see sidebar).
Executives attribute the drop-off to rising jet fuel prices, combined with declining air travel.
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Somewhere around the 25th floor we began to smell jet fuel and a lot of it.
High labor costs and the punishing price of jet fuel make the math even more harrowing.
When economies expand, more gasoline, diesel and jet fuel are consumed by shippers and travelers.
Jet fuel is kerosene, so it does not have an octane rating but a cetane rating.
When gold prices come down, jet fuel prices will follow, and so will air fares.
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Airlines, for example, have been hit hard by the surge in the price of jet fuel.
There is no single study that compares jet fuel use for passenger flights versus air freight shipping.
But there's no smell of jet fuel, no roar of engines, and no sign of a runway.
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That includes such diverse items as civilian pay, ship maintenance, facilities upkeep, professional training and jet fuel.
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Valero Energy , a refiner that processes lower quality crude oil into products like gasoline and jet fuel.
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Because people are fatter, airlines spend more on jet fuel, and the obese themselves spend more on gas.
It collects and analyzes the cost of jet fuel at airports around the globe, suggesting the best prices.
And the increased price of jet fuel only adds to the incentive to shut out frequent flier members.
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The company has shipped its jet fuel to the Air Force, which has tested it in A-10 aircraft.
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Even without the discounts UAL was burning through money faster than jet fuel.
For example, Kinder has a virtual monopoly in moving gasoline and jet fuel from California to Arizona and Nevada.
The more sophisticated missiles are programmed to steer towards heat (such as that given off by a fuel-burning jet).
In 2000, U.S. airlines burned 28.6 gallons of jet fuel per passenger, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
If the dollar were stabilized, jet fuel prices would likely decline to less than half of their current levels.
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The 6-acre site uses three gas turbines, cousins of those that (using jet fuel instead) go on a Boeing 747.
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