Konradimielinski

Last month I mentioned that Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP) plans to run a test batch of ethanol through it's 105-mile long underground gasoline pipeline and, if successful, the pipeline could transport ethanol on a commercial scale by year's end. Well, the test ended up being a success. Kinder Morgan spent 18 months on the ethanol pipeline test... read more

Corn prices settled below the $4 mark today for the first time since last October. December corn, the front-month contract, fell 23 1/4 cents to $3.88 per bushel. In the past month, corn prices have fallen $1.74 (31%) due to the rapid decline in both crude oil prices and the stock market. Luckily for U.S. ethanol producers, ethanol prices haven't been hit as badly as ethanol's crush... read more

According to this article, it looks like Brazil's transport and export infrastructure is in need of a huge makeover. According to Fabio Abrahao of International Logistics and Supply Chain consultants, Brazil's shipping ports are under heavy pressure. Abrahao states that, "ships were waiting an average of 3.15 days for a berth at the Santos Alamoa ethanol terminal (which is... read more