# Waiver Wire: Why is the biofuels industry up in arms about oil refinery waivers?  : The Daily Digest

> The EPA reportedly granted a Renewable Fuel Standard hardship waiver to CVR Energy's Wynnewood, Oklahoma refinery, exempting it from RIN compliance and RIN purchases. The agency has granted many such waivers, though the exact number is not public. The biofuels industry is objecting to the waivers and to the Trump administration's looser definition of small refiners and hardship.

- Date: 2018-05-21 · published 2018-05-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64918-waiver-wire-why-is-the-biofuels-industry-up-in-arms-about-oil-refinery-waivers
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Waivers cut the biofuel blending and RIN demand that supports soybean oil and ethanol, which is bearish for those markets. Continued waivers would weigh on biofuel-linked demand for corn and soy oil.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2018-05-22 | [EPA Refinery Waivers, Tax Credit Debate Beset Biodiesel Industry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64923-epa-refinery-waivers-tax-credit-debate-beset-biodiesel-industry.md) | -0.7% | -8.2% |
| SBO | 2025-08-18 | [Soybean oil in the biofuel era: An industry expert’s perspective](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15096-soybean-oil-in-the-biofuel-era-an-industry-expert-s-perspective.md) | +3.0% | -2.6% |
| SBO | 2017-07-06 | [The Renewable Fuel Numbers: 8 takeaways from EPA’s 2017 draft, from the industry in their own voices  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69855-the-renewable-fuel-numbers-8-takeaways-from-epa-s-2017-draft-from-the-industry.md) | +0.8% | +3.0% |
| SBO | 2021-09-22 | [EXCLUSIVE: EXCLUSIVE Biden administration mulls big cuts to biofuel mandates in win for oil industry -document \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44932-exclusive-exclusive-biden-administration-mulls-big-cuts-to-biofuel-mandates-in.md) | +4.9% | +12.0% |
| SBO | 2017-10-08 | [Soy oil prices declining thanks to drops in U.S. government biodiesel mandates  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68541-soy-oil-prices-declining-thanks-to-drops-in-u-s-government-biodiesel-mandates.md) | +2.4% | +5.2% |
| CORN | 2021-09-22 | [EXCLUSIVE: EXCLUSIVE Biden administration mulls big cuts to biofuel mandates in win for oil industry -document \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44932-exclusive-exclusive-biden-administration-mulls-big-cuts-to-biofuel-mandates-in.md) | +1.6% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2023-03-08 | [Explainer: What is the US-Mexico GM corn dispute about? \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36831-explainer-what-is-the-us-mexico-gm-corn-dispute-about-reuters.md) | -1.6% | -0.6% |
| CORN | 2020-07-29 | [Biofuels Industry Waits for Financial Relief, RFS Volumes Amid Uncertainty](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51965-biofuels-industry-waits-for-financial-relief-rfs-volumes-amid-uncertainty.md) | -2.1% | +5.5% |

## Sources

- biofuelsdigest.com: https://biofuelsdigest.com/waiver-wire-why-is-the-biofuels-industry-up-in-arms-about-oil-refinery-waivers/

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