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IOSP is at $5.26 as of Nov 21st 2008 at 16:00 ET up 0.72

Our customers in the Americas can benefit from a unique range of additives for renewable fuels. We can formulate highly complex specialty chemicals that ensure a high level of performance is achieved across many different applications and fuel specifications.

Biodiesel can be produced from a range of source materials such as vegetable oil or animal fat. These fuels benefit from treatments to improve stability and cold flow properties. These fuels also require additives to minimize the formation of deposits in some combustion systems.

Bioethanol is produced as a blending component for gasoline. However this feedstock can absorb water and create potential pHe and corrosion problems downstream of the refining blending plant. With active fuel treatment, this problem can be minimized.

We have developed antioxidants, stabilizers and cold flow improvers as well as cetane improvers, static dissipators and performance additives for all types of biodiesel and bioethanol blending.

Our Biostable additive is a combination of stabilizers specially formulated to enhance the stability of biodiesel (B100) and blends of biodiesel with petroleum based diesel. They are suitable for all types of on-road, off-road, home heating, marine, rail and power generation applications. They are compatible with petroleum fuels and other petroleum fuel additives.

The product addresses the various causes of degradation associated with storing and handling biodiesel and petroleum based biodiesel fuel blends. The additive can maintain the stability of fresh fuel, correct the instability of aged fuel and minimize metal catalyzed instability.

Our Cold Flow Improver (CFI) additives offer an effective solution to improving the low temperature handling and operability of biodiesel blends with petroleum distillates. However, to maximize the full benefits of this product and achieve optimum performance, the additive must be designed to deal with the different characteristics present in the customer's fuel blend. The composition of the petroleum fuel is also an important factor influencing the low temperature handling characteristics of a blended fuel.

Our Pour Point Depressant (PPD) additives offer an effective solution to improving the low temperature handling in pure biodiesel (B100) - the main objective being the reduction in the formation of particulates in the fuel and the lowering of the pour point where these deficiencies are even more pronounced. This is important because although biodiesel is generally not used as a neat fuel there are concerns over the B100 during low temperature storage and handling. With BIO WINTERFLOW™PPD the pumpability of B100 is improved dramatically.