Lawmakers pushed for more ethanol to stretch available U.S. gasoline supplies and reduce petroleum imports.

Federal mandates encouraging more ethanol production don't help.

We're going to see more ethanol in our gasoline, but only for vehicles made since 2007.

But since Brazil is between cane crops, most local mills will not produce more ethanol for a few months.

Blenders will be able to use more ethanol per gallon of gasoline, boosting demand temporarily despite the gas shortage, he said.

A petite respiration-deficient mutant (rho degrees) of the engineered strain produced more ethanol and accumulated less xylitol from xylose.

Producers are pushing the government to allow higher ethanol blend levels, as more ethanol will be required each year under federal law.

Tobey said Coskata's method generates more ethanol per ton of feedstock than corn-based ethanol and requires far less water, heat and pressure.

In its promotional material Syngenta says it will allow farmers to produce more ethanol from the corn while using less energy and water.

Four years later, Kinder Morgan would buy three more ethanol terminals in New Jersey, Maryland and Texas for around $200 million.

If corn prices are high relative to crude oil, there will be less incentive to use more ethanol than required by federal mandates.

Brazil would also like to work with India on ethanol production which would help New Delhi use more ethanol blends of gasoline, Dias said.

The minister criticized U.S. government subsidies to the production of biofuels from corn, saying the United States should import more ethanol from Brazil instead.

That means in order to meet demand, the U.S. will have to rely on imports, fuel inventories and more ethanol blending that stretch supplies.

The imports will likely wane as the cane harvest picks up, putting more ethanol on the market and making it a better deal again.

But at the same time, more ethanol translates to a smaller share of petroleum-based fuel in American gas tanks, which would hurt refiner sales.