http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing Wartsila secures China’s largest-ever methanol newbuild order http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/wartsila-secures-china-s-largest-ever-methanol-newbuild-order/ Technology group Wärtsilä will supply the methanol-fueled auxiliary engines for five new container vessels for COSCO Shipping Lines Co., Ltd and seven new container vessels for Orient Overseas Container Line. Aspen Technology introduces new strategic planning for sustainability pathways solution http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/aspen-technology-introduces-new-strategic-planning-for-sustainability-pathways-solution/ Aspen Technology, Inc. introduced AspenTech Strategic Planning for Sustainability Pathways – a new and unique integrated modelling and optimization solution that aims to guide companies in carbon capture utilization and storage decision making and sustainability strategy investments.  Imperial Oil gets Q1 boost from higher production; refining throughput weighs http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/imperial-oil-gets-q1-boost-from-higher-production-refining-throughput-weighs/ Canada's Imperial Oil saw higher profit in its first quarter on as the integrated oil firm was helped by robust production but saw maintenance activities weighing on its throughput volumes. KBR's phenol technology selected by SABIC Fujian Petrochemicals http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/kbrs-phenol-technology-selected-by-sabic-fujian-petrochemicals/ KBR announced it has been awarded a contract by SABIC Fujian Petrochemicals to license KBR's market-leading phenol technology in China. Honeywell Technology helping to produce SAF with lower cost and waste http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/honeywell-technology-helping-to-produce-saf-with-lower-cost-and-waste/ Honeywell announced its hydrocracking technology can be used to produce SAF from biomass, helping to make SAF that is 90% less carbon intensive than traditional fossil-based jet fuels. Nigeria's NNPC partners local firm on new 100,000 bpd refinery http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/nigerias-nnpc-partners-local-firm-on-new-100-000-bpd-refinery/ Nigeria's state-owned oil firm NNPC Ltd signed an agreement allowing a local refiner to build and operate a 100,000 bpd refinery within NNPC's Port Harcourt Refinery complex in the south of the country. Stranded cargo shows credit challenges at Nigeria's Dangote refinery http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/stranded-cargo-shows-credit-challenges-at-nigerias-dangote-refinery/ Chinese state energy major PetroChina has been waiting to unload a cargo of U.S. crude at Nigeria's giant new refinery for nearly a month due to payment issues. Low U.S. distillate consumption reflects slow economic activity and biofuel substitution http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/low-us-distillate-consumption-reflects-slow-economic-activity-and-biofuel-substitution/ U.S. distillate consumption so far this year is lower than usual because of warm winter weather, reduced manufacturing activity, and continued substitution of biofuels in place of petroleum distillate on the U.S. West Coast. Clariant catalysts reduce customers’ footprints by 40 million tons of CO2e in 2023 http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/clariant-catalysts-reduce-customers-footprints-by-40-million-tons-of-co2e-in-2023/ Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, announced impressive numbers that highlight how the use of its catalyst products enabled the avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions in 2023. Singapore fuel oil stockpiles hit 20-week lows http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/singapore-fuel-oil-stockpiles-hit-20-week-lows/ Singapore's onshore fuel oil stockpiles slipped to 20-week lows after net imports declined, data showed.