http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/first-ever-ammonia-and-propane-co-loaded-vessel-completes-voyage-from-us-to-europe/ Trafigura, in collaboration with CF Industries, announced the completion of the first co-loaded ammonia and propane shipment operation of its kind. In early January, the Green Power Medium Gas Carrier (MGC) completed a single voyage from the U.S. to Europe loaded with ammonia from CF Industries and with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG or propane) in separate tanks. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/digital-exclusive-managing-reliability-and-asset-management-performance-in-the-yanbu-refinery-through-the-implementation-of-a-reliable-operations-committee-program/ One of the most important aspects in having successful reliability and asset management performance is to establish a tracking mechanism to monitor, control and manage key performance indicator (KPI) performance, which is the focus of this article. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/shell-cnooc-take-fid-on-16-mmtpy-petrochemical-complex-expansion-in-china/ CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Limited (CSPC), a joint venture between Shell Nanhai B.V. and CNOOC Petrochemicals Investment Ltd, has taken a final investment decision to expand its petrochemical complex in Daya Bay, Huizhou, south China. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/kt-kinetics-technology-nextchem-awarded-contracts-for-petronas-hydrogen-unit/ Part of a new biorefinery within Petronas' Malaysian Pengerang Integrated Complex, the 38,000-m3/hr production unit will supply hydrogen to produce sustainable aviation fuel and hydrogenated vegetable oil. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/polands-orlen-plans-to-invest-up-to-nearly-92-b-by-2035/ The company aims to meet all of Poland's domestic natural gas demand over the next decade by increasing production and boosting LNG contracting, as well as adding gas-fired power generation capacity, energy storage and other infrastructure. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/genesis-fertilizers-stamicarbon-partner-to-advance-sustainable-urea-production/ Genesis Fertilizers has signed Process Design Package and license agreements with Stamicarbon to advance its proposed low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer facility in Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan, Canada. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/sinopec-shanghai-petrochemical-to-invest-29-b-to-upgrade-chinese-operations/ To maintain its capacity in crude oil processing and make other operational upgrades, the company will shut down existing 18 sets of oil refining devices and install new ones. The new installations will have a capacity to refine 1.2 MMtpy of ethylene. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/avina-clean-hydrogen-completes-feed-for-800-000-tpy-clean-ammonia-facility-us/ Avina Clean Hydrogen announced the successful completion of front-end engineering design (FEED) and front-end-loading (FEL-3) for its 2,200-tpd clean ammonia facility located in Texas Gulf Coast. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/montana-renewables-announces-closing-of-144-b-us-doe-loan-for-renewable-fuels-and-biomass-energy-facility/ Calumet, Inc. announced the closing of a $1.44-B guaranteed loan facility with the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office that will fund the construction and expansion of the 300-MMgpy renewable fuels facility owned by Montana Renewables http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/vioneo-to-use-honeywell-uops-methanol-to-olefins-technology-for-antwerp-plant/ Vioneo will use Honeywell's advanced methanol-to-olefins conversion technology to produce plastics without the need for traditional feedstock made from fossil fuels