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. 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. 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. Brazil's Timbro to export 40% more sugar, enter ethanol market in 2024 http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/brazils-timbro-to-export-40-more-sugar-enter-ethanol-market-in-2024/ Brazilian international trade platform Timbro expects to increase its sugar exports by more than 40% in 2024 to 2 MMt, while also expanding operations to enter the ethanol market. JX to join forces with Sumitomo at large scale SAF/BECCS project in Louisiana (U.S.) http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/jx-to-join-forces-with-sumitomo-at-large-scale-safbeccs-project-in-louisiana-us/ JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation executed consortium agreements to manage investment in the Louisiana Green Fuels BECCS project  at Port of Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana (U.S.). WestJet buys first Canadian-supplied SAF by Shell Aviation http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/westjet-buys-first-canadian-supplied-saf-by-shell-aviation/ The airline said the purchase marks a milestone in its mission to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, and is a step forward in making Canada’s aviation industry more sustainable. Technip Energies selected by Viridor to perform FEED on the Runcorn energy-from-waste carbon capture project in the UK http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/technip-energies-selected-by-viridor-to-perform-feed-on-the-runcorn-energy-from-waste-carbon-capture-project-in-the-uk/ Technip Energies  has been awarded a FEED contract by Viridor for the CCS project at one of the United Kingdom’s largest Energy-from-Waste facilities in Runcorn, United Kingdom and plans to capture around 900,000 tons of CO2 each year, half of which will be from biogenic sources, effectively removing 450,000 tons of CO2 annually from the atmosphere. Neste premieres at Chinaplas: showcasing possibilities of bio-based and recycled materials for plastics http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/neste-premieres-at-chinaplas-showcasing-possibilities-of-bio-based-and-recycled-materials-for-plastics/ Together with its partners, Neste, a producer of renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel and renewable feedstock for polymers and chemicals, will be showcasing plastic products made with Neste RE at this year’s Chinaplas in Shanghai from April 22 to 26. Haiti fuel terminal operations halted as gangs seize trucks http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/haiti-fuel-terminal-operations-halted-as-gangs-seize-trucks/ Operations at Haiti's main fuel import terminal were suspended as armed men seized trucks and demanded the port be shut down, according to a source with information on the matter, likely exacerbating existing fuel shortages. Hanwha Ocean, Amogy and Hanwha Aerospace forge partnership to decarbonize maritime sector with ammonia as a zero-emission fuel http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/hanwha-ocean-amogy-and-hanwha-aerospace-forge-partnership-to-decarbonize-maritime-sector-with-ammonia-as-a-zero-emission-fuel/ Hanwha Ocean, Amogy and Hanwha Aerospace announced a partnership aimed at accelerating the decarbonization of the maritime industry through the deployment of Amogy’s zero-emission ammonia-to-power technology for ammonia-powered vessels.