http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/digital-exclusive-automation-and-digital-technologies-role-in-the-energy-transition-a-discussion-with-yokogawa/ Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Mitsuhiro Yamamoto, Vice President and Executive Officer of the Systems Business Division, Digital Solutions Headquarters, Yokogawa Electric Corporation to discuss the global energy transition, and how digital technologies and automation have and will play a major role in the evolution of the processing industries. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/axens-tapped-for-3-new-vegan-licenses-for-saf-and-renewable-diesel-production/ Galp, LOKEN and SAFCO Venture Holdings Limited have selected Axens’ Vegan® technology for their hydrogenated vegetable oil and sustainable aviation fuel production facilities located in Portugal, Malaysia and Pakistan. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/december-2024/process-optimization/hydrogen-cyanide-in-amine-systems/ Mass transfer rate-based simulation has been used to study hydrogen cyanide ingress and accumulation in amine systems in unprecedented detail. In this article, the chemistry, prevention and possible mitigation using water washing arrangements and reflux purging are discussed quantitatively. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/12/indonesias-b40-palm-oil-delay-causes-market-uncertainty/ Indonesia has yet to implement a higher mandatory blend of biodiesel planned for Jan. 1 as industry participants await technical details of the new regulation, causing confusion among palm oil traders. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/12/digital-exclusive-sponsored-nxre-a-novel-recycling-technology-to-support-the-plastics-industry-in-creating-efficient-and-effective-circular-value-chains/ This article details MyRemono's NXReTM technology, a novel, patented and highly efficient continuous depolymerization technology, offering a valuable solution to enhance plastics recycling, reduce the consumption of fossil-based materials and address some of the main issues affecting mechanical recycling processes. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/12/technip-energies-lanzatech-awarded-us-doe-funding-for-breakthrough-co2-to-ethylene-technology/ The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations has committed up to $200 MM in federal funding for Technip Energies and LanzaTech's Project SECURE. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/12/neste-introduces-co-processed-renewable-neste-re-feedstock-for-the-polymers-and-chemicals-industry/ By co-processing renewable raw materials such as used cooking oil together with fossil crude oil in its conventional oil refinery in Porvoo, Finland, Neste is able to produce a complementary type of Neste RE, a drop-in feedstock for the production of plastics and chemicals. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/12/topsoe-to-provide-technology-for-40-000-tpy-e-methanol-project-in-galicia-spain/ Topsoe to provide e-Methanol synthesis technology and engineering support for the 40,000-tpy e-Methanol Forestal del Atlántico’s Triskelion project in Galicia, Spain. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/12/basf-unveils-new-hdpe-brand-easiplas-and-hdpe-construction-milestones-at-zhanjiang-verbund-site/ BASF has launched Easiplas, a new brand of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), alongside reaching significant construction milestones at the HDPE plant at the Zhanjiang Verbund site in China http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/clariant-s-megamax-catalysts-to-power-china-s-first-biomass-to-green-methanol-project/ Clariant's MegaMax catalyst was selected for a China’s biomass gasification-to-green methanol project. The plant will use a combination of farm waste and wind power to produce up to 250,000 tpy of green methanol in two phases by 2027.