Construction

Senegal plans to start construction of new refinery next year

SAR, West Africa's oldest refinery, processes 1.5 MMtpy of crude oil (or around 30,000 bpd), but faces a domestic shortfall.

LanzaJet advances UK ethanol-to-jet SAF project

LanzaJet, Inc. has been awarded more than $13 million (£10 million) from the UK Department for Transport’s Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF) to accelerate development of Project Speedbird, a major sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) biorefinery in Teesside, United Kingdom

Exolum planning construction of new €100-MM energy transition terminal at the Outer Port of A Coruña, Spain

The project is conceived as an energy transition terminal, designed to progressively adapt to market developments, regulation and industrial demand, and will be equipped to operate with both conventional products and sustainable fuels, such as renewable ammonia, captured CO₂, green methanol, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and other biofuels.

MHI Compressor Intl. delivers critical turbomachinery for Woodside Energy’s Beaumont New Ammonia Project

This facility, originally developed by OCI Global as the OCI Clean Ammonia project, now owned by Woodside Energy, will be the first large-scale, lower-carbon greenfield ammonia facility in the world.

China’s Sinopec begins Xinjiang refining and chemical upgrading project

China’s Sinopec has begun construction to upgrade its integrated refining and petrochemical project in the oil- and gas-rich Xinjiang region.

Ketjen completes expansion of its Bayport ZSM-5 facility

Ketjen Corporation proudly marked the official inauguration and ribbon-cutting of its newly expanded ZSM-5 manufacturing plant in Bayport, Texas (U.S.).

Solvay doubles Zhenjiang production capacity of high-purity electronic grade hydrogen peroxide

Solvay officially opened a significant expansion at its Zhenjiang, China, facility, doubling its production capacity for electronic grade hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) annually.

BlackRock-led group in talks to raise around $10.3 billion for Aramco deal

ABS approves blue ammonia FPSO concept from SBM Offshore

A new design from SBM Offshore of a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit focused on the production of blue ammonia has earned approval in principle from ABS.

India's ACME forms JV with Japan's IHI Corp for green ammonia project

India's ACME Group, in a joint venture with Japan's IHI Corp, will develop one of the country's largest green ammonia projects in the eastern state of Odisha.