Engineering & Design
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
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.
KBR's 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
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
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.
Brazil's 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.
LG Chem denies report it will merge naphtha cracker business with Lotte Chemical
South Korean petrochemical company LG Chem denied a media report saying it is considering merging its naphtha cracker business with rival Lotte Chemical.
Crude and gasoline stocks fell, distillate stocks rose last week, EIA says
Crude inventories fell by 6.4-MM barrels to 453.6 MM barrels in the week ended April 19, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a poll for a 825,000-barrel rise.
INERATEC secures state-of-the-art catalysts from Sasol for the production of sustainable e-fuels
INERATEC and Sasol have signed a five-year contract for the supply of Fischer-Tropsch catalysts. INERATEC will use Sasol's state-of-the-art catalysts for the production of sustainable e-fuels, e.g. for aviation.
JX to join forces with Sumitomo at large scale SAF/BECCS project in Louisiana (U.S.)
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.).
- Evonik expands distribution partnership with IMCD for VISIOMER® Specialty Methacrylates in the U.S. 3/13
- RWE to invest €17 B in the U.S. to power data centers 3/13
- Petrobras' refineries operating at 97% of capacity 3/13
- ABB open to pursuing more than one multi-billion-dollar acquisition this year 3/13
- USW rejects bp's final offer to Whiting refinery (U.S.) workers 3/13
- Equinor has no spare oil and gas capacity, CEO says 3/13
