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Neste to distribute renewable diesel in France

Neste is partnering with two new distributors in France to make Neste MY Renewable Diesel™ available for the first time in the market, starting in January 2024. 

Yara to store CO2 from Dutch plant under Norway seabed

Fertilizer maker Yara has signed a binding agreement to capture CO2 emissions from its Dutch ammonia plant and transport it to the Norwegian North Sea for storage deep beneath the seabed.

LyondellBasell to build industrial-scale advanced recycling plant in Germany

LyondellBasell has announced it has made the final investment decision to build the company's first industrial-scale catalytic advanced recycling demonstration plant at its Wesseling, Germany, site.

Petrobras partners with European Energy to explore e-methanol business prospects

Petrobras agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Danish company, European Energy, to investigate the business opportunities for developing an e-methanol plant in Brazil, on a non-binding basis.

Russia lifts gasoline export ban - energy ministry

Russia has lifted restrictions on gasoline exports, the energy ministry said, after scrapping most restrictions on exports of diesel last month, saying there was a surplus of supply while wholesale prices had declined.

Tankers newly sanctioned by U.S. supplied Russian oil to India

Three oil tankers, newly sanctioned by Washington, regularly shipped Sokol crude from Russia's Far East to Indian Oil Corp, the country's top refiner, in recent months, according to shiptracking data from LSEG, Kpler and trade sources.

Cummins Inc. selected by the UK Department of Transport for its high-horsepower methanol vessel retrofit project

Cummins Inc. announced the selection of its proposal to jointly develop a Methanol Kit for its QSK60 engine as part of the Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure competition, funded by the UK Government and delivered in partnership with Innovate UK.

Macquarie invests $190 MM in green aviation fuel supplier SkyNRG

Australia's Macquarie Group Ltd said its asset management arm will make an initial investment of about $190 MM in Netherlands-based SAF supplier SkyNRG.

TotalEnergies Lubrifiants integrates recycled plastics into its lubricant bottles via TotalEnergies Polymers

The premium product range of TotalEnergies Lubrifiants in Europe is now packaged in platinum-colored bottles containing 50% post-consumer recycled polyethylene.

OCI Global and Röhm announce pioneering production of methyl methacrylate using bio-ammonia

OCI Global is supplying Röhm with bio-ammonia for the production of methyl methacrylate, an important precursor for PLEXIGLAS - the world’s most popular brand of acrylic glass.