http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/low-us-distillate-consumption-reflects-slow-economic-activity-and-biofuel-substitution/ U.S. distillate consumption so far this year is lower than usual because of warm winter weather, reduced manufacturing activity, and continued substitution of biofuels in place of petroleum distillate on the U.S. West Coast. https://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. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/bhp-says-it-aims-to-receive-first-ammonia-fueled-bulk-carrier-in-2026/ Australia's BHP Group is planning to receive its first ammonia-fueled bulk carrier in 2026 as part of the company's plans to cut shipping emissions. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/biofuels-refiner-ecoceres-expects-malaysia-unit-to-start-up-in-second-half-2025/ Biofuels refiner Ecoceres is aiming to start up its Malaysia-based biofuels production unit in the second half of 2025. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/eni-to-sell-stakes-in-biofuel-bioplastic-units-by-end-of-2024/ Italian energy group Eni aims to sell by year-end minority stakes in its biofuel and bio-plastic units that could fetch around $1.47 B in total to speed up its energy transition. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/avril-expects-biofuel-driven-profit-surge-by-2030/ French oilseeds group Avril expects its core profit to increase by over half by the end of the decade as its crop-based food, fuel and industrial products meet demand for lower-carbon goods. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/03/ryanair-purchases-1-000-tons-of-saf-from-shell/ Ryanair announced that it has purchased 1,000 tons of SAF from global energy group, Shell, and will be supplied to the airline at its Stansted Airport base. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/03/maersks-eco-delivery-ocean-leading-the-green-transition-with-biofuels-and-methanol/ Strong growth for Maersk ECO Delivery Ocean product in 2023. Over 200 customers saved more than 680,000 tons of GHG emissions. Retail, lifestyle, automotive and FMCG companies are the pioneers. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/march-2024/process-optimization/an-innovative-process-for-simultaneously-producing-high-purity-benzene-and-us-grade-gasoline-from-fcc-csub6sub-heartcut/ Mobile Source Air Toxics (MSAT) II regulations restrict the average benzene level in gasoline sold in the U.S. to 0.62 vol%. In India and in several other countries, benzene in gasoline is presently restricted to 1 vol%. Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) gasoline contributes to nearly 10%–20% of the gasoline pool in a typical refinery. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/03/emirates-adds-saf-on-flights-from-amsterdam-schiphol-airport/ Emirates has commenced the activation of its fuel agreement with Neste at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, with over 2 million gallons of blended SAF to be supplied into the fueling system throughout 2024.