http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/liquid-winds-second-efuel-facility-granted-environmental-permit/ FlagshipTWO, Sweden's second large-scale production facility of green electrofuel (eMethanol), has received the environmental permit for its planned operations in Sundsvall, Sweden. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/basf-and-ipp-jointly-market-the-salerelocation-of-three-plants-from-verbund-site-in-germany/ BASF and International Process Plants will jointly market the sale and relocation of three plants-ammonia, methanol and melamine-from BASF’s Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/bia-energy-operating-co-announces-significant-developments-for-low-carbon-methanol-project-at-the-port-of-caddo-bossier-in-northwest-louisiana/ Bia Energy Operating Co. has announced significant project updates for its low-carbon methanol production facility at the 4,000-acre Port of Caddo-Bossier industrial multimodal facility in northwest Louisiana. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/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. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/cepsa-and-evos-join-up-for-green-methanol-storage-in-spain-and-the-netherlands/ Spanish energy company Cepsa has signed an agreement with Evos, a liquid energy and chemical storage company with hubs in strategic locations across Europe, to enable the storage of green methanol to be produced by Cepsa at Evos’ storage facilities in Algeciras and Rotterdam. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/hapag-lloyd-and-seaspan-to-retrofit-five-vessels-to-methanol-propulsion/ Hapag-Lloyd and Seaspan Corporation enter into a partnership agreement to retrofit and convert five 10,100 TEU container ships powered by conventional MAN S90 engines to dual-fuel engines capable of operating on methanol. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/nigeria-strikes-deal-with-shell-to-supply-38-b-methanol-project/ Nigeria has struck a deal for Shell to supply gas to its proposed $3.8-B Brass methanol facility, resolving a major hurdle to a final investment decision on the project. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/singapore-aims-for-over-1-mmt-of-low-carbon-methanol-bunker-supply-by-2030/ Singapore has the potential to supply over 1 MMt of low-carbon methanol annually by 2030 to meet rising demand for alternative bunker fuel. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/uzbekistan-aims-to-achieve-a-chemical-hub-status-with-the-help-of-chinese-polymer-tech/ Uzbekistan is embarking on a significant economic transformation with the help of Chinese technology, aiming to capitalize on its natural gas reserves by producing value-added products rather than solely relying on energy consumption. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/classnk-awards-approval-in-principle-for-methanol-fuel-supply-system-developed-by-mitsui-es-shipbuilding/ ClassNK reviewed Mitsubishi Shipbuilding's system conceptual design based on part A of its "Guidelines for Ships Using Alternative Fuels," integrating IMO Interim Guidelines, and issued the AiP upon confirming compliance with prescribed requirements.