http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/bp-s-cherry-point-refinery-turns-feedstock-into-renewable-diesel-fuel-here-s-how/ bp is boosting biofuels production to 50,000 bpd globally by 2025. Here, bp provides insight into the company's Cherry Point refinery, in Washington state (U.S.), and the facility's co-processing techniques. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/heavy-oil-shortages-are-driving-up-refiners-cost/ Mexican export cuts and a rerouting of Canadian output are shrinking already limited supplies of heavy crude in the Atlantic basin, driving up refiners' costs with a likely knock-on effect to industries ranging from shipping and construction to Middle Eastern power plants. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/brightmark-plans-1-b-investment-in-georgia-to-convert-plastic-waste-into-the-materials-to-make-new-plastic/ California-based Brightmark has announced plans to invest nearly $1 B in Middle Georgia to build a factory that will take used plastic and turn it into the building blocks to make new plastics, while diverting hundreds of thousands of tons of waste each year from landfills. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/clariant-introduces-new-solutions-to-reduce-the-environmental-impact-of-plastics/ Clariant is launching AddWorks PPA, a perfluoralkyl substances-free polymer processing aid product line, and AddWorks PKG 158, a highly efficient antioxidant solution with outstanding color protection, especially designed for polyolefins containing recycled material 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/2024/05/us-admin-sets-path-for-ethanol-aviation-fuel-subsidies/ The Biden administration (U.S.) has unveiled guidance for its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) subsidy program, allowing corn-based ethanol to qualify if sourced from farms using climate-friendly techniques. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/ineos-completes-purchase-of-lyondellbasells-eod-facility-in-bayport-texas-us/ INEOS Oxide and LyondellBasell completed the sale of LyondellBasell’s ethylene oxide and derivatives (EO&D) business and associated production facilities located in Bayport, Texas to INEOS. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/acc-responds-to-us-epas-final-risk-management-rule-for-methylene-chloride/ The American Chemistry Council (ACC) issued the following statement today in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final risk management rule for methylene chloride under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/topsoe-awarded-contract-to-support-feed-study-for-new-low-carbon-ammonia-plant-in-louisiana-us/ Topsoe will license its SynCOR Ammonia™ technology to CF Industries for a low-carbon ammonia project in Louisiana (U.S.). https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/clearsign-technologies-receives-burner-contract-for-california-us-refinery/ ClearSign Technologies announced the receipt of two purchase orders for detailed engineering of burners for a California refinery.