Americas
Chevron Lummus Global and Hongrun Petrochemical commission all-hydroprocessing white oil unit
Chevron Lummus Global LLC announced the successful commissioning of the world's largest white oil hydroprocessing unit for Hongrun Petrochemical Co., Ltd. in Weifang, Shandong Province, China.
Well-stocked U.S. fuel markets shrug off January's arctic blast
A bitter January cold snap that knocked out 15% of Gulf Coast refining capacity had little effect on fuel prices, with two months of rising stockpiles helping U.S. markets avoid the extreme volatility seen during recent winter freezes.
Return of U.S. oil sanctions on Venezuela to hit revenue, fuel imports
The return of U.S. sanctions on Venezuela's oil and gas sectors would hurt the OPEC country's ability to collect cash from its oil exports, crimp new energy investments and raise the risks of domestic fuel scarcity.
Linde starts up supply of captured CO2 to Celanese for methanol production
Linde announced that it has started supplying clean hydrogen and captured CO2 to Celanese for its production of methanol.
Tanker with Russian diesel to discharge at the port of Venezuela
Sea Maverick with about 33,000 metric tons of ultra-low sulfur diesel loaded at the end of December 2023 at the Russian Baltic port of Primorsk is discharging at the El Palito port in Venezuela.
POET's U.S. Midwest ethanol plants to join Summit Carbon pipeline project
POET LLC, the world's largest ethanol producer, said it will partner with Summit Carbon Solutions to capture carbon dioxide emissions at 17 of POET's U.S. Midwest ethanol plants as part of Summit's multi-state pipeline project.
Mexico president admits fuel production still short to reach energy self-sufficiency
Mexico will be short of the fuel it needs to meet President Andres Manuel's Lopez Obrador goal of energy self-sufficiency when his term ends this year, he said during a recent press conference.
Industry leaders, investors excited over grand opening of LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels
LanzaJet joined government officials, industry leaders, and investors to celebrate the grand opening of LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels in Soperton, Georgia.
LanzaJet celebrates grand opening of Freedom Pines Fuels Plant, the world’s first ethanol to SAF production facility
LanzaJet, a leading sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, joined government officials, industry leaders, partners, and supporters to open LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels, the world’s first ethanol to SAF production facility.
Brazil domestic ethanol sales soar amid high inventories
Sales of ethanol in the Brazilian market increased sharply in January according to industry data released with mills very active in the selling side as they are apparently running out of storage space due to a bumper crop.
- Pakistan-China to sign MoU on oil-to-chemicals complex in June 5/17
- China biofuel makers bet on sustainable aviation fuel 5/17
- AMETEK Land provides thermal imagers to large ethylene producer 5/17
- China's refinery output falls for first time in 20 mos due to maintenance 5/17
- Dow, SCG Chemicals sign MoU to transform 200,000 tpy of plastic waste into circular products 5/17
- Ukraine long-range attacks continue to disrupt Russian refining, energy operations 5/17
