Environment

Indorama Ventures and Carbios reaffirm partnership to build first-of-a-kind PET biorecycling plant in France

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited and Carbios announce the signing of a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding to form a Joint Venture for the construction of the world’s first PET biorecycling plant in France .

Biodiesel import flood could drown European market

A flood of potentially "dubious" biodiesel imports into Europe from China needs to be subject to closer EU vetting or it could trigger the collapse of the European Union's biofuels industry, top producer body EWABA said.

ExxonMobil signs carbon capture agreement with Nucor Corporation, reaching 5 MTA milestone

ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions’ newest carbon capture and storage agreement – with Nucor Corporation, demonstrates their continued momentum in helping industrial customers reduce emissions.

Mexico's gasoline independence dream sinks in dirty fuel oil glut

Mexico's president took office in late 2018 pledging to boost local output of gasoline while phasing out imports, but so far state refineries have instead set a different course: bumper production of highly contaminating fuel oil.

bp to use Honeywell’s Ecofining technology to increase SAF production worldwide

Honeywell announced that bp selected its Ecofining technology to help support the production of SAF at five facilities.

Future refineries in India may be smaller capacity

India will look at building smaller oil refineries because of problems in acquiring land as it aims to raise its annual refining capacity to 9 million bpd.

Emerson helps optimize innovative recycling process

Global software and technology leader Emerson is helping the Swedish cleantech company HaloSep to optimize their unique process that turns hazardous incinerator flue gas residue from waste-to-energy plants into usable materials.

Neste to use lower-emission marine fuel in two vessels transporting renewable diesel to Sweden

From 2023 onwards, two tankers transporting Neste’s renewable diesel from Finland to Sweden will be fueled with lower-emission marine fuel, namely Neste Marine 0.1 Co-processed.

ITOCHU to become an official distributor of Neste MY Renewable Diesel in Japan

Neste and ITOCHU have agreed to extend their collaboration with a licensing agreement allowing ITOCHU to become an official distributor of Neste MY Renewable Diesel in Japan.

Eni and RINA sign partnership to develop HVO maritime biofuel

RINA and Eni have signed an agreement to jointly develop initiatives that can contribute to the energy transition and decarbonization of their respective operations and particularly maritime transport.