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Fuel tanker Luggati loads at Novatek's Ust-Luga terminal

The tanker Luggati is being loaded at Novatek's NVTK.MM terminal at the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga, where the company's fuel-producing complex was damaged by fire in January.

Maintenance shutdown planned for Czech Litvinov oil refinery in April-May

Czech oil refiner Unipetrol will perform maintenance on its 109,000 bpd Litvinov oil refinery from April 4 to May 15.

Traders divert Russian oil products around Africa to avoid Red Sea

Traders were diverting cargoes with Russian oil products around Africa to avoid the Red Sea due to a heightened risk of attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group.

Nextchem awarded licensing and engineering design package for Norsk e-fuel’s first industrial scale e-fuel plants located in Norway

NextChem has signed a contract with Paul Wurth S.A. and Norsk e-Fuel AS for a licensing and engineering design package relating to NX CPO to be applied in the first industrial scale plant able to produce SAF from green hydrogen and biogenic CO2 in Mosjøen, Norway.

Sonichem launches project to transform the automotive industry with bio-based plastics

A consortium led by sustainable technology innovator Sonichem has been granted nearly $760,000 in funding from Innovate UK’s 'Resource efficiency for materials and manufacturing'  program.

Red Sea worries cause spike in refined fuel prices, but market will adjust

The main impact from the escalating tensions in the Middle East and the threat to ships transiting the Red Sea isn't on crude oil prices, but rather on the heightened vulnerability of refined fuels.

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.

Fuel tanker is loaded at Novatek's Ust-Luga terminal

A tanker called Breeze is being loaded with fuel at Novatek's terminal at the Baltic Sea's port of Ust-Luga, where the company's fuel-producing complex was damaged earlier this month.

Russia's Novak says NORSI refinery repairs to take at least a month

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that repair work on Lukoil's NORSI oil refinery will take at least a month or a month and a half, in another setback for Russia's oil refining industry.

Baker Hughes achieves new hydrogen milestones to accelerate transition to hydrogen economy

Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, announced several milestones to support the growth of the hydrogen economy, as part of the company’s broader strategy in new energy.