http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/lt-energy-greentech-partners-with-japan-s-itochu-for-300-000-tpy-green-ammonia-project/ L&T Energy GreenTech Ltd (LTEG), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), has entered into a Joint Development Agreement with ITOCHU Corporation of Japan to develop and commercialize a 300,000-tpy green ammonia project at Kandla in Gujarat, India. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/indonesias-pertamina-delivers-first-used-cooking-oil-aviation-fuel/ PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional, the refinery unit of Indonesian state energy company Pertamina, has started its first shipments of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made partly from used cooking oil http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/indias-hmel-plans-to-shut-refinery-for-40-day-maintenance-sources-say/ India's HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL) plans to shut its Bathinda oil refinery in the northern Punjab state for about 40 days from early November for maintenance http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/indian-refiners-using-term-deals-as-hedge-against-russian-supply-risk/ India's state oil refiners will continue to use annual contracts to secure oil supplies and hedge against market volatilities as the future of cheap Russian purchases is in doubt, the oil ministry said in a report to parliament. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/indias-ethanol-drive-imperils-its-push-for-edible-oil-self-sufficiency/ India's drive to produce more ethanol is leading its farmers to switch away from growing oilseeds, undermining government efforts in the world's largest buyer of cooking oils to reduce costly imports. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/casale-and-anhui-haoyuan-advance-sustainable-melamine-production-with-ulem-n-technology/ The new melamine production plant will feature Casale’s uLEM-N technology, with a design capacity of 60,000 tpy, and will be fully integrated into an urea plant operated by Anhui Haoyuan. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/indonesia-aims-to-launch-b50-biodiesel-in-2026-but-unlikely-in-january/ Indonesia reaffirmed a plan to raise the mandatory palm oil content in its biodiesel to 50% starting from next year, but the program known as B50 is unlikely to start in January http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/indias-e20-fuel-rollout-marked-by-widespread-criticism/ As India puts more of the emissions-cutting biofuel ethanol in its petrol, consumers complain it damages their engines.  http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/india-approves-34-b-payout-to-state-run-refiners-for-cooking-gas-losses/ The compensation, approved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet, would be paid to state-run Indian Oil Corp., Bharat Petroleum Corp. and Hindustan Petroleum Corp. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/clariant-advances-plastics-stabilizer-technology-with-expanded-production-and-new-applications/ Clariant increases production capacity for Nylostab™ S-EED stabilizer with second production line in Cangzhou, China