http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing VINCI wins major contract for innovative biofuels plant in Spain http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/vinci-wins-major-contract-for-innovative-biofuels-plant-in-spain/ Moeve and Apical have awarded Grupo Cobra and Masa - both subsidiaries of Cobra IS – the electrical, piping and industrial mechanical works of the largest second-generation biofuels plant in Spain. Dangote Refinery cuts fuel price before planned sales to local Nigerian market http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/dangote-refinery-cuts-fuel-price-before-planned-sales-to-local-nigerian-market/ The latest price cut from 850 naira, effective from Aug 12, comes as the company targets fuel supply directly to retail stations, manufacturers, telecoms firms, and other large users, to boost supply of its products. AFPM: U.S. RFS proposal misses the mark on affordability, security by an ‘Iowa mile’ http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/afpm-us-rfs-proposal-misses-the-mark-on-affordability-security-by-an-iowa-mile/ The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) recently submitted comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Renewable Fuel Standard volumes for 2026 and 2027. Indonesia's Pertamina delivers first used cooking oil aviation fuel 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 India's HMEL plans to shut refinery for 40-day maintenance, sources say 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 Indian refiners using term deals as hedge against Russian supply risk 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. India's ethanol drive imperils its push for edible oil self-sufficiency 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. ASTM announced proposed standard for a rapid diagnostic fuel quality test procedure http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/astm-announced-proposed-standard-for-a-rapid-diagnostic-fuel-quality-test-procedure/ ASTM International is developing a proposed standard (WK95172) that describes a rapid diagnostic fuel quality test procedure that measures the levels of microbial contamination in fuel or fuel-associated water samples. Indonesia aims to launch B50 biodiesel in 2026, but unlikely in January 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 Imperial Oil completes renewable diesel facility at Strathcona refinery (Canada) http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/imperial-oil-completes-renewable-diesel-facility-at-strathcona-refinery-canada/ Imperial Oil has completed construction of a renewable diesel facility at its Strathcona refinery near Edmonton, Canada, a milestone for Canadian operations.