Biofuels
Technip Energies awarded two services contracts for first-of-a-kind, waste-to-methanol Ecoplanta project in Spain
The plant will be the first in Europe to transform, at scale, non-recyclable municipal solid waste and biomass into renewable and circular methanol.
LanzaJet advances UK ethanol-to-jet SAF project
LanzaJet, Inc. has been awarded more than $13 million (£10 million) from the UK Department for Transport’s Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF) to accelerate development of Project Speedbird, a major sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) biorefinery in Teesside, United Kingdom
Eni and five other oil companies fined by Italian competition watchdog
The regulator said that fines totaling more than €936 MM ($1.1 B) had been levied against Eni, Esso, Italiana Petroli (IP), Q8, Saras and Tamoil.
Eni unveils new biorefinery project in Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi
Eni announced that it has received approval from the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security to convert selected units at the Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi (Pavia) refinery into a biorefinery.
U.S. total distillate inventories forecast to end 2025 and 2026 at multiyear lows
Australia promises $735 MM to launch biofuel industry
The money, to be released over 10 yrs from 2028, is intended to stimulate private investment in products like biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
U.S. EPA keeps all options open in biofuel reallocation proposal
The proposal's failure to narrow down potential options is destined to extend the latest clash between Big Oil and Big Farm over the issue, as both industries vie for influence over U.S. energy and agricultural policy.
How a Texas (U.S.) refinery turns Amazon-destroying cattle into 'green' jet fuel
Louisiana-based Diamond Green Diesel, a joint-venture between biofuels producer Darling Ingredients and petroleum refiner Valero Energy, has invested hundreds of millions of dollars into a refinery in Port Arthur, Texas that turns cattle fat - called tallow - into a cleaner alternative to petroleum-based jet fuel and diesel.
- Fertiglobe, Covestro and TA’ZIZ sign MoU to explore strategic ammonia collaboration 2/9
- S-Oil signs nearly $4-B PE marketing deal with SABIC 2/9
- Indonesia's Pertamina launches $7-B natural resources processing initiative 2/9
- Digital Exclusive: Innovative grassroots CDU-VDU configuration—Pioneering energy efficiency and net-zero pathways in modern refineries 2/9
- Update: Union agrees to U.S. refineries contract, averting nationwide strike 2/9
- Schneider Electric unveils EcoStruxure™ Foxboro software defined automation 2/9

