Economics
MHI Compressor International Corporation selected to supply critical turbomachinery for Dow’s net-zero ethylene cracker complex in Canada
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor International Corporation will supply critical turbomachinery packages to Dow for their Fort Saskatchewan Path2Zero Project – the world’s first net-zero scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions ethylene cracker.
NextChem awarded licensing and equipment supply based on its proprietary technology for an ultra-low energy urea melt plant by Jiangsu Huachang Chemical Co.in China
Maire announces that NextChem, through its nitrogen technology licensor Stamicarbon, has been awarded licensing and equipment supply contracts for a urea melt plant in China by Jiangsu Huachang Chemical Co.
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.
Chevron Lummus Global and Hongrun Petrochemical commission all-hydroprocessing white oil unit
Chevron Lummus Global LLC announced the successful commissioning of the world's largest white oil hydroprocessing unit for Hongrun Petrochemical Co., Ltd. in Weifang, Shandong Province, China.
Norway to add more Arctic acreage for oil and gas drilling
Norway plans to add another 37 blocks to its annual so-called pre-defined areas oil and gas licensing round in the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea.
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.
Well-stocked U.S. fuel markets shrug off January's arctic blast
A bitter January cold snap that knocked out 15% of Gulf Coast refining capacity had little effect on fuel prices, with two months of rising stockpiles helping U.S. markets avoid the extreme volatility seen during recent winter freezes.
Airbus, Avinor, SAS, Swedavia and Vattenfall pave the way for hydrogen aviation in Sweden and Norway
Airbus, Avinor, SAS, Swedavia and Vattenfall have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to investigate the feasibility of a hydrogen infrastructure at airports in Sweden and Norway.
India sugar industry wants more sugar used for ethanol as supply improves
The Indian sugar industry urged the government to allow more sugar to be diverted for the production of ethanol, citing improved supply after unseasonable rainfall in key cane-growing states in 2023.
- Ketjen introduces new breakthrough catalyst that mitigates the effects of iron poisoning in FCCUs 8/20
- Sumitomo Chemical achieves scale-up of its process for producing propylene directly from ethanol 8/20
- EcoCortec, Jakob Schober GmbH awarded sustainability award for closed-loop circular films solution 8/20
- Addverb reinvents its factory automation development with Siemens Xcelerator 8/20
- Sanctions-hit Indian refiner Nayara turns to ‘dark fleet’ 8/20
- EIA: Crude and gasoline inventories fall, distillates rise 8/20
