Engineering & Design
Philippines seeks gasoline price cut with higher ethanol blend
The Philippine government aims to lower domestic pump prices for gasoline by calling for a higher ethanol blend of 20% on a voluntary basis, from the current mandatory 10%.
Vitol to launch specialist biofuel bunker barges in early 2024
Global energy trader Vitol will be delivering specialized bunker barges at Singapore in early 2024, and will be able to offer a range of biofuel blends through its subsidiaries V-Bunkers and Vitol Bunkers.
Grace launches PARAGON FCC catalyst technology for more sustainably produced fuels
W.R. Grace & Co. announced its latest innovation in a long line of breakthroughs in catalyst technology for helping refiners produce transportation fuels and lower their carbon footprint.
Evergreen and CIP team up to explore green shipping fuels
Evergreen Marine Corporation and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly explore production and usage of carbon-neutral e-fuels.
DHL and World Energy partner for aviation decarbonization with SAFc
DHL Express and World Energy have signed a long-term strategic agreement to accelerate the decarbonization of aviation logistics through the purchase of approximately 668 million liters of SAF via sustainable aviation fuel certificates.
Singapore to roll out electronic bunker delivery notes from November
Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority will launch a digital bunkering initiative on Nov. 1, making the city-state the first port in the world to use electronic bunker fuel delivery notes.
Stamicarbon secures contracts for ultra-low energy urea plant in China
Shandong Lianmeng Chemical Company awards licensing and equipment supply contracts for a grassroots urea melt and prilling plant in China to Stamicarbon, the nitrogen technology licensor of MAIRE Group.
Navigator CO2 Ventures cancels carbon-capture pipeline project in U.S. Midwest
Navigator CO2 Ventures has canceled its Heartland Greenway pipeline project aimed at capturing 15 Mmt of carbon dioxide annually from Midwest ethanol plants and storing it permanently underground citing "unpredictable" state regulatory processes.
Louis Dreyfus to construct Ohio (U.S.) soy crush plant for food, feed, and biofuel
Global crop merchant Louis Dreyfus Company will build a new soybean processing plant in the U.S. state of Ohio adding to a boom in oilseed crush investments in North America encouraged by biofuel use.
Sonangol partners with Chinese CNCEC to build Lobito refinery
Sonangol and China National Chemical Engineering Company signed, in the city of Lobito, Benguela, a contract for the construction of the Lobito Refinery.
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- Vietnam refinery boosting jet fuel production 4/3
- China plans to upgrade some petrochemical plants, phase out others by 2029 4/3
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