Environment
Indian state studies plan to ban petrol, diesel vehicles in Mumbai to control pollution
The western Indian state of Maharashtra has formed a panel to study a proposal to ban petrol and diesel vehicles in Mumbai city amid worsening air quality and only allow electric or gas driven vehicles, it said in an order.
Repsol to use Enerkem's advanced gasification technology for its Ecoplanta facility in Spain
Located in El Morell, Spain, the Ecoplanta facility will use Enerkem's advanced gasification technology to convert non-recyclable municipal waste into 240,000 tpy of methanol.
Lyondell begins shuttering Houston refinery (U.S.) for permanent closure
Chemicals maker LyondellBasell Industries began shuttering its 263,776-bpd Houston refinery on Monday for permanent closure. The shutdown is expected to be completed by early February.
Pertamina partners with ABL to enhance asset management at its Cilacap refinery (Indonesia)
Pt. Kilang Pertamina Internasional has appointed ABL’s asset integrity management unit to further enhance asset management at the Indonesian national energy company’s Cilacap Refinery Unit IV, located in Central Java, Indonesia.
ExxonMobil and Trammo sign HOA for low-carbon ammonia offtake
Trammo Inc. and ExxonMobil Corp. have signed a heads of agreement (HOA) to advance discussions for Trammo’s long-term offtake of 300,000 metric tpy–500,000 metric tpy of low-carbon ammonia from ExxonMobil’s Baytown, Texas facility.
LyondellBasell secures wind power to aid circular/low-carbon solutions in Germany
Under the 15-year agreement with European energy firm Vattenfall, LyondellBasell will secure 450 gigawatt-hours annually of offshore wind energy to support its circular and low-carbon solutions in Germany, the company said.
Schneider Electric, MaxGrip partner to improve asset performance for customers
Leveraging MaxGrip’s Asset Improvement Program, Schneider Electric will further support customers in their digital transformation journey by providing a comprehensive asset lifecycle management program.
Worley awarded FEED for First Ammonia's 300-tpd electric ammonia facility project in Texas (U.S.)
Worley has been awarded the final FEED contract by First Ammonia for its groundbreaking electric ammonia facility in Victoria on the Gulf Coast of Texas.
DHL Express to buy SAF from Japan's Cosmo starting April
DHL Express, a division of Germany's Deutsche Post DHLn.DE, said on Tuesday it would buy sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from a unit of Japan's Cosmo Energy Holdings starting in April.
Haffner Energy, LanzaJet, LanzaTech to unlock alcohol-to-jet SAF production from biomass residues
Haffner Energy, a leading advanced solid biomass-to-clean fuels solutions provider; LanzaTech, a carbon management company providing a differentiated syngas-to-ethanol solution, and LanzaJet, the leading ethanol-to-jet technology company and fuels producer, are working together to explore joint biomass-to-sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects covering the entire production value chain.
- Borouge, Borealis, CFF and PMS join forces to study polyolefin recycling ecosystem in Indonesia 2/10
- bp's Gelsenkirchen refinery attracts buyer's interest from Klesch 2/10
- Fire at Baiji refinery contained, Iraq's Somo says 2/10
- Hengli Petrochemical sets up Dubai trading subsidiary in expansion 2/10
- Canadian airlines suspend Cuba flights as island set to run out of jet fuel 2/10
- Idemitsu Kosan plans maintenance at Keihin refinery in April 2/10
