Environment
U.S. renewable diesel glut hits refiners' margins
A rush by U.S. fuel makers to recalibrate their plants to produce renewable diesel has created a supply glut for low-emissions biofuels, hammering profit margins for refiners and threatening to impede a young industry.
Worley selected to support the Bayou Bend CCS project
Worley, a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts, has been selected to design and evaluate carbon dioxide (CO2) gathering, handling and sequestration facilities for the Bayou Bend CCS LLC (Bayou Bend) joint venture located along the Gulf Coast in Southeast Texas.
Vertex Energy pauses renewable diesel output to switch back to fossil fuels, citing macroeconomic woes
U.S. refiner Vertex Energy will pause renewable diesel production at its refinery in Mobile, Alabama, and convert it to produce fossil fuels instead, citing macroeconomic woes which might persist through next year.
Shipping major and GCMD to pilot FAME-VLSFO marine biofuel bunker fuel in Singapore
a Japanese shipping major and the Singapore-based Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonization will launch a six-month project for trialing marine biofuel for bunkering, consisting of 24% fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) and very-low-sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) onboard a short-sea vehicle carrier that will call at multiple ports.
World Energy and Boston Consulting Group sign agreement on SAF certificates
Boston Consulting Group today announced it has signed an agreement for the purchase of sustainable aviation fuel certificates with World Energy, the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producer and low-carbon solutions provider.
New $1.5-B natural gas pipeline to provide feedstock to Dow's petrochemicals plant and other industrial facilities
Canadian utilities CU.TO said is developing a $1.5-B natural gas pipeline project in Alberta to transport natural gas to Dow's petrochemicals plant and other industrial facilities.
bp’s Cherry Point refinery turns feedstock into renewable diesel fuel. Here’s how.
bp is boosting biofuels production to 50,000 bpd globally by 2025. Here, bp provides insight into the company's Cherry Point refinery, in Washington state (U.S.), and the facility's co-processing techniques.
U.S. West Coast refinery demand for hydrogen increasingly met by merchant suppliers
U.S. West Coast refiners are using more hydrogen purchased from merchant suppliers than from their own production.
Ebara Elliott Energy to provide compressor for Thailand’s first SAF project
Ebara Elliott Energy, formerly Elliott Group, has been contracted to provide a motor-driven recycle compressor with a variable frequency drive (VFD) for the Sustainable Fuel Development Project (SFP) by TTCL Public Co. Ltd.
UAE's Mubadala Capital plans $13.5-B biofuels investment in Brazil
Mubadala Capital, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Investment Company, is planning a $13.5-B investment in Brazil's biofuels sector over the next decade.
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- 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
