Europe
SATORP completes MENA region’s first conversion of used cooking oil into ISCC+ certified SAF
SATORP, platform jointly owned by Aramco and TotalEnergies, has for the first time in the region successfully converted used cooking oil through coprocessing into ISCC+ certified SAF.
Lukoil's Romanian refinery shuts down for planned maintenance works
Romania's Petrotel Lukoil refinery, owned by Russia's Lukoil, will shut for one month from Wednesday for planned maintenance works.
Ukraine says oil refinery hit, power lines damaged in Russian drone attack
A Russian drone attack set ablaze the Kremenchuk oil refinery in central Ukraine and knocked out power supply in three villages, while falling debris from downed drones damaged railway power lines in a nearby region.
C2X takes important step towards large scale green methanol production in Spain
C2X has taken an important step towards the development of their second production site.
Farnborough Airport sells its millionth liter of SAF
Farnborough Airport has announced the sale of its millionth liter of SAF, further highlighting its aim to be a sustainability showcase for airports around the world.
Zeopore enables breakthrough in hydrocracking by leveraging zeolite mesopore quality
Over recent years, Zeopore has introduced innovative technologies to increase mesoporosity and retain intrinsic zeolitic properties. Now, after having completed a high-throughput testing campaign at a major refining company, Zeopore demonstrates excellent hydrocracking performance in comparison to un-mesoporised zeolite catalysts
Boskalis orders a dual-fuel dredger from Royal IHC
Boskalis has signed a contract with Dutch shipbuilding company Royal IHC to build a large state-of-the-art trailing suction hopper dredger capable of running on diesel and green methanol.
Norwegian introduces SAF for 100 flights on Denmark's Aalborg-Copenhagen route
Norwegian is to purchase SAF to power the equivalent of 100 flights between Aalborg and Copenhagen.
Fire at Afipsky oil refinery near Novorossiisk put out
A fire that broke out at the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar region was promptly extinguished, the region's emergency security authorities said after social media reports of powerful blasts shaking the refinery.
Axens and ZPJE established Nectis: a JV dedicated to the promotion and sale of Spiral Tubes Heat Exchangers
Nectis and Zhenhai Petrochemical Jianan Engineering Co. Ltd join forces in establishing Nectis, a France-based company targeting the promotion and sales of STHE to the process industry outside of China.
- 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
- Czech refinery outage forces Orlen Unipetrol to seek state help to meet diesel demand 8/20
- China’s Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical first half profit slides 8/20
- Major South Korean petrochemical firms and production 8/20
- Vioneo awards Lummus polypropylene contract for world's first industrial scale fossil-free plastics from green methanol facility 8/19
