Clean fuels

Valmet has won a contract to supply automation to AustroCel’s bioethanol plant currently under construction in Hallein, Austria.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems has received a contract award for an 18-module Gulftronic Electrostatic Separator system to produce IMO 2020-compliant clarified slurry oil.

The US EIA has reported that ethanol exports fell for the first time in four years in 2019.

A new report from the IEA provides almost real-time picture of impact of COVID-19 crisis in 2020 across all major fuels.

New data on the global availability of methanol will be hosted on the DNV GL Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform.

The AFPM supports the initiative which aims to waive the Renewable Fuel Standard compliance burdens for 2020.

Shell has unveiled plans to become a net-zero emissions business by 2050 or sooner.

Biogest has received its first order to build an agricultural biogas plant near Ankara in Turkey.

Thaioil has selected Haldor Topsoe air quality control technology for its Sriracha Refinery in Thailand.

The April issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering is now available online!

As the pressure to act on climate change builds, McKinsey & Co. suggest that the oil and gas industry should consider a range of options to decarbonise.

According to the Diesel Technology Forum, states in the US that have enacted greenhouse gas emissions reduction programmes for the transportation sector, including low-carbon fuel requirements, are realising significant reductions in CO2 emissions.

The Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel has released a video explaining why LNG is currently the only viable solution available that can cut emissions from deep-sea shipping.

A number of companies have collaborated to explore hydrogen as a low-carbon alternative for Singapore.

Topsoe has announced that its technology has been selected by Nacero for a natural-gas-to-gasoline facility in Arizona, US.