Clean fuels

Gazprom Neft has established a subsidiary in Singapore to develop its international marine lubricants business.

ExxonMobil has signed five-year agreements with the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and Bombay, to fund low-emissions technology research.

Endress+Hauser and Vector CAG will serve as the main instrument vendor for a large Texas refinery.

In line with IMO 2020 requirements, Lukoil has begun production of low-sulfur fuel oil.

Neste has opened a new office in Düsseldorf, Germany to serve as the global hub for its Renewable Polymers and Chemicals business unit.

The API and AFPM have release a joint statement on the Trump Administration’s intent to significantly increase the 2020 US biofuel mandate.

Valmet will deliver a biomass pretreatment system to PRAJ Industries for their biorefinery project.

OMV and AustroCel Hallein GmbH have signed a multi-year agreement to supply advanced bioethanol.

Geoscientists from the University of Edinburgh have received funding from the EPSRC for a £1.4 million research project to investigate the storage of hydrogen in the subsurface.

Neste has supplied Lufthansa with sustainable aviation fuel as part of the companies’ collaboration for sustainable aviation.

Honeywell has announced that Diamond Green Diesel will use Honeywell UOP technology for its planned renewable diesel plant expansion.

Australian Gas Networks’ development application for the construction and operation of a AUS$11.4 million hydrogen production facility to produce renewable hydrogen has been approved by the South Australian Government.

Wärtsilä and Q Power have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to support the development of renewable fuels.

Eni has opened its Gela biorefinery, capable of processing 750 000 tpy of used vegetable oil, animal fat, algae and by-products into biofuel.

The EIA’s International Energy Outlook 2019 projects a nearly 50% increase in world energy usage by 2050.