Clean fuels

MAIRE has announced that NEXTCHEM has finalised the acquisition of 100% of GasConTec GmbH, a company specialised in technology development and process engineering.

KBR has been awarded a contract by OCI Global to design and deploy its proprietary operator training simulator for OCI’s Texas Blue Clean Ammonia facility in Texas, US.

NEXTCHEM and Johnson Matthey have agreed to partner up for the commercialisation of the Circular Methanol™ technology package worldwide.

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has announced it has signed an agreement for the purchase of sustainable aviation fuel certificates (SAFc) with World Energy, the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producer and low-carbon solutions provider.

Cemvita has announced a significant breakthrough enabling the company to produce substantial quantities of its sustainable oil from waste carbon sources.

Fortescue, with support from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), has successfully completed propulsion and manoeuvrability trials of its Singapore-registered Fortescue Green Pioneer in the Port of Singapore.

Ebara Elliott Energy has been contracted to provide a motor-driven recycle compressor with a variable frequency drive (VFD) for Thailand’s first SAF project.

Neste and the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group have signed an agreement for the purchase of 1000 t of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

TotalEnergies and SINOPEC have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to deepen their collaboration, notably in low-carbon energies.

Holland America Line has announced the start of a long-term biofuel test on its flagship, Rotterdam, leveraging 100% low carbon intensity biofuel while sailing within the Norwegian World Heritage Fjords.

Kent has been awarded the front end engineering design (FEED) contract for a groundbreaking initiative spearheaded by Fulcrum BioEnergy.

Topsoe has signed an agreement with Guangxi Hongkun Biomass to provide its HydroFlex technology to produce SAF at the company’s plant in the Qinzhou Port Area Free Trade Pilot Zone of Guangxi, China.

The EIA reports that US distillate consumption so far this year is lower than usual because of warm winter weather, reduced manufacturing activity, and continued substitution of biofuels in place of petroleum distillate on the US West Coast (PADD 5).

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has released a statement on the National Petroleum Council (NPC)’s reports on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Hydrogen.

Repsol has joined forces with the six most important music promoters in Spain to jointly promote the use of different multi-energy solutions initially in 77 events.