Clean fuels

Wood has been awarded a FEED contract for cleaner, increased fuel production at the Dung Quat Oil Refinery.

This announcement came during the National Business Aviation Association’s Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE).

WPC Energy, the World Forum for Energy Transformation, has announced the appointment of Burcu Canci Gunal as Director General (CEO), effective 1 January 2025.

The AFPM visited Flint Hills Resources’ Pine Bend refinery in Minnesota, US, which demonstrates how renewable energy and traditional energy can work together.

Technip Energies and Enerkem have formalised their collaboration to advance waste-to-sustainable fuels and circular chemicals technology.

The decision follows the completion of the basic engineering phase, which commenced in May 2023.

Senoko Energy and Gentari have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to embark on a collaborative effort to explore the importation of hydrogen gas from Malaysia to Singapore.

With the demand for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) expected to increase tenfold by 2030, Universal Fuel Technologies (Unifuel) has closed US$3 million in funding for its Flexiforming technology that cuts SAF production costs by up to 50%.

Calumet, Inc. has announced that the US Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) has awarded a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee of up to US$1.44 billion to fund the construction and expansion of a renewable fuels facility owned by Montana Renewables.

Southwest Airlines Co. has announced a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supply agreement with Valero Marketing and Supply Co. (Valero), a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corp., to bring SAF to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW).

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that capacity to produce biofuels increased 7% in the US during 2023, reaching 24 billion gal./yr at the start of 2024.

Johnson Matthey (JM) has announced the opening of its new Engineering Centre in Mumbai, India.

Neste’s renewable diesel is helping Verne, a provider of sustainable data centre solutions for high intensity computing, to transition its operations from fossil to renewable fuels.

Honeywell has announced that the St1 refinery has started using Honeywell’s EcofiningTM technology to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Clariant has hosted a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony with DS Dansuk at its Pohang production site in Korea to mark the commissioning of its Tonsil RNF series of high performing adsorbent.