Mantel raises strategic investment to scale commercial carbon capture deployment
Mantel has announced a new strategic investment from Constellation Technology Ventures (CTV) and Azimut Investments to scale carbon capture across heavy industry.
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In this latest Hydrocarbon Engineering Spotlight Interview, Senior Editor, Callum O'Reilly is joined by Matthias Wörsching, Head of Custom Catalysts & Business Development, Clariant.
Aduro selects Saipem for HCT facility at Chemelot
Aduro Clean Technologies has announced the selection of Saipem for Early Works and Services supporting the development of Aduro's planned First-of-a-Kind Hydrochemolytic™ Technology Facility at Chemelot in the Netherlands.
Shell develop terminal expansion with Therma Cebu Energy
Shell Pilipinas Corp. is progressing with a terminal expansion in Cebu, strategically located in the Visayas, the Philippines, to strengthen the availability of energy products and enhance supply chain resilience.
EIA: Dangote refinery drives increase in petroleum shipments from Nigeria
Seaborne petroleum product exports from Nigeria have grown seven-fold since 2023, playing an increasing role in the international market for petroleum products at a time when supplies from other areas have been constrained, the EIA has reported.
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GlobalData: Asia to spearhead global upcoming conventional refineries growth additions by 2030
Asia is expected to lead global conventional refinery capacity additions during 2026 to 2030, supported by a large pipeline of new build and expansion projects, GlobalData has reported.
INEOS agrees to acquire ethylene dichloride asset from administration
INEOS Inovyn has confirmed that it has agreed to acquire the remaining 50% shareholding in Runcorn MCP Ltd, together with the assets and employees associated with ethylene dichloride production at Runcorn from Vynova Runcorn Ltd, UK.
Haldia Petrochemicals set to inaugurate phenol and acetone facility
Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd. is set to inaugurate its new phenol and acetone manufacturing facility in October 2026, West Bengal, India, according to various media outlets.
AFPM: why fuel prices are not moving in lockstep with crude oil
The AFPM has gathered the following perspectives from analysts and reporters to help explain why fuel prices today are not moving in lockstep with crude oil prices, and why refining capacity has become one of the most important factors shaping what consumers pay at the pump.
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In the August issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering, Luis Alberto Torres-Morales, Jorge Luis Cabrera-Amador, and Leandro Ruiz-Ruiz, Braskem Idesa, alongside Ian Buttridge and David Lin, GTI Solutions, discuss how optimised demethanisers design can reduce methane slip and improve energy efficiency, with a particular focus on two retrofit projects.
Ebara Elliott Energy and Doosan Enerbility partner on advanced compressors
Ebara Elliott Energy and Doosan Enerbility have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to co-develop advanced gas turbine-driven centrifugal compressors for the LNG industry.