Refining

Neste will modify its existing renewables production capacity in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to enable production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

South African company Engen has announced that it will be proceeding with its refinery to terminal (RTT) conversion initiative, concluding that the refinery is not sustainable long-term.

Avfuel Corp. has announced an agreement with Textron Aviation to supply and integrate SAF into its sustainability initiatives.

KBR, Inc. has received a contract from SAPREF for its fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) regenerator project at Durban, South Africa.

Acron and Haldor Topsoe have completed an ammonia unit revamp project to increase capacity up to 2500 mtpd.

ExxonMobil and Global Clean Energy have expanded their five-year agreement to increase ExxonMobil’s purchase of renewable diesel up to 5 million bbl/yr.

Neste’s renewable fuel oil has reduced greenhouse gas emissions from Lumene’s manufacturing process.

IDTechEx discusses its new report analysing the technical and commercial factors that could be key to the long-term success of carbon capture technology.

According to EIA analysis, planned refinery outages during the 2Q21 are unlikely to cause a significant shortfall in the supply of petroleum products in the US, particularly in transportation fuels including gasoline, jet fuel, and distillate fuel.

Neptune Energy has welcomed the announcement by the operator, Eni, that production has started from its Merakes development, located in the East Sepinggan block, offshore Indonesia.

Nacero has selected Topsoe’s TIGAS™ technology for its multi-billion US$ natural gas-to-gasoline facility in Penwell, Texas, to reduce the lifecycle carbon footprint of gasoline production.

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. subsidiaries NextChem and MET Development have signed an MOU with MC TAIF JSC (TAIF) to co-develop a new bio-degradable polymer plant in the Republic of Tatarstan (Russian Federation).

Maire Tecnimont subsidiary NextChem has been awarded a contract by Total Corbion PLA to carry out a front-end engineering design for their 100 000 tpy poly lactic acid (PLA) plant in Grandpuits, France.

Chevron and Toyota have formed a strategic alliance to develop commercially viable, large-scale businesses in hydrogen, with the goal to advance a functional, thriving global hydrogen economy.

SUEZ and ROSCOLE have teamed up to develop a new monitoring solution for desalter operations.