Decarbonisation news

INEOS has announced a €250 million investment programme to regenerate and modernise its cracker at Lavera, France, as part of a move to secure the future of one of the nation’s most important industrial sites.

In the latest issue of EnvrioTech (a supplement to Hydrocarbon Engineering), Andrew Symes, OXCCU, UK, explains why Europe should prioritise producing sustainable aviation fuel locally rather than depending on imported methanol.

Pengerang Biorefinery Sdn. Bhd., a JV between PETRONAS, Enilive, and Euglena, marked a milestone with the groundbreaking ceremony for the development of the new biorefinery in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia.

OroCarbo has selected Haffner Energy’s SYNOCA® 20?MW module for integration into a 100 tpd biomethanol project in California, US, using Maverick Synfuels’ syngas-to-methanol conversion technology.

Zachry Group has been awarded the FEED scope for the Lake Charles Methanol II Project, US, an initiative that will establish one of the world's largest low-carbon blue methanol facilities.

Verso Energy have announced the selection of Rely to deliver the front-end engineering design (FEED) for the DEZiR eSAF project in Petit-Couronne, Normandie, France.

Allied Biofuels FE LLC and Praj Industries Ltd have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop Central Asia’s largest ethanol production facility in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan.

OMV and Masdar have signed a binding agreement to develop and operate a new 140 MW green hydrogen electrolyser plant in Bruck an der Leitha, Austria, to decarbonise OMV's Schwechat refinery.

Topsoe has announced that it has been selected to deliver its dynamic ammonia loop technology, as well as proprietary catalysts and equipment, for Synergen Green Energy’s ammonia project in the US.

Blue Circle Olefins has secured funding for the next phase of ProjectNL, the development of a commercial methanol to olefins (MTO) production facility in the Netherlands.