The environment

Extending its support for an additional five years, ExxonMobil is expanding its participation in MIT Energy Initiative’s research.

Borealis and Neste are entering into strategic cooperation to produce polypropylene from renewable propane.

LyondellBasell has announced the construction of a small-scale pilot facility for the recycling of plastic waste into new plastics.

ExxonMobil has signed five-year agreements with the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and Bombay, to fund low-emissions technology research.

Regarding the supply of natural gas in India, Total has expanded its partnership with the Adani Group.

BASF has announced a €20 million investment in Quantafuel in order to promote a circular plastic economy.

Neste has opened a new office in Düsseldorf, Germany to serve as the global hub for its Renewable Polymers and Chemicals business unit.

The API and AFPM have release a joint statement on the Trump Administration’s intent to significantly increase the 2020 US biofuel mandate.

Valmet will deliver a biomass pretreatment system to PRAJ Industries for their biorefinery project.

SoCalGas has awarded more than US$44 000 to the City of Corona, California, for the completion of a renewable natural gas project at its water and power facility.

OMV and AustroCel Hallein GmbH have signed a multi-year agreement to supply advanced bioethanol.

Neste has supplied Lufthansa with sustainable aviation fuel as part of the companies’ collaboration for sustainable aviation.

Honeywell has announced that Diamond Green Diesel will use Honeywell UOP technology for its planned renewable diesel plant expansion.

Wärtsilä and Q Power have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to support the development of renewable fuels.

Michelin, IFPEN, and Axens have announced plans to construct an industrial-scale bio-butadiene plant in France.