The environment

Marubeni and PERU LNG have signed a joint study agreement to commence a Pre-FEED study for a project to produce e-methane from green hydrogen and carbon dioxide in Peru.

TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with CapeOmega Carbon Storage AS, to acquire the 40% participating interest held by CapeOmega in the carbon dioxide storage exploration licence, ExL004.

ScanOcean will sell Neste’s marine fuel in Sweden, enabling the marine sector to start reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Cummins and Chevron have announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to leverage complementary positioning in hydrogen, natural gas, and other lower carbon fuel value chains.

Greater Commercial Lending, a credit organisation that provides government-guaranteed loans to businesses in under-served and rural communities, has completed its second US$25 million loan for the Aemetis Biogas Central Dairy Digester Project.

The Baker Hughes Foundation has granted US$100 000 to the University of Houston Energy Transition Institute to support environmental justice research and workforce development programmes.

Honeywell and Zoneflow Reactor Technologies successfully commission structured catalyst for steam methane reforming.

Shandong Haike Chemical Co. Ltd, has selected Axens’ Vegan technology to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Wood has been awarded a multi-year enterprise framework agreement to continue to provide services to Shell’s global projects.

The plant is expected to fabricate the largest shop-built cryogenic tanks ever manufactured globally, with manufacturing production set to begin in 1Q24.

The API has released a statement after the Biden Administration failed to include representatives from the natural gas and oil industry in the White House Methane Summit.

Wood Mackenzie's latest report concludes that India must radically transform its energy landscape and prioritise renewable energy, electrification, hydrogen adoption, and carbon removal strategies.

Braskem has concluded a 30% increase in the production capacity of its bio-based ethylene plant, located in the Triunfo petrochemical complex in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

The EIA reports that high agricultural feedstock prices are offsetting declines in RIN prices, the compliance mechanism used for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) programme.

GAIL and LanzaTech have entered into a strategic partnership to explore biorecycling carbon waste into fuels and chemicals.