The environment

Dan Ammann, former General Motors President and CEO of Cruise, has been appointed President of ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions.

Technip Energies has announced the launch of Beyond by T.EN – a portal providing business value to clients through a suite of digital solutions.

V-Bunkers, Vitol’s Singapore bunker operations company, has announced that its barges have recently made several deliveries of bio-fuel blended very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO).

BASF has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with REEF Technology to develop recyclate formulations for applications used in the automotive, packaging and consumer industries.

The two companies will combine their expertise to enable CO2 capture, aggregation, transport and permanent storage.

Alongside ReCarbon and LanzaTech, Woodside has launched a collaborative studies programme aimed at converting carbon emissions into useful products.

ABB has been awarded a major contract by NatureWorks to automate their new greenfield plant in Thailand, converting sugar cane to the polylactic acid biopolymer, Ingeo.

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has carried out its first marine bio-VLSFO bunker delivery in Singapore’s port waters.

Asahi Kasei has formed a strategic partnership with Genomatica regarding HMD based on biomass-derived raw materials.

The funding will finance the construction of Encina’s first plastic waste-to-aromatics recycling plant in Pennsylvania, US.

Eni and the Republic of Benin have signed a cooperation agreement to develop joint initiatives on the agro-industrial chain, for biorefining use.

Australia’s oil and gas industry has stated that the proposed Western Australia legislation will increase decarbonisation opportunities within the sector, and across the wider economy.

The European Commission has proposed an outline of a plan to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels well before 2030, which includes the increased incorporation of sustainable energy.

Across Indonesia, the companies have agreed to develop the green hydrogen and ammonia value chain, as well as carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) businesses.

Yousef A. Al-Benyan, Vice Chairman and CEO of SABIC, and Chairman of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association, has stated that the GCC chemical industry must refocus on meeting decarbonisation and circularity goals.