The environment

The US Energy Information Administration reports that US imports of biomass-based diesel grew 12% in 2020 to more than 31 000 bpd.

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

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

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.

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 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.

INEOS has announced that its manufacturing sites in Texas and California have been awarded ISCC PLUS certification from International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC).

KP Engineering (KPE), a company specialising in designing, executing, and delivering customised EPC solutions for the refining, syngas and hydrogen and renewable fuels industries, has promoted DeLome Fair to Principal Process Engineer.

Refinery of the Future is an online conference focusing on the latest developments, trends, and innovative technology driving the future of the refining sector.

RWE Supply & Trading and Australian hydrogen project developer the Hydrogen Utility Pty Ltd (H2U) have joined forces to develop hydrogen trading between Australia and Germany.

KBR has been awarded a contract by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy LLC, contractor of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), to provide engineering, advisory and evaluation services.

Blue World Technologies has partnered up with Alfa Laval on a carbon-neutral methanol fuel cell system for shipping.

Indonesian oil and gas company Pertamina and Clariant have collaborated in an advanced biofuels assessment.