http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/pakistan-china-to-sign-mou-on-oil-to-chemicals-complex-in-june/ During Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's visit to Beijing in June, China and Pakistan are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a crude-to-petrochemical refinery project. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/china-biofuel-makers-bet-on-sustainable-aviation-fuel/ Biofuel firms are pouring more than $1 B into building China's first plants to turn waste cooking oil into aviation fuel for export and meet domestic demand, once Beijing mandates the fuel's use on airplanes to cut emissions. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/chinas-refinery-output-falls-for-first-time-in-20-mos-due-to-maintenance/ China's refinery output fell 3.3% in April from a year earlier, the first annual decline in 20 mos, as large refiners carried out regular maintenance and small independent plants curbed production due to thin profit margins. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/dow-scg-chemicals-sign-mou-to-transform-200-000-tpy-of-plastic-waste-into-circular-products/ Dow and SCG Chemicals have signed of a first-of-its kind memorandum of understanding (MoU) circularity partnership in the Asia-Pacific region to transform 200,000 tpy of plastic waste into circular products by 2030. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/basf-expands-its-biomass-balance-portfolio-for-selected-chemical-intermediates/ BASF will expand its biomass balance offering to include BMBCertTM 1,4-butanediol (BDO), tetra-hydrofuran (THF), polytetra¬hydrofuran (PolyTHF®) and 3-(di¬methyl¬amino)pro¬pyl¬amine (DMAPA). http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/plug-signs-contract-with-allied-green-ammonia-to-supply-h2-for-planned-ammonia-facility-in-australia/ Plug Power Inc., a global leader in comprehensive hydrogen solutions for the green hydrogen (H2) economy, has signed a basic engineering and design package (BEDP) with Allied Green Ammonia (AGA), an Australian company focused on green ammonia production, for a three-gigawatt (GW) electrolyzer plant supplying H2 to AGA’s planned ammonia facility proposed for the Northern Territory of Australia. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/hsbc-to-arrange-funds-for-149-b-expansion-project-at-vietnams-binh-son-refinery/ Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical has chosen HSBC Bank as the export credit agency for a project to expand its Dung Quat refinery. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/singapore-middle-distillate-stocks-tumble-to-nearly-three-month-low/ Singapore's middle distillates stocks slid to a nearly three-month low this week, falling below 11 MMbbl for the first time in a month as gains in jet fuel/kerosene net exports offset declines in diesel/gasoil net exports. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/chinas-cncec-to-build-300-000-bpd-al-faw-refinery-in-iraq/ China's National Chemical Engineering Company (CNCEC) has inked a deal with the Southern Refineries Company to build a 300,000-bpd refinery in Al-Faw, Iraq. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/itochu-to-buy-green-ammonia-from-hives-59-b-coega-facility/ A division of Hive Energy Ltd. announced that a consortium led by Japanese trading giant Itochu Corp. is on the verge of finalizing an agreement to purchase environmentally friendly ammonia from a project located in South Africa.