http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing Perpetual Next appoints Bilfinger as lead consultant for its Methanol Moerdijk project http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/perpetual-next-appoints-bilfinger-as-lead-consultant-for-its-methanol-moerdijk-project/ ASRock Industrial and CSI Validate O-PAS™ Systems Management Architecture with the iEP-7020E and AiSMA http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/asrock-industrial-and-csi-validate-o-pas-systems-management-architecture-with-the-iep-7020e-and-aisma/ Heavy equipment for KazMunayGas' Atyrau PE plant ships from Shanghai to Kazakhstan http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/heavy-equipment-for-kazmunaygas-atyrau-pe-plant-ships-from-shanghai-to-kazakhstan/ OMV and XRG complete transactions to create Borouge International, boosting global chemicals leadership http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/omv-and-xrg-complete-transactions-to-create-borouge-international-boosting-global-chemicals-leadership/ Gevo announces major ethanol expansion project at North Dakota (U.S.) facility http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/gevo-announces-major-ethanol-expansion-project-at-north-dakota-us-facility/ BASF and Avery Dennison collaborate to launch BASF’s newest acrylates based on renewable electricity: Butyl acrylate RE and 2-Ethylhexyl acrylate RE http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/basf-and-avery-dennison-collaborate-to-launch-basf-s-newest-acrylates-based-on-renewable-electricity-butyl-acrylate-re-and-2-ethylhexyl-acrylate-re/ INPEX extends MoU with Persero for Abadi LNG project in Indonesia http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/inpex-extends-mou-with-persero-for-abadi-lng-project-in-indonesia/ INPEX has extended a MoU with PT Pertamina (Persero) (Pertamina) on a strategic collaboration to proactively pursue the implementation of the Abadi LNG Project in Masela Block in the Arafura Sea in Indonesia. Russian oil tanker enters anchorage of Cuba's Matanzas port http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/russian-oil-tanker-enters-anchorage-of-cubas-matanzas-port/ Cuba has not received an oil tanker in three ⁠months, according to President Miguel Diaz-Canel, a predicament which exacerbated an energy crisis that has brought repeated blackouts across the country of 10 million people, crippling healthcare, public transportation and farming. China's smaller independent refiners to curb output on rising oil prices http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/chinas-smaller-independent-refiners-to-curb-output-on-rising-oil-prices/ The so-called teapot refiners had benefited in recent months from cheap stocks of Russian and Iranian crude, but temporary U.S. waivers allowing purchases of Russian and Iranian oil stranded at sea for 30 days have driven prices for those barrels sharply higher as buyers, especially Indian refiners, rush to secure supply. India diesel exports to SE Asia hit 7-yr high in March due to Iran war http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/india-diesel-exports-to-se-asia-hit-7-yr-high-in-march-due-to-iran-war/ The surge in exports could boost spot sale margins for Indian refiners who have purchased large volumes of prompt Russian crude to replace Middle East supply disrupted by the war.