http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/epa-finalizes-historic-new-renewable-fuel-standards-to-strengthen-american-energy-security/ The White House Great American Agriculture Celebration, President Trump announced that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized the historic Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) “Set 2” final rule. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/the-role-of-integrated-biorefineries-in-achieving-alternative-fuel-goals/ The research and development of feedstocks and the conversion platforms will allow future integrated biorefineries to continually increase its diversity and complexity further increasing effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/the-entire-itabus-fleet-travels-with-enilive-hvo-diesel-biofuel/ Produced at Enilive's biorefineries in Venice and Gela mainly from waste, such as used cooking oil and animal fats, and residues from the agri-food industry, HVOlution is a hydrogenated vegetable oil that can be used in all validated diesel engines and is available in more than 1,550 Enilive service stations in Italy. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/czech-government-agrees-to-release-100-000-tonnes-of-crude-from-reserves/ The Czech government agreed on Monday to release 100,000 tonnes of crude oil from state reserves as a loan to Orlen's Czech refining operations. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/south-koreas-lg-chem-to-import-russian-naphtha/ The country's Industry Ministry had earlier confirmed the shipment, including its size, but did not disclose the importing company's name. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/petrochina-says-operations-overall-normal-strait-of-hormuz-accounts-for-about-10-of-its-supplies/ While PetroChina's investments in the Middle East have been affected by the war, the company had contingency plans to safeguard supplies via trading activities. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/nigerias-giant-oil-refinery-fails-to-prevent-record-gasoline-prices/ The 650,000-bpd refinery, Africa's largest, became fully operational early this year. It was designed to transform Nigeria into a major exporter of refined products after decades of inadequate refinery capacity. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/natural-gas-liquids-exports-reached-record-highs-in-2025/ NGL plant production has increased every year since 2005, driven by higher production of NGLs and more global demand for NGLs, especially as petrochemical feedstocks. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/australia-s-biggest-lng-plants-suffer-outages-due-to-cyclone-straining-global-supply/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/iran-war-chokes-petrochemical-supply-sends-plastic-prices-soaring/ About $20 B–$25 B worth of petrochemical products pass through the Strait annually, underscoring the fact that continued disruptions to this flow would push producers to pass the higher costs on to consumers.