http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing HIF Global and German eFuel One GmbH sign HoA for e-methanol offtake http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/hif-global-and-german-efuel-one-gmbh-sign-hoa-for-e-methanol-offtake/ Venezuela's refineries boost processing to 35% of capacity http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/venezuelas-refineries-boost-processing-to-35-of-capacity/ New Trinidad gas projects could provide necessary feedstock for country's petchem and LNG sectors http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/new-trinidad-gas-projects-could-provide-necessary-feedstock-for-countrys-petchem-and-lng-sectors/ MK-Polymer delivers ethylene-propylene rubber to JSC Kazenergokabel http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/mk-polymer-delivers-ethylene-propylene-rubber-to-jsc-kazenergokabel/ Mexican authorities shut down 22-m long tunnel used in illegal smuggling of fuel supplies http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/mexican-authorities-shut-down-22-m-long-tunnel-used-in-illegal-smuggling-of-fuel-supplies/ Digital Feature: First-stage ejector nozzle retrofit achieves meaningful performance improvement http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/digital-feature-first-stage-ejector-nozzle-retrofit-achieves-meaningful-performance-improvement/ Croatia must allow Russian oil flows to Hungary and Slovakia, MOL says http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/croatia-must-allow-russian-oil-flows-to-hungary-and-slovakia-mol-says/ MOL has contracted more oil by tankers from various countries, including Russia, to a Croatian port, and both countries are looking to tap emergency crude reserves. U.S. demands on Europe in the field of energy http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/us-demands-on-europe-in-the-field-of-energy/ This week U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright gave the Paris-based International Energy Agency a one-year deadline to abandon its support of goals to reduce planet-warming gas emissions to "net zero" by 2050 or risk losing the United States as a member. EU allows Berlin to take long-term control of Rosneft's German assets http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/eu-allows-berlin-to-take-long-term-control-of-rosnefts-german-assets/ The assets, which include stakes in the PCK Schwedt, MiRo and Bayernoil refineries, were placed in the German government's trusteeship in 2022 after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine rocked Germany's decades-long energy ties with Russia. INEOS receives €300-million grant to rejuvenate and decarbonize its Lavera plant http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/ineos-receives-300-million-grant-to-rejuvenate-and-decarbonize-its-lavera-plant/