http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/04/exxonmobil-to-invest-more-than-100-mm-in-baton-rouge-upgrade-to-produce-high-purity-isopropyl-alcohol/ ExxonMobil announced its plans to invest more than $100 MM in facility upgrades to produce high-purity isopropyl alcohol, a critical material for semiconductor chip manufacturing in the U.S.  http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/02/basf-invests-in-new-alcoholates-plant-in-ludwigshafen-germany/ BASF is investing a mid-double-digit million-euro amount in a new alcoholates plant at its site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The plant will produce sodium methylate and potassium methylate, two important chemicals used for the production of biodiesel and for pharmaceutical and agricultural applications. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/09/gevo-granted-us-patent-for-its-novel-ethanol-to-olefins-process-technology/ Gevo, Inc. announced the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted to Gevo a patent for its ethanol-to-olefins process, focusing on bio-based renewable fuel and chemical production from alcohols. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/08/us-economy-to-benefit-from-federal-saf-incentives-at-gevo-s-planned-net-zero-1-facility/ Gevo Inc. has released a new report by Charles River Associates (CRA) demonstrating the benefits of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production, including at Gevo’s planned Net-Zero 1 (NZ1) alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) SAF facility in South Dakota (U.S.). http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/06/cepsa-begins-construction-of-the-first-chemical-plant-in-spain-to-produce-the-base-for-hydroalcoholic-gels/ Cepsa has begun construction on a new €75-MM, 80,000-tpy isopropyl alcohol plant in Spain. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2023/12/digital-exclusive-bio-based-aromatics-give-pathway-to-drop-in-100-saf/ In this digital exclusive, Iain Gilmore and David Kettner discuss a breakthrough process that provides the missing link to using 100% SAF in current aviation fleets and infrastructure: Bio-based aromatics. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2023/08/astm-decision-brings-100-saf-certification-within-reach/ Swedish Biofuels AB announced that the ASTM International Committee has accepted the use of C2 to C5 alcohols as feedstock for the alcohol-to-jet pathway as well as a new specification for fully formulated aviation fuel with aromatics. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2016/12/opec-non-opec-agree-first-global-oil-pact-since-2001/ VIENNA (Reuters) -- OPEC and non-OPEC producers on Saturday reached their first deal since 2001 to curtail oil output jointly and ease a global glut after more than two years of low prices that overstretched many budgets and spurred unrest in some countries. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2015/may-2015/columns/hp-editorial-comment-change-is-redefining-the-petrochemical-industry/ The petrochemical industry is embracing more “change” that is largely due to the recent drop in crude oil prices. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2015/may-2015/columns/hp-viewpoint-methanol-takes-on-lng-for-future-marine-fuels/ As the lifecycle economics of using MeOH compared with other emission compliance options become more evident, we will see the tide rising on the use of MeOH as a marine engine fuel.