http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/solvay-uses-waste-wood-to-power-soda-ash-and-bicarbonate-plant-in-germany/ Solvay announced the official inauguration of the second biomass boiler at its Rheinberg soda ash and bicarbonate plant in Germany, phasing out the use of thermal coal for energy use at the site. With the commissioning of this new boiler, Rheinberg became the world’s first soda ash plant powered by locally sourced waste wood. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/container-shippers-hedging-green-transition-with-dual-fuel-vessel-orders/ Container shipping companies like Maersk, CMA CGM and COSCO have ordered hundreds of new vessels in recent years meant to help their industry slash greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to meet rising demand from customers and regulators around the globe. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/update-us-says-135-tons-of-deadly-gas-released-at-texas-refinery-in-oct-incident/ The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said on Wednesday that 27,000 pounds (13.5 tons) of deadly hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas were released at Pemex's Deer Park, Texas, refinery on Oct. 10, causing the deaths of two contract workers. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/celanese-henkel-collaborate-to-offer-adhesives-made-from-captured-co2-emissions/ Henkel Corporation and Celanese Corporation will partner to enhance circularity in emulsion production by utilizing carbon capture-based materials. Henkel will utilize captured CO2 from Fairway Methanol's CCU project in Texas to produce water-based adhesives. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/copernic-catalysts-to-scale-its-catalyst-for-sustainable-ammonia-production/ Copernic Catalysts, a developer of novel catalysts for sustainable chemicals and e-fuels, has raised an oversubscribed $8 MM Series Seed Prime round. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/firefly-partners-with-waste-giant-sanepar-strengthening-global-feedstock-access/ Firefly Green Fuels, a British sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) developer, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sanepar, one of Brazil’s largest water and sanitation companies. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/synata-bio-s-sylonto-project-awarded-45-mm-ndrc-grant/ Synata Bio, a U.S. company delivering turnkey carbon utilization technology to transform onsite waste gases into ethanol, has been awarded a $4.5-MM grant (RMB 32 MM) from China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) for its Sylonto project. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/cop29-totalenergies-and-oil-india-to-collaborate-on-methane-emissions-detection-measurement/ TotalEnergies and Oil India Limited (OIL) have signed a cooperation agreement to carry out methane emissions detection and measurement campaigns using TotalEnergies’ pioneer AUSEA technology at OIL sites in India. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/clariant-envicat-n2o-s-catalyst-to-cut-co2eq-by-690-000-tpy-at-hengli-s-nitric-acid-plant-in-china/ Clariant announced the successful installation of its EnviCat N2O-S catalyst at Hengli Petrochemical's 300,000-tpy nitric acid plant in Dalian, China. With the successful installation of the catalyst in June 2024, the plant is projected to reduce its N2O emissions by 690,000 tpy of CO2eq. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/north-dakota-us-approves-summit-carbon-pipeline-permit/ North Dakota regulators on Friday approved Summit Carbon Solutions' application for a permit to run a section of its carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline through the state and store the captured greenhouse gas (GHG) underground.