http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing An innovative process for simultaneously producing high-purity benzene and U.S.-grade gasoline from FCC C<sub>6</sub> heartcut http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/march-2024/process-optimization/an-innovative-process-for-simultaneously-producing-high-purity-benzene-and-us-grade-gasoline-from-fcc-csub6sub-heartcut/ Mobile Source Air Toxics (MSAT) II regulations restrict the average benzene level in gasoline sold in the U.S. to 0.62 vol%. In India and in several other countries, benzene in gasoline is presently restricted to 1 vol%. Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) gasoline contributes to nearly 10%–20% of the gasoline pool in a typical refinery. Infinium’s Project Pathfinder is world’s first fully operational eFuels facility http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/03/infinium-s-project-pathfinder-is-world-s-first-fully-operational-efuels-facility/ Electrofuels leader Infinium is now successfully operating the world’s first commercial scale facility making drop-in ready eFuels in Corpus Christi, Texas (U.S). South Korean authorities probe origins of naphtha imports http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/03/south-korean-authorities-probe-origins-of-naphtha-imports/ South Korean authorities are investigating imports of naphtha, a petrochemical feedstock, looking into whether supply from Russia was being mislabeled as fuel from elsewhere, multiple sources familiar with the matter said. Vitol buys first naphtha cargo from Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/02/vitol-buys-first-naphtha-cargo-from-nigerias-dangote-oil-refinery/ Trading house Vitol has bought the first naphtha cargo produced for export by Nigeria's new 650,000-bpd Dangote oil refinery. Plastic pyrolysis oils as feedstock for steam crackers: Opportunities and challenges—Part 2 http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/february-2024/petrochemical-technologies/plastic-pyrolysis-oils-as-feedstock-for-steam-crackers-opportunities-and-challenges-part-2/ Plastic waste is a worldwide challenge. To reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) footprint, the plastics industry is striving to increase circularity by using plastic pyrolysis oils (pyoils) from waste plastics as steam cracker feedstock. Nigeria's new Dangote refinery to export fuel oil, naphtha cargoes http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/02/nigerias-new-dangote-refinery-to-export-fuel-oil-naphtha-cargoes/ Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery has issued tenders to sell two fuel cargoes for export, the first from the newly commissioned refinery. Red Sea, Russian refinery attacks tighten Asia naphtha supplies http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/02/red-sea-russian-refinery-attacks-tighten-asia-naphtha-supplies/ Prices of naphtha, a key petrochemical feedstock, have jumped in Asia as drone attacks on Russian refineries and the Red Sea shipping crisis have disrupted European shipment. Russia's Tuapse oil refinery will not resume operations this month http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/02/russias-tuapse-oil-refinery-will-not-resume-operations-this-month/ Rosneft-owned Tuapse oil refinery on the Black Sea will not resume operations this month, at the very least. Red Sea worries cause spike in refined fuel prices, but market will adjust http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/01/red-sea-worries-cause-spike-in-refined-fuel-prices-but-market-will-adjust/ The main impact from the escalating tensions in the Middle East and the threat to ships transiting the Red Sea isn't on crude oil prices, but rather on the heightened vulnerability of refined fuels. Russia may cut naphtha exports by third after fires http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/01/russia-may-cut-naphtha-exports-by-third-after-fires/ Russia will likely cut exports of naphtha by some 127,500 - 136,000 bpd, or around a third of its total exports, after fires disrupted operations at refineries on the Baltic and Black Seas.