http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/exxonmobil-plans-1-blbsyr-of-advanced-recycling-by-2027/ ExxonMobil plans to invest more than $200 MM to expand its advanced recycling operations at its sites in Baytown and Beaumont, Texas (U.S.), as well as additional investments globally to reach recycling capacity of 1 Blbs/yr by 2027. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/syensqo-expands-us-production-capacity-for-advanced-polymers/ Syensqo has significantly increased its U.S. production capacity for its Udel polysulfones sulfone advanced polymers used in critical health, water and energy applications. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/aramco-rongsheng-petrochemical-sign-framework-agreement-for-sasref-petrochemicals-expansion-project/ Aramco, Aramco affiliate Saudi Aramco Jubail Refinery Company (SASREF), and an affiliate of Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (Rongsheng Petrochemical) have signed a Development Framework Agreement in Beijing, China, that paves the way for an expansion project at SASREF in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/sinopec-aramco-start-building-10-b-petchem-complex-in-chinas-fujian-province/ Sinopec Corp and Saudi Aramco have started constructing a $10-B refinery and petrochemical complex in southeast China's Fujian province, marking another big investment in the country's recent wave of petrochemicals expansions. 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/germany-blocks-oil-firms-from-using-past-emissions-credits-to-support-biofuel-industry/ The German cabinet approved reforms to restrict oil companies from carrying excess emissions reductions credits forward, in a step aimed at boosting the biofuel industry that was hit by a quick drop in carbon prices in recent years. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/topsoe-to-provide-technology-for-one-of-brazil-s-first-commercial-scale-saf-plants/ Topsoe will provide its HydroFlex and H2bridge technologies to Refinaria de Petróleo Riograndense's 16,000-bpd renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel plant in Brazil. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/dg-fuels-to-build-5-b-193-mmgpy-saf-facility-in-minnesota-us/ DG Fuels announced the selection of a site for a roughly $5-B manufacturing facility in Moorhead, Minnesota, that will produce 193 MMgpy of low-carbon aviation fuel (SAF) using agricultural and wood waste as feedstock. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/basf-to-build-additional-production-capacity-for-x3d-catalyst-shaping-technology-in-ludwigshafen/ BASF announced that it will invest in additional production capacity for its X3D® technology, a new additive manufacturing technology for catalysts based on 3D printing. The plant will produce catalysts on an industrial scale and is expected to be operational in 2026.  http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/clariant-upgrades-its-syngas-catalyst-portfolio-to-reduce-emissions-and-improve-economics/ Clariant announced that its new Plus series syngas catalysts have been successfully introduced to the market. The new catalysts were designed as drop-in solutions to improve plant economics and reduce carbon emissions.