http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing Samsung C&T to build Korea's fist ammonia import terminal for co-firing power generation http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/07/samsung-ct-to-build-koreas-fist-ammonia-import-terminal-for-co-firing-power-generation/ The terminal will include facilities for storing, unloading, and transporting ammonia. A 30,000-ton storage tank will be used to compress and store ammonia for co-firing power generation. The terminal will also use a fuel blend comprised of at least 20% ammonia for co-firing with coal to reduce carbon emissions. NEXTCHEM awarded study/pre-FEED contract for a 500,000-tpy low-carbon fertilizer plant in France http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/06/nextchem-awarded-studypre-feed-contract-for-a-500-000-tpy-low-carbon-fertilizer-plant-in-france/ MAIRE announces that NEXTCHEM (Sustainable Technology Solutions) has been awarded by FertigHy a feasibility study and pre-FEED contract for a 500,000 tpy of nitrogen-based fertilizers plant in France. Sungrow Hydrogen wins contract for world's largest green H2, ammonia and methanol integrated project http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/06/sungrow-hydrogen-wins-contract-for-worlds-largest-green-h2-ammonia-and-methanol-integrated-project/ Sungrow Hydrogen was awarded a contract by China Energy Engineering Corporation for the Songyuan Hydrogen Energy Industrial Park project in Jilin China, the world's largest green hydrogen, ammonia and methanol integrated project. Aether Fuels secures $34 MM to scale-up proprietay sustainable fuels technology http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/06/aether-fuels-secures-34-mm-to-scale-up-proprietay-sustainable-fuels-technology/ Aether Fuels announced that it has secured $34 MM in Series A financing from a syndicate of global investors. With this financing, Aether plans to accelerate the scale-up of Aether Aurora™, the company’s proprietary technology to create sustainable fuels for the aviation and ocean shipping industries. Mammoet completes heavy haul for Portugal's Sines Industrial Complex's ALBA project http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/06/mammoet-completes-heavy-haul-for-portugals-sines-industrial-complexs-alba-project/ The ALBA project will see significant expansion of the Sines Industrial Complex in Portugal. This large facility includes a linear polyethylene plant and a polypropylene plant.   New Energy Blue and ARCO/Murray partner to build biomass refineries to produce sustainable fuels and chemicals http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/06/new-energy-blue-and-arcomurray-partner-to-build-biomass-refineries-to-produce-sustainable-fuels-and-chemicals/ New Energy Blue, the clean-energy developer whose technology converts agricultural waste into lowest-carbon biofuels and biochemicals, and ARCO/Murray announced a partnership to build out the New Energy Biomass Refinery designed platform across the American Midwest. China produces first nuclear-generated steam for petrochemicals plant http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/06/china-produces-first-nuclear-generated-steam-for-petrochemicals-plant/ China's first nuclear-based steam generation project began production on Wednesday, state-run China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) said in a Wechat post announcing the latest step in Chinese efforts to decarbonize heavy industry. Hydrogen-rich content gasoline: A new concept for paraffinic gasoline reformulation http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/june-2024/special-focus-process-optimization/hydrogen-rich-content-gasoline-a-new-concept-for-paraffinic-gasoline-reformulation/ Several refiners are evaluating a new gasoline-formulation technology called hydrogen (H2)-rich-content (HRC) gasoline. This patented technology uses low-sulfur, H2-rich refinery blendstocks like straight-run gasoline, isomerates, alkylate, butanes and renewable naphtha in gasoline blends, and adds aromatic amines (a high-octane gasoline additive) to make a drop-in specification gasoline. A multi-objective optimization study for an integrated oil refinery-petrochemical plant—Part 2 http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/june-2024/refinery-and-petrochemical-integration/a-multi-objective-optimization-study-for-an-integrated-oil-refinery-petrochemical-plant-part-2/ In this research, the integration of an oil refinery and an ethylene-producing facility was examined using a mixed-integer nonlinear programming model that prioritized maximizing ethylene and propylene production and net profit. Accelerating the DCS of the future: Open process automation technology http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/june-2024/process-controls-instrumentation-and-automation/accelerating-the-dcs-of-the-future-open-process-automation-technology/ Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, PETRONAS operates all oil and gas resources in the country and is responsible for developing and adding value to them.