http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/petrobras-signs-on-with-baker-hughes-for-sweeping-gas-turbines-service-agreement/ Baker Hughes has announced a substantial 60-month service award from Petrobras to support critical turbomachinery equipment for Brazil’s offshore operations as well as a major refinery. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/evonik-expands-distribution-partnership-with-imcd-for-visiomer-specialty-methacrylates-in-the-us/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/tgs-to-invest-3-b-in-new-ngl-infrastructure-project-in-vaca-muerta-shale-formation/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/brazils-petrobras-to-auction-20-mm-liters-of-diesel-amid-shortage-reports/ A spike in diesel prices is emerging as the first and most immediate threat to Brazil's farm sector from the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran, raising costs for producers harvesting a record soybean crop and planting corn they cannot afford to delay. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/iea-announces-record-release-of-strategic-stocks-in-response-to-iran-war-oil-price-surge/ The IEA said the release had been backed unanimously by 32 member countries, the sixth such move it has made since its creation in the 1970s. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/us-fuel-exports-see-slight-uptick-in-2025/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/brazils-antitrust-watchdog-approves-private-equity-firms-controlling-stake-purchase-in-braskem/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/shell-committed-to-backstop-raizen-with-668-mm-investment-brazil-ceo-says/ Raizen has reported a string of losses and soaring net debt in recent quarters amid costly investments and poor weather negatively impacting crops, prompting the company to warn in February of "significant uncertainty" about its ability to keep operating. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/motiva-buys-cargo-of-venezuelan-heavy-oil-for-march-delivery-first-purchase-since-2019/ Aramco acquired Motiva Trading in 2023 and became the sole supplier of Motiva Enterprises, which owns the 640,500-bpd refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, the largest in the United States. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/mubadalas-acelen-to-boost-diesel-capacity-at-brazilian-refinery-mataripe-by-10/ Mataripe, Brazil's second-largest refinery, accounting for about 14% of national capacity, is set to increase diesel production to 13,700 m3d from 12,400 m3d.