Americas
Technip Energies, Turner Industries awarded contract by ExxonMobil for Louisiana CCS project (U.S.)
Technip Energies, in consortium with Turner Industries, has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions Onshore Storage LLC. Technip Energies will oversee the engineering and procurement while Turner Industries will be responsible for the construction.
Consortia target Citgo's Texas refinery as auction deadline looms
Citgo Petroleum's smallest and least profitable oil refinery has been thrust into the spotlight as a potential breakout candidate ahead of next week's court auction to pay over $20 B in Venezuela-related claims.
Lummus Technology takes lead position in RWDC Industries, accelerating development of first commercial-scale PHA facility
Lummus Technology has taken a lead investor position in RWDC Industries' convertible bond round, further strengthening the partnership between the two companies to bring polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) to the global market.
U.S. Department of Energy reopens $15-MM voucher program for clean energy technology
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Technology Transitions, in collaboration with the Offices of Clean Energy Demonstrations, Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy announced the reopening of five voucher opportunities to accelerate clean energy technology adoption and launch two new VOs with $15 MM in available funding.
Verde Clean Fuels awards gas-to-gasoline FEED contract to Chemex Global
The proposed project aims to utilize Verde Clean Fuels’ proprietary STG+ process to convert natural gas from Diamondback Energy’s Permian Basin operations into gasoline.
Trillium Renewable Chemicals selects INEOS Green Lake for world's first demo plant for sustainable acrylonitrile production
Trillium Renewable Chemicals announced the selection of INEOS Nitriles’ Green Lake facility in Port Lavaca, Texas to establish the world’s first demonstration plant for converting plant-based glycerol into acrylonitrile.
Goldman Sachs: Global LNG market to grow by 50% by 2029
Growth in oil investment shows signs of peaking in non-OPEC countries, while investment in liquified natural gas (LNG) is expected to increase more than 50% by 2029, according to Goldman Sachs Research.
BASF sells bioenergy enzymes business to Lallemand
BASF has sold its bioenergy enzymes business to Lallemand's subsidiaries, Danstar Ferment AG and Lallemand Specialties Inc. This includes the Spartec® product portfolio and related technologies in development.
Venezuela's May oil exports rise 30% during U.S. wind-down period
Venezuela's oil exports recovered in May from a low figure the previous month as state oil company PDVSA's customers rushed to take cargoes ahead of the resumption of U.S. sanctions on the South American country.
Next Wave Energy starts up world's first standalone alkylation complex
Next Wave Energy Partners selected Elessent Clean Technologies, Inc. (Elessent) in 2019 to provide STRATCO® alkylation technology at the world’s first stand-alone alkylation complex.
- Neste introduces co-processed renewable Neste RE feedstock for the polymers and chemicals industry 12/17
- Vitol agrees to acquire 66.84% of plastics recycling company WPU 12/17
- Baker Hughes, UC Berkeley (U.S.) establish global decarbonization research institute 12/17
- India's BPCL plans to expand refining capacity by 2028 12/17
- Phillips 66 outlines nearly $3-B capital program for 2025 12/16
- Mabanaft reaches agreement with Hapag-Lloyd to supply B30 bunker fuel in Hamburg 12/16
