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Mexican state seeks to punish Pemex for emissions from refinery

Mexico's northern state Nuevo Leon warned that it would seek penalties for state oil company Pemex after a dramatic increase in visible emissions from its Cadereyta refinery.

China still adding to crude inventories even as oil refining jumps

China still added more crude oil to inventories in the first two months of the year, despite lower imports and higher refinery processing rates.

European diesel tightens, crude weakens as French refinery outages linger

European diesel markets are flashing warnings of tightening supply while crude oil markets are weakening after nearly two weeks of disruptions at French refineries due to strike action

Technip Energies awarded a contract for a low-CO2 mega ethylene plant for Huizhou Phase III Project in China

Technip Energies has been awarded a contract by CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Ltd. (CSPC) for the Huizhou Phase III project, a mega liquid ethylene cracker located in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China.

Finnair reduces carbon emissions from flights departing Helsinki Airport with Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Finnair has purchased 750 tons of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Neste to reduce the carbon emissions from flights departing from Helsinki Airport in Finland.

McDermott Awarded EPsCm Contract from Slovnaft

McDermott has been awarded an engineering, procurement services and construction management (EPsCm) contract from Slovnaft, a.s., for the steam cracker intensification off-gas processing project at its plant in Bratislava, Slovakia.

CPChem invests in Closed Loop Partners' Circular Plastics Fund

Closed Loop Partners’ Circular Plastics Fund announced Tuesday the addition of two new investors– Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) and Charter Next Generation (CNG)–bringing the fund’s total capital to $45 M in an effort to support the development of plastics recycling and recovery infrastructure in North America.

Mexico's Pemex to lift crude processing to 1.2 M bpd this year

Mexican state-run oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, also known as Pemex, expects to increase its crude processing to 1.2 M bpd this year

Russia's Urals crude supply to EU via southern Druzhba rises

Russia's piped supply of Urals crude to the European Union via the southern spur of the Druzhba pipeline is set to rise 6% on a daily basis in the first quarter from the three months before.

Italy poised to decide whether to block Lukoil refinery sale

Italy's cabinet is expected to decide next week whether to use its anti-takeover powers to block the sale of a Lukoil-owned refinery to Cypriot private equity firm G.O.I. Energy.