Environment
INEOS commissions new pilot line to co-develop recyclable flexible packaging films
INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe has become the first polymer producer in the world to successfully commission a new pilot line that it will use with customers to co-develop recyclable flexible packaging films. The multi-million Euro investment could help to prevent around 1 MMtpy of waste from being sent to landfill.
Japan's Mitsui building ammonia plant in UAE, to start production in 2027
Mitsui & Co. has begun building an ammonia plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with partners including an Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) unit.
New Energy Blue and ARCO/Murray 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.
INEOS announces groundbreaking on the INEOS Hickerson solar project
INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA and NextEra Energy Resources LLC has announced the groundbreaking on INEOS Hickerson Solar, a new 310-megawatt (MW) solar project located in Bosque County, Texas, U.S.
Top 10 country emitters discharged record amounts of CO2 in 2023
The 10 largest country emitters of carbon dioxide (CO2) from energy production discharged a record 24.5 metric Bt of CO2 in 2023, according to the 2024 Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy.
Research and application of proprietary cold oil absorption technology in the recovery of refinery dry gases
With the increasing shortage of global energy and resources, the recovery and utilization of refinery dry gases have become important topics of concern.
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.
Amine strength in gas treatment
Tail gas treating units (TGTUs) are designed to remove the last vestiges of unconverted hydrogen sulfide (H<sub>2</sub>S) in the tail gas coming from a sulfur recovery unit (SRU) after the gas has been processed to convert as much H<sub>2</sub>S as possible to elemental sulfur.
bp to acquire full ownership of bp Bunge Bioenergia while refocusing plans for new biofuels projects
bp has agreed to acquire Bunge’s 50% holding interest in its bp Bunge Bioenergia S.A. joint venture, one of Brazil’s leading biofuels-producing companies.
Fossil fuel use, emissions hit records in 2023
Global fossil fuel consumption and energy emissions hit all-time highs in 2023, even as fossil fuels' share of the global energy mix decreased slightly on the year, the industry's Statistical Review of World Energy report said.
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