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Japan's JERA starts ammonia co-firing trial at coal power station

JERA said it has begun a demonstration of co-firing 20% of ammonia with coal at its Hekinan thermal power station in central Japan, in what it said is the world's first trial using a large amount of the gas at a major commercial plant.

Ryanair purchases 1,000 tons of SAF from Shell

Ryanair announced that it has purchased 1,000 tons of SAF from global energy group, Shell, and will be supplied to the airline at its Stansted Airport base.

Dow and Procter & Gamble to develop a new proprietary recycling technology targeting hard-to-recycle plastic waste

Dow and the Procter & Gamble Company announced a joint development agreement  to create a new recycling technology to enable efficient conversion of hard-to-recycle plastic packaging into recycled polyethylene with near-virgin quality and a low greenhouse gas emissions footprint.

Maersk's ECO Delivery Ocean leading the green transition with biofuels and methanol

Strong growth for Maersk ECO Delivery Ocean product in 2023. Over 200 customers saved more than 680,000 tons of GHG emissions. Retail, lifestyle, automotive and FMCG companies are the pioneers.

Ørsted selected by U.S. Department of Energy to receive funding for Star e-Methanol facility

Ørsted announced it has been selected by the Department of Energy Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations to begin award negotiations for up to $100 MM in federal funding to construct a groundbreaking Power-to-X facility, called Star e-Methanol, along the Texas Gulf Coast.

Methanol-fueled "Ane Maersk" arrives at Port of Hamburg

The "Ane Maersk", the world's first large methanol-capable container ship operated by the Maersk shipping company with a capacity of more than 16,000 TEU, moored at Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg for the first time on its maiden voyage from Asia to Europe.

NextChem Tech selected as engineering and technology partner for Aliplast’s upcycling plant project in Italy

NextChem Tech has been selected as engineering and technology partner for a new plastic upcycling project to be implemented in Modena by Aliplast, a company part of Hera Group and responsible for the recycling and conversion of plastic waste.

An innovative process for simultaneously producing high-purity benzene and U.S.-grade gasoline from FCC C6 heartcut

Reliance Industries Ltd.: Garg, M.  |  Patil, R.  |  Sapre, A. V.
CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum: Kumar, S.  |  Ghosh, P.

Mobile Source Air Toxics (MSAT) II regulations restrict the average benzene level in gasoline sold in the U.S. to 0.62 vol%. In India and in several other countries, benzene in gasoline is presently restricted to 1 vol%. Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) gasoline contributes to nearly 10%–20% of the gasoline pool in a typical refinery.

Sustainable H2 production through methane pyrolysis

Saudi Aramco: Al-Qahtani, A.  |  Al-Warthan, F.  |  Khani, A.

The methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) pyrolysis process [also known as CH<sub>4</sub> cracking or turquoise hydrogen (H<sub>2</sub>) production] is a thermal (high-temperature) breakdown of CH<sub>4</sub> into H<sub>2</sub> gas and solid carbon.

Flare flow measurement

The NEWTRON Group: Tamboli, D.

Flare gas meters are used in facilities such as oil rigs, refineries and chemical plants to measure the gas flows in flare lines. In many parts of the world, this is a regulatory requirement.