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Sonangol partners with Chinese CNCEC to build Lobito refinery

Sonangol and China National Chemical Engineering Company signed, in the city of Lobito, Benguela, a contract for the construction of the Lobito Refinery.

Stockholm to ban gasoline, diesel cars from city center

Stockholm will ban gasoline and diesel-powered cars from key parts of the city center from 2025 as it seeks to improve air quality and reduce traffic noise.

Ryanair purchases 500 tons of SAF from OMV

Ryanair has purchased 500 tons of SAF from OMV, the international integrated oil, gas and chemicals company.

Russian railway gasoline exports fell by 80% in first half October

Russia's fuel export ban led to an 80% fall in railway exports of gasoline in the first 15 days of October from the same period in September to some 37,000 tons.

Technip Energies has complied at all times with applicable sanctions in relation to the Arctic LNG 2 Project

As of February 24, 2022, the date of the invasion of Ukraine, Technip Energies was overseeing the Arctic LNG 2 project in Gydan, northern Russia. The contract, awarded in 2019, covered engineering, equipment procurement and the construction of three LNG trains.

Unipar modernizes chlor-alkali plant in Brazil with BM2.7 technology from thyssenkrupp nucera

Unipar is modernizing its chlor-alkali plant at the Cubatão plant in Brazil by incorporating thyssenkrupp nucera electrolyzers.

Shipping industry off track to meet 5% zero-emission fuel target by 2030

The world is not on track for zero-emission fuels to account for 5% of international shipping fuels by 2030, a new analysis has found, jeopardizing the shipping industry's 2050 decarbonization goal.

Johnson Matthey and bp chosen by EDL to support production of SAF at HyKero plant in Germany

Johnson Matthey and bp announced that EDL Anlagenbau Gesellschaft mbH has selected their co-developed, award-winning Fischer Tropsch CANS technology for EDL’s HyKero plant located in Böhlen-Lippendorf, south of Leipzig, Germany.

Arcadia eFuels taps plug power for 280 MW electrolyzer system for SAF production

Arcadia eFuels has selected Plug Power Inc., a comprehensive provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions for the global green hydrogen economy, to provide a 280 MW proton exchange membrane electrolyzer system to Arcadia’s Vordingborg plant for the production of SAF.

Discover Clariant’s new Ceridust 8170 M PTFE-free texturing agent for powder coatings

Rising concerns about the impact of PFAS on human health and the environment have led to a growing demand for PTFE alternatives. As part of this trend, Clariant has launched Ceridust 8170 M, a PFAS/PTFE-free agent with texturing effects for Architectural Powder Coatings.