Europe
Montauk Renewables, Inc. signs LoI with European Energy to provide CO2 for e-methanol production
Montauk Renewables, Inc. and its subsidiary, Montauk Energy Holdings, LLC, announced the Company signed a Letter of Intent with EE North America, LLC, a North American subsidiary of Denmark–based European Energy, to deliver all biogenic Carbon Dioxide volumes from all its Texas facilities sufficient for large scale production of e-fuels such as e-methanol.
thyssenkrupp Uhde announces collaboration with SwitcH2 B.V. and BW Offsite for floating green ammonia plant
The consortium is developing an industrial scale floating green hydrogen and ammonia project, based on the proven concept of a floating production and offloading vessel.
Bentley installs biofuel tank at Crewe factory after successful performance trial at Goodwood
Bentley ran its six strong fleet at Goodwood using the fuel and successfully completed all 32 hill-climbs. The 750PS, W12-engined Batur fueled with the second gen biofuel completed a 55.0 second run putting it in the top-three production cars of the weekend.
Axens will provide Vegan Technology to Haike Chemicals for its SAF project in China
Shandong Haike Chemical Co. Ltd, a Chinese refining and petrochemical company, has selected Axens’ Vegan technology to produce low carbon, cost competitive sustainable aviation fuel by retrofitting its existing assets.
BASF publishes Life Cycle Assessment study on polyamides from chemically recycled or renewable raw materials in mozzarella packaging
BASF has published its new Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study on the environmental impact of a mozzarella packaging using various alternative raw materials in the production of food-grade plastics.
Russia's seaborne diesel exports rise in July
Russia's seaborne diesel and gasoil exports in July rose by 5% from a month earlier to about 3.8 million metric tons as seasonal refineries maintenance slowed down.
Re-refining Plant by Sequoia operational in Galicia Spain
Intacta, PMA and Sequoia are pleased to announce successful startup of a vacuum distillation plant in Galicia, Spain. The plant is capable of processing fifty metric tons per day of waste lubricating oil and waste fuels.
BASF increases production capacity for medium-molecular weight polyisobutenes in Ludwigshafen, Germany
BASF will increase the production capacity for its medium-molecular weight polyisobutenes, marketed under the tradename OPPANOL B, at its site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, by 25%.
Technip Energies and Enerkem join forces on biofuels and circular chemicals technology deployment
Technip Energies and Enerkem Inc. have signed a memorandum of understanding to enter into a Collaboration Agreement aimed at accelerating the deployment of Enerkem’s technology platform for biofuels and circular chemical products from non-recyclable waste materials.
Global Project Data
Gulf Energy Information’s Global Energy Infrastructure database is tracking nearly 1,050 active projects in the HPI.
- Essar launches hydrogen power plant at Stanlow refinery (U.K.) 7/16
- Trelleborg partners with Airbus on hydrogen-powered air travel 7/16
- Neste, Mitsubishi Corporation agree on strategic partnership to develop supply chains for renewable chemicals and plastics 7/16
- Vale, Komatsu and Cummins announce collaboration to develop dual-fuel large trucks, powered by ethanol and diesel 7/16
- Mexico–U.S. energy trade value fell in 2023 on lower fuel prices 7/16
- Belarus' Mozyr oil refinery restoring operations after outage due to storm 7/16
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- Alarm rationalization at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) refineries
