Methanol
Digital Exclusive: Supporting the shipping sector’s decarbonization to a carbon-free future
As the speed of new fuel development ramps up, the challenge for lubricant manufacturers is to stay ahead of those changes to ensure that, when those fuels do become commercially viable, lubricant solutions are available that are tried, tested and ready to support shippers as they evolve towards a carbon-free future.
HIF Global selects Johnson Matthey’s methanol technology for the largest e-methanol plant in South America
Johnson Matthey has been selected by HIF Global as the methanol licensor for HIF Global’s $4-B Paysandú eFuels project in Uruguay, the largest e-methanol plant in South America.
Nextchem completes acquisition of GasConTec, adding new low-carbon hydrogen/methanol to portfolio
Nextchem completed the acquisition of GasConTec, which will add new low-carbon hydrogen/methanol technologies to the company's portfolio.
Nextchem, Johnson Matthey partner in waste-to-methanol technology
NEXTCHEM’s MyRechemical will provide its proprietary Circular Methanol™ to its partner in Waste-to-Methanol technology -Johnson Matthey for the joint commercialization of the Circular Methanol™ technology package.
Liquid Wind's second eFuel facility granted environmental permit
FlagshipTWO, Sweden's second large-scale production facility of green electrofuel (eMethanol), has received the environmental permit for its planned operations in Sundsvall, Sweden.
BASF and IPP jointly market the sale/relocation of three plants from Verbund site in Germany
BASF and International Process Plants will jointly market the sale and relocation of three plants-ammonia, methanol and melamine-from BASF’s Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Bia Energy Operating Co. announces significant developments for low-carbon methanol project at the Port of Caddo-Bossier in Northwest Louisiana
Bia Energy Operating Co. has announced significant project updates for its low-carbon methanol production facility at the 4,000-acre Port of Caddo-Bossier industrial multimodal facility in northwest Louisiana.
Wartsila secures China’s largest-ever methanol newbuild order
Technology group Wärtsilä will supply the methanol-fueled auxiliary engines for five new container vessels for COSCO Shipping Lines Co., Ltd and seven new container vessels for Orient Overseas Container Line.
Cepsa and Evos join up for green methanol storage in Spain and the Netherlands
Spanish energy company Cepsa has signed an agreement with Evos, a liquid energy and chemical storage company with hubs in strategic locations across Europe, to enable the storage of green methanol to be produced by Cepsa at Evos’ storage facilities in Algeciras and Rotterdam.
Hapag-Lloyd and Seaspan to retrofit five vessels to methanol propulsion
Hapag-Lloyd and Seaspan Corporation enter into a partnership agreement to retrofit and convert five 10,100 TEU container ships powered by conventional MAN S90 engines to dual-fuel engines capable of operating on methanol.
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