http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/brazils-timbro-to-export-40-more-sugar-enter-ethanol-market-in-2024/ Brazilian international trade platform Timbro expects to increase its sugar exports by more than 40% in 2024 to 2 MMt, while also expanding operations to enter the ethanol market. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/lg-chem-denies-report-it-will-merge-naphtha-cracker-business-with-lotte-chemical/ South Korean petrochemical company LG Chem denied a media report saying it is considering merging its naphtha cracker business with rival Lotte Chemical. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/crude-and-gasoline-stocks-fell-distillate-stocks-rose-last-week-eia-says/ Crude inventories fell by 6.4-MM barrels to 453.6 MM barrels in the week ended April 19, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a poll for a 825,000-barrel rise. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/ineratec-secures-state-of-the-art-catalysts-from-sasol-for-the-production-of-sustainable-e-fuels/ INERATEC and Sasol have signed a five-year contract for the supply of Fischer-Tropsch catalysts. INERATEC will use Sasol's state-of-the-art catalysts for the production of sustainable e-fuels, e.g. for aviation. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/jx-to-join-forces-with-sumitomo-at-large-scale-safbeccs-project-in-louisiana-us/ JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation executed consortium agreements to manage investment in the Louisiana Green Fuels BECCS project  at Port of Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana (U.S.). https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/westjet-buys-first-canadian-supplied-saf-by-shell-aviation/ The airline said the purchase marks a milestone in its mission to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, and is a step forward in making Canada’s aviation industry more sustainable. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/technip-energies-selected-by-viridor-to-perform-feed-on-the-runcorn-energy-from-waste-carbon-capture-project-in-the-uk/ Technip Energies  has been awarded a FEED contract by Viridor for the CCS project at one of the United Kingdom’s largest Energy-from-Waste facilities in Runcorn, United Kingdom and plans to capture around 900,000 tons of CO2 each year, half of which will be from biogenic sources, effectively removing 450,000 tons of CO2 annually from the atmosphere. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/sinopec-completes-its-involvement-in-kazakhstans-polyethylene-project/ Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov of the Republic of Kazakhstan convened a meeting with key leaders from major oil and gas chemical companies focusing on the establishment of an integrated gas chemical complex dedicated to polyethylene production. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/neste-premieres-at-chinaplas-showcasing-possibilities-of-bio-based-and-recycled-materials-for-plastics/ Together with its partners, Neste, a producer of renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel and renewable feedstock for polymers and chemicals, will be showcasing plastic products made with Neste RE at this year’s Chinaplas in Shanghai from April 22 to 26. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/russias-oil-refining-near-11-month-low/ Russia's weekly oil refining hit a near 11-month low due to flooding and a slowdown in repairs to plants that were hit by Ukrainian drone attacks.