http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/biden-administration-us-to-release-saf-tax-credit-model/ The Biden administration (U.S.) is expected to release a climate model for its SAF subsidy program, two sources familiar with the matter said. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/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. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/honeywell-technology-helping-to-produce-saf-with-lower-cost-and-waste/ Honeywell announced its hydrocracking technology can be used to produce SAF from biomass, helping to make SAF that is 90% less carbon intensive than traditional fossil-based jet fuels. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/clariant-catalysts-reduce-customers-footprints-by-40-million-tons-of-co2e-in-2023/ Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, announced impressive numbers that highlight how the use of its catalyst products enabled the avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions in 2023. 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/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/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/haiti-fuel-terminal-operations-halted-as-gangs-seize-trucks/ Operations at Haiti's main fuel import terminal were suspended as armed men seized trucks and demanded the port be shut down, according to a source with information on the matter, likely exacerbating existing fuel shortages.