http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/07/europes-chemical-industry-seeks-a-lifeboat-to-stay-in-business/ Europe's petrochemical industry is unravelling under a wave of plant closures after years of losses and a rapid expansion of global capacity led by China. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/07/technip-energies-develops-low-emission-furnace-design-to-reduce-the-carbon-footprint-of-ethylene-production/ Technip Energies has developed the low-emission furnace (LEF) design, a groundbreaking technology aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of ethylene production. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/07/russia-s-tatneft-launches-new-hydrocracking-unit-on-taneco-refinery/ Russian mid-sized oil producer Tatneft has launched a new hydrocracking unit at its TANECO refinery. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/honeywell-johnson-matthey-gidara-energy-and-samsung-ea-form-saf-technology-alliance/ Honeywell, Johnson Matthey, GIDARA Energy and SAMSUNG E&A announced the formation of a strategic technology alliance to bring a groundbreaking end-to-end global solution to market for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from biomass and municipal solid waste. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/ineos-4-b-project-one-ethane-cracker-in-antwerp-reaches-70-completion/ Construction is progressing at full pace, with major equipment, including giant furnaces and modular plant components, already installed. Civil works are nearing completion, and utility integration is well underway. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/irving-oil-invests-100-mm-in-saint-john-refinery-upgrade/ Irving Oil said on Thursday it plans to invest $100 MM to upgrade a key crude oil processing unit at its 320,000-bpd Saint John facility in New Brunswick, Canada's largest refinery. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2025/may-2025/process-optimization/emulsion-breaker-increases-refinery-profitability-and-treating-performance/ This article details a novel emulsion breaker that was used at Reliance Industries Ltd.'s Jamnagar refinery in India. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/05/exxonmobil-ramps-up-unit-at-250-000-bpd-refinery-in-joliet-illinois-us-to-full-capacity/ ExxonMobil's 250,000-bpd refinery in Joliet, Illinois (U.S.) brought the catalytic cracker unit back to full capacity. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/05/uniper-thyssenkrupp-uhde-partner-to-build-large-scale-ammonia-cracker-in-germany/ thyssenkrupp Uhde and Uniper are entering into a strategic partnership to bring a key technology for global hydrogen trading to industrial maturity: the large-scale ammonia cracker. In a first step, a demonstration plant with a capacity of 28 tpd ammonia will be built at Uniper’s Gelsenkirchen-Scholven site in Germany. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/05/exxonmobil-joliet-refinery-us-running-unit-at-reduced-rate/ ExxonMobil was operating the catalytic cracker unit at its 275,000-bpd Joliet, Illinois (U.S.) refinery at reduced rates earlier this week. The refinery ran its 98,000-bpd catalytic cracker unit at approximately 50% capacity due to unspecified mechanical issues.