Americas
New Energy Blue forms New Energy Chemicals to sustainably produce bio-sourced ethylene for carbon-zero jet fuel and Dow’s renewable plastics
New Energy Blue, the clean-energy developer of lowest-carbon biofuel and biochemicals from crop residues, advances its Decarbonizing America agenda by forming New Energy Chemicals.
Clariant and Lummus awarded catalyst tech contract for new isobutane dehydrogenation plant in China
Clariant and its process partner Lummus Technology have been selected by Huizhou Boeko Materials Co. Ltd., to provide their CATOFIN catalyst and process technology for the dehydrogenation of isobutane at the new plant in Huizhou City, China.
Colombia cops seize 7.3-MM gallons of crude in raids on illegal refineries
Colombian police have seized more than seven million gallons of crude oil in raids on illegal refineries, in an operation targeting production of bootleg fuel in Norte de Santander province.
bp's Indiana (U.S.) refinery back to normal operations after Feb outage
bp’s 435,000-bpd Whiting, Indiana (U.S.), refinery has returned to normal operations for the first time since a February plantwide power outage.
Sanctioned tanker NS Century reaches China port to discharge Russian oil
The oil tanker NS Century, which is under sanction by the U.S., arrived at the Chinese port of Qingdao late to discharge its cargo of Russian crude oil, LSEG shipping data showed.
First carbon capture pilot rig delivered by Compact Membrane Systems
Compact Membrane Systems announced that it has delivered a carbon capture pilot rig to OMV, a leading petrochemical company in Austria.
Brazil's 2024 ethanol exports seen strong, helped by corn ethanol
Brazil has the potential to maintain exports of ethanol at strong levels in 2024, after last year posting the highest volumes since 2020 due to an increase in corn ethanol supply.
U.S. Justice Department is also probing ADM's ethanol trading desk
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating Archer-Daniels-Midland's ethanol trading operation as part of a broader probe of the commodities giant's accounting practices.
LyondellBasell sees strong chemical market in North America, while Europe and China lag
LyondellBasell said it was seeing a better market in North America for its chemicals so far into 2024 due to low ethane feedstock costs and better gasoline spreads, while the markets in Europe and China continue to be weaker.
U.S. crude stocks post surprise drop as refiners ramp up processing
Crude inventories fell by 1.5 MM barrels to 447 MM barrels last week, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a poll for a 1.3 MM-barrel rise.
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- OQ courts other partners for petrochemical complex in Oman as SABIC drops out 12/12
- Brazil's BNDES approves $71 MM for carbon storage project 12/12
- Cuba on edge as U.S. seizure of oil tanker puts supply at risk 12/12
- China oil demand to plateau between 2025 and 2030 12/12
- Germany's PCK refinery says no impact from pipeline leak 12/12
