Asia/Pacific
Ukraine imports Indian-origin diesel fuel after loss of key refinery
The loss of Ukrainian oil refineries this summer has forced traders to compensate with imports, purchasing diesel fuel even from India, which imports a significant portion of its crude oil from Russia, an analyst said.
HIF Global to revitalize Burnie’s former Pulp Mill site with eFuels facility
HIF Global has announced that it plans to locate the HIF Tasmania eFuels Facility at the former Burnie Paper Mill site in South Burnie.
Steel cut for Yara Eyde: The world’s first ammonia-powered container ship
This milestone marks the official start of construction for a vessel that will transform short-sea shipping and demonstrate the potential of ammonia as a low-emission fuel.
Axens kicks-off first worldwide full-SAF unit in Asia
Axens has successfully started up 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) unit at site in Asia. The facility has the capacity to entirely convert 300,000 tpy of renewable feedstock into high-value SAF.
West hits ‘peak sanctions’ on Russia’s energy sector
The complex web of Western sanctions targeting Russia’s oil and gas industry has failed to impede Moscow’s energy flows or its war effort, suggesting that time and overuse are blunting the force of U.S. and European financial weapons.
India allows production of ethanol from sugarcane juice, molasses
The government will periodically review sugar diversion to ethanol to ensure year-round domestic availability of the sweetener.
Singapore's Bukom refinery exports rare naphtha cargo
The export follows a force majeure last Thursday by plant operator Aster Chemicals and Energy on products derived from its naphtha cracker.
Saudi Aramco, Iraq's SOMO halt crude sales to Indian refiner Nayara
The halting of supply from the two Gulf exporters means Nayara, majority-owned by Russian entities including oil major Rosneft, relied entirely on Russia for its crude oil imports in August.
J-ENG achieves first complete commercial ammonia-fueled engine
The engine official test runs were conducted under the supervision of Nippon Yusen Kaisya (NYK Line), Nihon Shipyard Co. Ltd. (NSY), Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK).
- Indian Oil buys first Colombian oil under Ecopetrol contract 12/31
- Ukrainian drone attack sparks fire, damages equipment at Tuapse refinery 12/31
- Chile's $2.5-B Volta green ammonia project wins environmental permit 12/31
- China begins issuing second batch of 2026 crude import quotas to refiners 12/31
- EIA: U.S. crude, fuel inventories rose in the week ended December 19 12/30
- Ghana's Tema oil refinery restarts after 9-yr shutdown 12/30
