Engineering & Design
Averda and WasteFuel partner to address the climate crisis by turning waste into low carbon fuels
Averda and WasteFuel announced during the COP27 Climate Conference, their partnership to develop the first commercial scale municipal waste to renewable methanol plant in the Middle East.
Brazil's Raizen to sell second-generation ethanol to Shell
Brazilian energy company Raizen said it has agreed to sell second-generation ethanol (E2G) produced from sugarcane biomass to Shell until 2037, under a program that includes building five new E2G plants.
Neste and CargoAi partner to offer freight forwarders, clients an option to reduce the carbon emissions of their air cargo transports
As of November 2022 onwards, CargoAi offers the possibility to purchase Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel when booking a cargo transport. This can be done in the booking flow - either after a booking is confirmed or when the cargo is being tracked.
Big brands set to miss plastic sustainability targets
Some of the world's biggest consumer goods companies, including PepsiCo, Mars and Nestle, are almost certain to miss a target to make plastic packaging more sustainable by 2025.
Honeywell and Aramco partner for new intelligent operations software solution
Honeywell and Aramco have announced the signing of a joint venture agreement to provide a set of end-to-end business process automation solutions, under the Aramco Namaat Industrial Investments Program.
ADNOC Refining secures new international partners furthering the UAE’s industrial growth
Under the agreement ADQ, Veolia, and Vision Invest consortium will own and operate two world-scale waste management plants, which sustainably treat and dispose of industrial waste generated from across ADNOC’s operations.
BMDV-funded M2SAF development project for the production of SAF from methanol successfully launched
The demand for hydrocarbon-based aviation fuel, which is currently almost exclusively produced conventionally from crude oil (Jet A1), will increase significantly in the next few years as airline operations continue to grow.
Site construction underway at TA’ZIZ and next major phase of growth launched
The centerpiece of the expansion will be a new world-scale, low-carbon footprint steam cracker to supply feedstocks for the various downstream production units.
Online Feature: Digitalization will help carbon capture and sequestration industry to be more efficient, safe, and profitable
While zero-carbon alternative solutions evolve, CCUS provides a near-term pathway to rapidly reduce the impacts of existing, difficult-to-decarbonize, emissions-intensive infrastructure and processes.
ADNOC and Siemens Energy to co-develop blockchain-based low-CO2 energy certificates
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Siemens Energy AG today announced plans to pilot blockchain technology to certify the carbon intensity of a range of products.

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