Environment & Safety
Vopak and PETRONAS sign MoU to explore opportunities in CCS
Vopak and Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) signed an MoU for the development of the value chain for CCS in the Southeast Asia region.
Neste to acquire used cooking oil collection and aggregation business from Crimson Renewable Energy
The transaction includes shares in SeQuential Environmental Services, LLC, and Pure, LLC, as well as a UCO processing plant in Salem, Oregon.
U.S. aims for zero-emissions heavy-duty vehicles by 2040
The United States aims to only sell and produce zero-emissions medium- and heavy-duty vehicles like school buses and tractor trailers by 2040, the U.S. energy secretary agreed at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt.
St. Croix refinery cannot restart without new permit, air pollution tech
The refinery was sold for $62 MM in December 2021 to West Indies Petroleum and Port Hamilton Refining and Transportation, following the bankruptcy of its former private equity owners.
John Crane joins the Aiming for Zero methane emissions initiative
Incubated by the OGCI and its member companies, the Aiming for Zero Methane Emissions Initiative was launched in early 2022 to rethink how the oil and gas industry approaches methane emissions and its harmful effects on the environment.
Neste, Brightlands Venture Partners, 4 Impact VC and Asahi Kasei invests EUR 11 MM into startup Circularise
Neste, Brightlands Venture Partners, 4 Impact VC and Asahi Kasei announce a combined EUR 11 MM investment into Netherlands-based startup Circularise.
U.S., Japan and partners mobilize $20 B to move Indonesia away from coal
A coalition of countries will mobilize $20 B of public and private finance to help Indonesia shut coal power plants and bring forward the sector's peak emissions date by seven years to 2030.
Freeport LNG provides summary of root cause failure analysis report on June 8 incident
Freeport LNG is today providing the results of an independent, third-party root cause failure analysis (RCFA) report on the June 8, 2022 incident that occurred at its liquefaction facility.
COP27: India lays out plan for long-term decarbonization
India will prioritize a phased transition to cleaner fuels and slashing household consumption to achieve net zero emissions by 2070, according to a national report released Monday at the United Nations COP27 climate summit in Egypt.
ExxonMobil and Pertamina advance regional CCS project in Indonesia
ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions is working to bring lower-emission technologies to market, making them accessible to hard-to-decarbonize industries, including its recent agreement with a leading global manufacturer of nitrogen and hydrogen products in Louisiana, United States.

- Chevron Phillips Chemical completes low-viscosity PAO expansion in Belgium 8/12
- AFPM: U.S. RFS proposal misses the mark on affordability, security by an ‘Iowa mile’ 8/12
- Sasol expects profit rebound on higher chemical prices and lower impairments 8/12
- Indonesia's Pertamina delivers first used cooking oil aviation fuel 8/12
- India's HMEL plans to shut refinery for 40-day maintenance, sources say 8/12
- Indian refiners using term deals as hedge against Russian supply risk 8/12