Environment & Safety
Clariant & Technip Energies’ EARTH tech for energy-efficient H2 production wins first place - twice
Clariant and its engineering and technology partner, Technip Energies, were presented with two industry awards for their ground-breaking EARTH technology. ICIS is the world’s largest petrochemical market information provider.
Shell reports flaring at Pernis refinery after malfunction
Shell reported flaring at its 404,000-barrel per day (bpd) Pernis refinery in the Netherlands due to a malfunction at one of the site's installations on Oct. 12.
Repsol accelerates its commitment to polyolefins recycling by becoming Acteco's shareholder
This operation aligns with Repsol's strategic commitment to the circular economy as the axis of its industrial complexes' transformation to manufacture products with a low, zero, or even negative carbon footprint and achieve zero emissions by 2050.
CF Industries, ExxonMobil and EnLink enter large-scale carbon capture, transport and storage agreement
CF Industries, ExxonMobil and EnLink Midstream announced an “unprecedented” decarbonization collaboration aimed at dramatically reducing industrial CO2 emissions in Louisiana.
Hydrocarbon Processing Award 2022 Winners Honored at Houston Gala
Nearly 150 of the midstream and downstream oil and gas industry’s brightest minds gathered Wednesday to find out, and celebrate, the winners of the 2022 HP Awards.
LanzaTech and Brookfield form strategic partnership
LanzaTech NZ, Inc., a company that transforms waste carbon into materials such as sustainable fuels, fabrics, packaging, and other products that people use in their daily lives, announced a funding partnership with Brookfield Renewable.
Online Feature: From talk to action: Why operators that act today will become the energy leaders of tomorrow
Industry is at a crossroads. The interplay between stakeholders, government, society and employees is driving a lack of alignment and trust that is clouding the path forward. However, expectations for oil and gas, refining and petrochemical companies have and will continue to change significantly.
Honeywell announces new ethanol-to-jet fuel technology
Honeywell International Inc will roll out technology that could increase supplies of lower-carbon aviation fuel produced from ethanol.
Exxon asks U.S. labor board for new date for hearing on refinery lockout charges
ExxonMobil asked the U.S. National Labor Relations Board to move back by a month a hearing on a complaint the company unlawfully locked out more than 600 workers from its Beaumont, Texas, refinery.
2022 HP Awards Finalists
<em>Hydrocarbon Processing</em>, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication for 100 yr, has announced the finalists for its sixth annual <em>HP</em> Awards, which celebrate innovative technologies and people that have been instrumental in improving facility operations over the past year.

- SIBUR develops new polyethylene grade for FMCG packaging 8/13
- L&T Energy GreenTech partners with Japan’s ITOCHU for 300,000-tpy green ammonia project 8/13
- VINCI wins major contract for innovative biofuels plant in Spain 8/13
- Orlen Unipetrol to shut ethylene unit at Litvinov plant for several days 8/13
- Dangote Refinery cuts fuel price before planned sales to local Nigerian market 8/13
- Chevron Phillips Chemical completes low-viscosity PAO expansion in Belgium 8/12