Environment
EU: Very difficult to agree on global plastics treaty this year
BRUSSELS/TOKYO (Reuters)—The European Union has said it will be "very difficult" for countries to agree on a new global treaty to tackle plastic pollution by the end of this year as planned.
White Summit to invest €250 MM in Spanish green methanol plant
Infrastructure investment firm White Summit Capital will invest €250 MM ($267 million) in a green hydrogen and methanol plant in Spain.
CH4 Global, CirPro Australia process first cattle to be fed Methane Tamer™ at commercial scale
CH4 Global Inc. and CirPro Australia have announced that the first group of cattle to have been fed commercial quantities of CH4 Global's methane-reducing feed additive, Methane Tamer™, have been processed.
Vast and Mabanaft advance Port Augusta green methanol project in Australia
Vast Renewables Ltd., a renewable energy company planning to power green fuels production with its concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) energy systems, announced it has signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with global energy company Mabanaft to advance Solar Methanol 1 (SM1), a CSP-powered green methanol reference plant.
Glocal Green, Norwegian Hydrogen to build large-scale bio-eMethanol facility in Norway
Ålesund-based Glocal Green and Norwegian Hydrogen have entered into a collaboration agreement on large-scale production of what is also known as bio-e-methanol.
Toxic gas in Louisiana (U.S.) air far exceeds safe EPA levels
The toxic gas ethylene oxide (EtO) is detectable in southeastern Louisiana at levels a thousand times higher than what is considered safe.
Neste, Borealis and Covestro aim at closing the loop for automotive industry
Neste, Borealis and Covestro have signed a project agreement to enable the recycling of discarded tires into high-quality plastics for automotive applications. The collaboration aims at driving circularity in plastics value chains and the automotive industry.
TotalEnergies and Air Products sign agreement for green hydrogen to decarbonize European refineries
TotalEnergies and Air Products have signed a 15-yr agreement for the annual supply in Europe of 70,000 t of green hydrogen starting in 2030.
Digital Exclusive-Flare system design: Liquid pockets in flare headers
In this technical article, written by Saudi Aramco and Siemens Energy, the authors focus on areas where major benefits can be achieved early in the front-end engineering design (FEED) stage of flare header piping designs.
SkyNRG launches Project Runway to provide easy access to SAF
This groundbreaking initiative brings together airlines and corporates to provide easy access to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
- INEOS to cease phenol production at German site, cites high European energy costs and CO2 tax policy 6/17
- Petrobras signs $892 MM in contracts to complete RNEST Train 2 refinery expansion 6/17
- China's May refinery throughput at 9-month low on plant overhauls (1) 6/17
- bp completes turnaround work at 250,000-bpd refinery in Washington (U.S.) 6/17
- UPM Biochemicals receives triple sustainability certification for the Leuna biorefinery 6/17
- Repsol's petrochemical complex shut down after power supply failure 6/17
