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BASF Venture Capital invests in startup DePoly SA

BASF Venture Capital GmbH announced an investment in the Swiss startup DePoly SA, a sustainable plastic solutions provider developing a unique chemical recycling technology.

Kent wins FEED contract for ExxonMobil’s large-scale plastic waste advanced recycling program

Kent has been appointed as the Front-End Engineering Design contractor for potential expansion of ExxonMobil’s advanced recycling facilities.

Lummus Technology and MOL Group establish partnership for advanced waste plastic recycling

Lummus Technology and MOL Group have announced their agreement to cooperate in the deployment and integration of chemical recycling of plastics at MOL's assets in Hungary and Slovakia.

BASF and thyssenkrupp Uhde cooperate to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

BASF and thyssenkrupp Uhde announced their cooperation in the marketing and further development of catalyst and process design for thyssenkrupp Uhde’s leading EnviNOx technology for N2O and NOx abatement.

INEOS Energy charters two LNG carriers to create virtual LNG pipeline from the U.S. to Europe

INEOS Energy Trading has today signed agreements with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines for two new build LNG carriers, to be used for the import of LNG into Germany from the United States. 

Maersk orders six methanol-powered container vessels

Shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk said it had ordered from China's Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group six mid-size container vessels capable of running on green methanol.

Renewables growth did not dent fossil fuel dominance in 2022

Global energy demand rose 1% last year and record renewables growth did nothing to shift the dominance of fossil fuels, which still accounted for 82% of supply, the industry's Statistical Review of World Energy report said.

Ecopetrol sells crude to Asia at deeper discounts amid Russia competition

Colombia's Ecopetrol is managing to sustain sales to Asia at about 45% of its crude oil production though rivalry from Russian oil is forcing it to offer deeper discounts, a senior executive said.

Turkey stays top destination for Russian June diesel loadings

Turkey will again be the top destination for Russian diesel exports in June, while total shipments are set to rise after seasonal refinery maintenance, traders said.

Aramco and TotalEnergies award contracts for $11-B Amiral project

Aramco and TotalEnergies today awarded Engineering, Procurement and Construction contracts for the $11-B "Amiral" complex, a future world scale petrochemicals facility expansion at the SATORP refinery in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.