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HIF Global and Idemitsu Kosan announce carbon neutral eFuels strategic cooperation

HIF Global, the world’s leading eFuels company, and energy company Idemitsu Kosan today announced a strategic cooperation agreement to accelerate the production of carbon neutral eFuels.

Borouge enters into agreement to expand footprint in East Africa

Borouge Plc, a leading petrochemical company that provides innovative and differentiated polyolefin solutions, has entered into a Distribution Agreement with one of the biggest polyolefin distributors in East Africa, Somochem.

thyssenkrupp Uhde to cooperate with IDIP on fabrication of new modular plants for green ammonia

thyssenkrupp Uhde and Idesa Industrial Plants S.l.u. have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on developing and fabricating modules for green ammonia projects.

VOC reduction at Raffineria di Milazzo’s SRU complex—Part 2

Raffineria di Milazzo: Falzone, S.  |  Licandro, G.  |  Lagana, F.  |  Tarantino, M.  |  Arces, I.  |  Grillo, R.

Based on new environmental regulations focusing on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at the emissions point of a refinery’s sulfur recovery unit (SRU), Raffineria di Milazzo—a JV between Eni and Kuwait Petroleum Italia—carried out troubleshooting activities to identify and implement suitable actions to minimize the concentration of VOCs at the emissions point of the SRU complex.

Yara and Enbridge plan $2.9-B ammonia plant in Texas

Norwegian fertilizer maker Yara and Canadian pipeline company Enbridge plan to invest up to $2.9-B to build a low-carbon blue ammonia production plant in Texas.

Synthomer shares tank after profit slump in 2022, warns of subdued demand

Shares of Synthomer Plc plunged about 14% after the British polymer maker reported a slump in 2022 core profit and said demand remained subdued thus far into the year.

Norway awards offshore licenses to explore for CO2 storage

Norway said it has awarded two licenses to explore for carbon dioxide storage sites in the North Sea - one to Aker BP and a partner, and another to Germany's Wintershall Dea and its partner.

Carbon storage projects across Europe

Efforts to remove carbon dioxide emissions from industry and store them underground have gathered pace across Europe over the past few years as countries scramble to meet climate goals.

Italy's Eni involved in five UK carbon capture projects

Italy's Eni said it was involved in five carbon capture projects selected by Britain in a first group of initiatives worth $25-B of government funding.

Neste completed second series of runs at its Porvoo refinery

Neste has successfully concluded its second series of industrial-scale processing runs with liquefied waste plastic at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland.