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Update: Cancelled and postponed green hydrogen projects

Developers of green hydrogen have scaled back investments and scrapped projects globally as elevated production costs and weak demand for the low-carbon fuel have made many ventures unviable. 

Second tanker to skip fuel loading at sanctions-hit Nayara refinery

Nayara Energy, in which Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft has a 49.13% stake, was hit in a fresh package of sanctions imposed on Friday by the European Union over Russia's war on Ukraine that began in February 2022.

Green hydrogen retreat poses threat to emissions targets

Green H2 developers are cancelling projects and trimming investments around the world, raising the prospect of longer than targeted reliance on fossil fuels.

Data and digital: TotalEnergies and Emerson sign a strategic collaboration to boost the value of industrial data

TotalEnergies and Emerson’s Aspen Technology business have announced a strategic collaboration to deploy advanced digital technologies for the continuous, real-time collection of data from TotalEnergies’ industrial sites.

Europe's chemical industry seeks a lifeboat to stay in business

Europe's petrochemical industry is unravelling under a wave of plant closures after years of losses and a rapid expansion of global capacity led by China.

German chemical lobby VCI sees no sector recovery before 2026

Germany's chemical industry lobby VCI does not expect a sector upswing before 2026, even though the rapid downtrend the chemical-pharmaceutical industry has seen in recent years seems to be over.

Saudi Arabia solidifies international partnerships to export renewable energy, green H2 to Europe

The agreements and MoUs were signed during the Renewable Energy and Green Hydrogen Export Workshop, led by ACWA Power under the supervision of the Ministry of Energy.

Russia’s Rosneft slams EU sanctions on India's Nayara refinery

The European Union's 18th package of sanctions against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, was approved on Friday and is aimed at dealing further blows to Russia's oil and energy industry.

Russian seaborne diesel exports for July 1–15 fall 6% month-on-month

Russia's seaborne diesel and gasoil exports fell by 6% to about 1.43 MM tonnes (t) in the first 15 days of July from the same period in June as refinery maintenance and strong domestic demand affected supplies.

INEOS invests £30 MM to slash emissions at Hull site by 75%

The investment is part of INEOS’ wider strategy to decarbonize its operations across the UK and Europe. INEOS Acetyls is the only industrial scale manufacturer of acetic acid, acetic anhydride, and ethyl acetate in Europe.