http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing Celanese, Henkel collaborate to offer adhesives made from captured CO2 emissions http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/celanese-henkel-collaborate-to-offer-adhesives-made-from-captured-co2-emissions/ Henkel Corporation and Celanese Corporation will partner to enhance circularity in emulsion production by utilizing carbon capture-based materials. Henkel will utilize captured CO2 from Fairway Methanol's CCU project in Texas to produce water-based adhesives. Firefly partners with waste giant Sanepar, strengthening global feedstock access http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/firefly-partners-with-waste-giant-sanepar-strengthening-global-feedstock-access/ Firefly Green Fuels, a British sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) developer, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sanepar, one of Brazil’s largest water and sanitation companies. US refiner margins to stabilize next year as plant closures cut supply http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/us-refiner-margins-to-stabilize-next-year-as-plant-closures-cut-supply/ U.S. refiner margins for gasoline and diesel will be relatively unchanged next year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said, signaling relief for fuel producers who saw profits slump sharply since 2022 on slowing demand growth. Topsoe to provide technology for one of Brazil’s first commercial-scale SAF plants http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/topsoe-to-provide-technology-for-one-of-brazil-s-first-commercial-scale-saf-plants/ Topsoe will provide its HydroFlex and H2bridge technologies to Refinaria de Petróleo Riograndense's 16,000-bpd renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel plant in Brazil. Stamicarbon awarded a PDP contract for Mexican nitric acid plant http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/stamicarbon-awarded-a-pdp-contract-for-mexican-nitric-acid-plant/ Stamicarbon will apply its proprietary NX Stami Nitrates technology for a tailor-made solution to remove nitrous oxide from the tail gas stream, optimizing nitric acid production and reducing the carbon footprint of the plant DG Fuels to build $5-B, 193-MMgpy SAF facility in Minnesota (U.S.) http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/dg-fuels-to-build-5-b-193-mmgpy-saf-facility-in-minnesota-us/ DG Fuels announced the selection of a site for a roughly $5-B manufacturing facility in Moorhead, Minnesota, that will produce 193 MMgpy of low-carbon aviation fuel (SAF) using agricultural and wood waste as feedstock. Russia to aid hurricane-hit Cuba with diesel fuel http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/russia-to-aid-hurricane-hit-cuba-with-diesel-fuel/ Russia has pledged to provide Cuba with approximately 80,000 tons of diesel fuel worth $60 MM to assist the island nation in its energy crisis. U.S. fuel ethanol exports rise on strong international demand and low U.S. prices http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/us-fuel-ethanol-exports-rise-on-strong-international-demand-and-low-us-prices/ U.S. fuel ethanol exporters are on track to export a record amount of the fuel in 2024. The increase in exports this year has largely been driven by demand in countries with biofuel blending mandates and cheaper-than-usual U.S. fuel ethanol prices. U.S. exports of ethane and ethane-based petrochemicals rose 135% from 2014 to 2023 http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/us-exports-of-ethane-and-ethane-based-petrochemicals-rose-135-from-2014-to-2023/ U.S. exports of ethane and ethane-based petrochemicals reached an all-time high of 21.6 MMt in 2023, up 135% since the U.S. began exporting ethane in 2014 and 17% more than in 2022, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Venezuela's oil exports hit a 4-yr peak on higher output, sales to U.S., India http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/venezuelas-oil-exports-hit-a-4-yr-peak-on-higher-output-sales-to-us-india/ Venezuela's oil exports rose to a 4-yr high, approaching 950,000 bpd in October, boosted by growing crude output and more sales to India and the United States.