http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/04/shell-completes-singapore-refinery-sale-to-chandra-asri-glencore-jv/ Shell has completed the sale of its Singapore refinery and refining assets to a Chandra Asri-Glencore JV, and trade sources said the new owners had already started purchasing feedstock. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/04/japans-maruzen-petrochemical-to-shut-ethylene-unit-in-chiba/ Japan's Maruzen Petrochemical, a unit of Cosmo Energy Holdings, will shut its ethylene unit in Chiba in the 2026/27 financial year and consolidate production at Keiyo Ethylene, its joint venture with Sumitomo Chemical, the companies said. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/basf-starts-up-its-first-plant-for-recycled-polyamide-6/ BASF announced the start-up of the world’s first commercial loopamid® plant. The production facility at the Caojing site in Shanghai, China, has an annual capacity of 500 metric tons and marks an important step in the supply of sustainable products for the textile industry. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/chinas-rongsheng-petchem-opens-canada-office-buys-crude-from-suncor/ China's Rongsheng Petrochemical, China's largest independent refiner with capacity of 40 MMtpy or 800,000 bpd, has opened an office in Canada to buy Canadian crude and made its first purchase from local producer Suncor Energy. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/consortium-concludes-mou-for-study-on-saf-bio-naphtha-and-renewable-diesel-from-domestic-forest-residues/ Japan Airlines Co., Ltd., Marubeni Corporation, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Chugoku Lumber Co., Ltd., Boeing Japan KK and Obayashi Corporation have concluded a memorandum of understanding on a preliminary business feasibility study for the manufacture and sale of sustainable aviation fuel, bio-naphtha and renewable diesel from domestic forest residues. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/saudi-aramco-looks-to-invest-in-indian-refineries/ Saudi Aramco is in talks to invest in two planned refineries in India as the world's top oil exporter looks for a stable outlet for its crude in the world's fastest-growing emerging market http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/indias-reliance-to-stop-buying-venezuelan-oil-over-us-tariffs/ India's Reliance Industries, operator of the world's biggest refining complex, will halt Venezuelan oil imports after the United States announced a 25% tariff on nations buying crude from the South American nation. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/shell-unveils-market-strategy-during-capital-markets-day/ During Shell’s Capital Markets Day 2025, it unveiled the next steps in the execution of its strategy. Shell is strengthening its commitment to value creation and maintaining its focus on performance, discipline and simplification. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/clariants-envicat-n2o-s-catalyst-significantly-mitigates-n2o-emissions-at-gnfcs-nitric-acid-plant-in-india/ Clariant's EnviCat N2O-S catalyst has reduced nitrous oxide emissions equivalent to 44,000 t/month CO2eq at Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited's nitric acid facility in Gujarat, India http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/samsung-ea-holds-contract-ceremony-for-354-mm-bio-plant/ SAMSUNG E&A, a total solutions provider for the global energy industry, has won a contract for the main construction of the Songdo Bio Raw Materials Plant from global life science company Sartorius.