http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing 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. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/indian-refiners-cut-spot-tenders-as-russian-oil-shipments-rebound/ Indian refiners will issue fewer tenders for crude oil purchases on the spot market in the coming months, as Russian supplies bounce back from sanctions-related disruptions. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/chinas-sinopec-to-prioritize-risk-control-in-russian-oil-purchases/ Top Chinese refining major Sinopec Corp. will prioritize "risk control" in purchasing Russian oil, which has similar quality for its value versus competing global supplies. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/hima-s-smart-safety-test-supports-basf-new-verbund-site-in-zhanjiang/ BASF’s largest new construction project in China, the Zhanjiang Verbund Site Project (ZVSP), requires high personnel and time expenditures for tests, especially factory acceptance tests (FATs), integration factory acceptance test (IFATs) and loop tests. To reduce these efforts, BASF has opted for the HIMA Smart Safety Test, an integral part of SILworX®, HIMA’s engineering, diagnostics and test tool that enables a flexible, automated test concept over the entire lifecycle of a safety system. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/jfe-steel-mitsubishi-gas-chemical-mitsubishi-chemical-to-develop-a-carbon-recycling-supply-chain-at-mizushima-complex/ JFE Steel Corp., Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. Inc. and Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) concerning a demonstration project at the Mizushima Complex (Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture). http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/braskem-siam-partners-with-mitr-phol-bio-fuel-to-use-ethanol-to-produce-bio-ethylenepolyethylene/ Braskem Siam and Braskem signed a Letter of Intent with Mitr Phol Bio Fuel to supply agricultural-based ethanol for the production of bio-ethylene and bio-based polyethylene http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/us-slaps-iran-related-sanctions-on-oil-tankers-china-teapot-refinery/ The U.S. on Thursday issued new sanctions intended to hit Iran's oil exports, including what the State Department said were the first U.S. measures targeting a Chinese "teapot refinery" processing the crude. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/regulations-needed-to-spur-airlines-to-use-saf-japan-oil-refiners-group-head-says/ Japanese oil refiners believe concrete regulations and frameworks are needed to encourage airlines to use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and develop supply chains to support decarbonization efforts, the head of the industry lobby group said on Friday.