http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/russias-lukoil-restoring-cracker-at-norsi-refinery-gasoline-output-rising/ Russia's second-largest oil producer Lukoil is restoring operations of its catalytic cracker complex, ramping up gasoline output after the unit's breakdown on Nov. 13. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/us-october-gasoline-imports-hit-post-pandemic-low-on-slump-in-european-shipments/ U.S. waterborne gasoline imports fell in October to their lowest since the COVID-19 pandemic, with European shipments to the U.S. Northeast hitting a record low and Asian cargoes more than halved from a year ago. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/singapore-middle-distillates-stocks-rise-for-fourth-week-to-six-week-high/ Singapore's middle distillates inventories rose for the fourth straight week to a six-week peak as net exports of jet fuel slid further while those of diesel climbed. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/vietnams-binh-son-refinery-says-2024-output-seen-at-66-mm-tonnes/ Vietnam's Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical said on Thursday that 2024 output at its Dung Quat refinery was estimated at 6.6 MM tonnes, beating its target by 15%. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/japans-cosmo-oil-restarts-86-000-bpd-yokkaichi-cdu-after-maintenance/ Japan's Cosmo Oil, a unit of Cosmo Energy Holdings, has restarted the 86,000-bpd crude distillation unit (CDU) at the Yokkaichi refinery in central Japan on Nov. 9 after planned maintenance. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/aramco-rongsheng-petrochemical-sign-framework-agreement-for-sasref-petrochemicals-expansion-project/ Aramco, Aramco affiliate Saudi Aramco Jubail Refinery Company (SASREF), and an affiliate of Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (Rongsheng Petrochemical) have signed a Development Framework Agreement in Beijing, China, that paves the way for an expansion project at SASREF in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/asias-jet-fuel-imports-from-india-to-hit-multi-year-highs-in-november/ Asia's imports of jet fuel from India are set to hit multi-year highs in November ahead of peak winter demand after refinery outages and lower exports from China crimped supplies. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/ineos-gnfc-sign-mou-to-build-a-new-world-scale-acetic-acid-unit-in-india/ INEOS Acetyls and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (GNFC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the feasibility to build a new world scale, 600,000-tpy acetic acid plant at GNFC's site in Bharuch, Gujarat, India. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/sinochem-may-keep-bankrupt-refineries-as-auctions-draw-little-interest/ Sinochem Group may keep three bankrupt oil refineries located in eastern China after auctions to sell them drew little interest from other companies, sources familiar with the matter said. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/synata-bio-s-sylonto-project-awarded-45-mm-ndrc-grant/ Synata Bio, a U.S. company delivering turnkey carbon utilization technology to transform onsite waste gases into ethanol, has been awarded a $4.5-MM grant (RMB 32 MM) from China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) for its Sylonto project.