http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/varo-buys-swedish-refiner-preem-in-bet-on-biofuels/ Varo Energy, backed by private equity giant Carlyle Group and the world's biggest trading house Vitol, said it had agreed to buy Swedish refiner Preem, betting on growing demand for biofuels. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/willis-sustainable-fuels-selects-ft-cans-to-boost-sustainable-aviation-fuel-production-in-the-uk/ Johnson Matthey announced that Willis Sustainable Fuels (WSF) has selected JM and bp’s award-winning Fischer Tropsch CANS™ technology for WSF’s sustainable aviation fuel project in Teesside, Northeast England. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/ash-creek-secures-exclusive-camelina-seed-licenses-advances-forks-and-fuels-initiative/ Ash Creek Renewables, a platform dedicated to developing renewable fuel feedstock solutions and a portfolio company of Tailwater Capital LLC, has secured exclusive licensing rights from Montana State University (U.S.) for a new high-performance Camelina seed variety. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/bp-plans-to-sell-its-mobility-and-convenience-business-in-austria/ bp announced its intention to sell its mobility and convenience business in Austria.The marketing process will begin immediately, with the aim of reaching sale completion by the end of 2025, subject to regulatory and all relevant approvals. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/trump-administration-us-tells-oil-and-biofuels-groups-to-hash-out-new-biofuel-policy/ U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has asked oil and biofuels producers to hash out a deal on the next phase of the nation's biofuels policy to avoid the kind of political clashes that marked his first term. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/eni-saipem-extend-collaboration-agreement-in-biorefining/ Eni, Saipem extend collaboration agreement in biorefining. Eni will further develop its biorefining capacity through the development of new initiatives for producing biofuels for both aviation and land/maritime transportation.  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/us-biodiesel-use-increases-outside-of-the-transportation-sector/ A small but increasing amount of biodiesel in the U.S. is consumed in the residential, commercial, and electric power sectors, according to new estimates now published in the U.S. EIA's State Energy Data System. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/signature-aviation-brings-blended-sustainable-aviation-fuel-to-six-new-european-locations/ Signature Aviation has announced the expansion of its blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) offering at six new locations across Europe following multiple blended SAF supply agreements.   http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/waertsilae-to-test-ethanol-fueled-engine-for-large-scale-electricity-generation/ Technology group Wärtsilä has partnered with Brazilian energy company Energetica Suape II S.A, majority owned by Grupo Econômico 4M, to conduct a world-first clean energy trial, which will see ethanol—a biofuel mainly produced from sugarcane—used to generate clean power.