http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/sumitomo-chemical-achieves-scale-up-of-its-process-for-producing-propylene-directly-from-ethanol/ Sumitomo Chemical has constructed and begun operation of a pilot facility at the Sodegaura site of its Chiba Works for its new proprietary process to produce propylene directly from ethanol. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/vioneo-awards-lummus-polypropylene-contract-for-worlds-first-industrial-scale-fossil-free-plastics-from-green-methanol-facility/ Lummus Technology announced Vioneo has selected its Novolen® polypropylene (PP) technology for a new grassroots plant in Antwerp, Belgium. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/indonesia-plans-quick-to-build-oil-refineries-for-us-crude/ Indonesia plans to build a network of small modular refineries to process U.S. and domestic oil, aiming to reduce gasoline imports, but analysts warn the switch in strategy from large-scale refining facilities could prove uneconomical. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/eni-to-sale-4999-share-in-carbon-capture-business-to-gip/ Eni and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a leading global infrastructure investor and a part of BlackRock, signed an agreement related to the sale of a stake of 49.99% in Eni CCUS Holding – a leading global player in the CCUS sector (Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage). http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/chinas-ethylene-capacity-to-hit-100-million-tons-by-end-2028/ China will add 40 million metric tons of ethylene capacity between 2025 and 2028, taking total capacity for the key plastic industry building block to 100 million tons by the end of the period, a Sinopec executive said on Thursday. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/idemitsu-restarts-yokkaichis-no-3-cdu-on-aug-11-after-maintenance/ Japanese oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan restarted the 155,000-bpd No.3 crude distillation unit at its Yokkaichi refinery in central Japan on August 11, following scheduled maintenance, a company spokesperson said. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/thyssenkrupp-nucera-abandons-us-green-hydrogen-projects-no-longer-deemed-feasible/ Thyssenkrupp Nucera is in intensive discussions with stakeholders in its U.S. projects and is abandoning those no longer deemed feasible due to tax and spending changes initiated by the U.S. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/chinas-petrochemical-sector-set-to-expand-even-as-losses-deepen/ A key segment of China's petrochemical sector is set to expand by almost half between now and 2028 even as growing competition in the broader refining sector slashes profits. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/japans-eneos-shuts-77-000-bpd-kawasaki-no3-cdu-for-maintenance/ Japan's biggest refiner, Eneos Corp, has shut the 77,000 barrel-per-day No. 3 crude distillation unit at its Kawasaki refinery, near Tokyo, on August 9 for scheduled maintenance http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/lt-energy-greentech-partners-with-japan-s-itochu-for-300-000-tpy-green-ammonia-project/ L&T Energy GreenTech Ltd (LTEG), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), has entered into a Joint Development Agreement with ITOCHU Corporation of Japan to develop and commercialize a 300,000-tpy green ammonia project at Kandla in Gujarat, India.