http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/ketjen-introduces-new-breakthrough-catalyst-that-mitigates-the-effects-of-iron-poisoning-in-fccus/ Ketjen Corporation has launched SaFeGuard™, a new catalyst technology designed to address iron poisoning in FCC units. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/eia-crude-and-gasoline-inventories-fall-distillates-rise/ Crude inventories fell by 6 MMbbl to 420.7 MMbbl last week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said, compared with analysts' expectations in a poll for a 1.8-MMbbl draw. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/czech-refinery-outage-forces-orlen-unipetrol-to-seek-state-help-to-meet-diesel-demand/ Unipetrol's second-largest Czech refinery in Kralupy, in the center of the country, remains in operation and the production of other fuels is sufficient. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/china-s-sinopec-shanghai-petrochemical-first-half-profit-slides/ The company said the market remains challenging, with strong supply and weak demand, rising penetration of new-energy vehicles squeezing fuel demand, and the chemical sector still at a cyclical low. 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/russias-ultra-low-sulfur-diesel-exports-from-primorsk-scheduled-to-rise-in-august/ Russia's August exports of ultra low-sulfur diesel from the Baltic Sea port of Primorsk are scheduled to rise by 3.2% from July to 1.3 million metric tons, two traders said. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/us-crude-oil-and-distillate-inventories-rise-gasoline-stockpiles-fall/ U.S. crude inventories unexpectedly rose as imports increased, while gasoline stockpiles fell last week, the Energy Information Administration said. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/vinci-wins-major-contract-for-innovative-biofuels-plant-in-spain/ Moeve and Apical have awarded Grupo Cobra and Masa - both subsidiaries of Cobra IS – the electrical, piping and industrial mechanical works of the largest second-generation biofuels plant in Spain. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/indonesia-aims-to-launch-b50-biodiesel-in-2026-but-unlikely-in-january/ Indonesia reaffirmed a plan to raise the mandatory palm oil content in its biodiesel to 50% starting from next year, but the program known as B50 is unlikely to start in January http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/argentina-raises-biofuel-prices-for-domestic-market/ The Argentine government raised biofuel prices for the domestic market, according to two resolutions published in the official gazette.