http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/motiva-texas-refinery-us-preparing-second-attempt-to-restart-fccu/ Motiva Enterprises is preparing a second attempt to restart the gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracker-3 (FCC-3) at its 626,000-bpd Port Arthur, Texas refinery. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/basf-starts-up-its-first-plant-for-recycled-polyamide-6/ BASF announced the start-up of the world’s first commercial loopamid® plant. The production facility at the Caojing site in Shanghai, China, has an annual capacity of 500 metric tons and marks an important step in the supply of sustainable products for the textile industry. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/us-weighs-funding-cuts-to-four-of-seven-hydrogen-hubs/ The U.S. Department of Energy is weighing funding cuts to four of seven hydrogen hubs that were selected under a $7 billion federal program. 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/basf-forestal-collaborate-on-advanced-e-methanol-production-using-oase-technology/ BASF and Forestal have signed an early disclosure agreement aimed at advancing the production of e-methanol through carbon capture solutions. Under this strategic partnership, BASF has been selected to share its proprietary OASE® blue technology for use in Forestal’s pioneering Triskelion project in Galicia, Spain. 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/universal-fuel-technologies-pilot-demonstrates-new-sustainable-aviation-fuel-production-pathways/ During a five-month pilot, the company demonstrated that its Flexiforming technology can produce high-quality 100% synthetic SAF from multiple renewable feedstocks. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/mitsubishi-chemical-group-to-license-its-n-vinylformamide-technology-for-snfs-new-plant-in-france/ Mitsubishi Chemical Group will provide its N-vinylformamide manufacturing technology at SNF Group's new plant in Dunkirk, France.