http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/kurita-america-launches-dreem-bl-plus/ Kurita America, part of the Kurita Group, one of the leading global providers of industrial water treatment solutions, has introduced DReeM BL Plus. As a blend of the award-winning DReeM Polymer™, DReeM™ BL Plus has the same unique polymer chemistry to maximize heat transfer and, should it be needed, remove scale in boilers. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/increase-of-ethanol-mix-in-gasoline-to-30-backed-by-tests-brazil-ministry-says/ Tests in Brazil exploring the viability of increasing the proportion of anhydrous ethanol mixed with gasoline to 30% showed "consistent performance" and "real environmental benefits," Brazilian Minister of Mines and Energy Alexandre Silveira said on Monday. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/coamo-agroindustrial-cooperativa-selects-icm-for-design-and-engineering-of-new-corn-biorefinery-in-brazil/ COAMO Agroindustrial Cooperativa has selected ICM Tecnologia em Biocombustíveis Ltda. (ICM) to provide professional services and equipment for a new dry-mill grain ethanol production facility at the COAMO industrial site in Campo Mourão, Paraná. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/canada-could-restrict-its-oil-exports-to-us-if-trump-trade-war-escalates/ Canada could impose non-tariff measures such as restricting its oil exports to the United States or levying export duties on products if a trade dispute with the U.S. escalates further. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/indonesia-to-plant-12-mm-hectares-of-sugar-palm-to-make-ethanol/ Indonesia plans to plant sugar palm trees on an area of 1.2 MM hectares (2,965,264 MM acres) to produce ethanol to cut gasoline imports, in a project estimated to cost $6 B. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/us-epa-will-delay-midwest-ethanol-expansion-in-south-dakota-ohio/ The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday it would delay an action by one year to expand sales of higher ethanol blends of gasoline in South Dakota and Ohio, two of eight Midwestern states that requested the agency approve increased sales of the product. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/02/api-pushes-us-for-national-ethanol-policy-after-epa-okays-midwest-expansion/ The American Petroleum Institute (API) trade group on Monday pressed for a nationwide policy on higher-ethanol blends of gasoline after President Donald Trump's administration said on Friday it would move ahead with expanded sales of the product in certain Midwestern states. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/02/h2-station-from-ethanol-begins-testing-phase-at-cidade-universitaria-in-brazil/ USP is developing tests for the world’s first experimental station dedicated to the production of renewable hydrogen (H2) from ethanol. The project, led by the University’s Center for Research and Innovation in Greenhouse Gases (RCGI), represents a milestone in the search for clean energy solutions and the transition to a low-carbon economy. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/02/bpcl-and-national-sugar-institute-collaborate-to-advance-sweet-sorghum-as-a-sustainable-biofuel-source/ Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Sugar Institute (NSI) in Kanpur to collaboratively develop sweet sorghum as an eco-friendly feedstock for bioethanol production. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/02/brazil-says-us-ethanol-tariff-would-be-unreasonable-calls-for-sugar-talks/ Brazil's Energy and Mining Minister Alexandre Silveira said on Thursday that a potential U.S. tariff on Brazilian ethanol would be unreasonable, emphasizing that the two countries have historically negotiated ethanol and sugar trade together.