http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing 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/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. 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.