http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/shell-unveils-market-strategy-during-capital-markets-day/ During Shell’s Capital Markets Day 2025, it unveiled the next steps in the execution of its strategy. Shell is strengthening its commitment to value creation and maintaining its focus on performance, discipline and simplification. 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. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/more-european-oil-refineries-to-close-convert-in-next-10-yr-panel-says/ European oil refineries will have to adapt to the energy transition or face a heightened risk of closure by 2035, a panel of executives said at the Financial Times Commodities Global Summit in Lausanne on Monday. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/the-economics-of-decarbonizing-europe-s-ammonia-industry-policy-pathways-and-trade-offs-in-a-hard-to-abate-sector/ This study applies a robust techno-economic framework to explore four key decarbonization pathways – unabated steam methane reforming (SMR), SMR with carbon capture and storage (CCS), biomass-based hydrogen (BIOH₂), and renewable hydrogen. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/how-russian-energy-trade-might-change-if-sanctions-are-eased/ As talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine continue, a potential relief in sanctions imposed on Russia, including its vast energy sector, is one of the issues on the agenda. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/mol-chemical-tankers-concludes-time-charter-contract-for-ammonia-dual-fuel-vessels-with-cmbtech/ MOL Chemical Tankers Pte. Ltd. (MOLCT) announced that the company has concluded time charter contracts with CMB.TECH NV, for six newbuilding chemical tankers of 26,000 DWT, including four ammonia dual-fuel–ready vessels and two dual-fuel–fitted vessels. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/indian-refiners-cut-spot-tenders-as-russian-oil-shipments-rebound/ Indian refiners will issue fewer tenders for crude oil purchases on the spot market in the coming months, as Russian supplies bounce back from sanctions-related disruptions. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/chinas-sinopec-to-prioritize-risk-control-in-russian-oil-purchases/ Top Chinese refining major Sinopec Corp. will prioritize "risk control" in purchasing Russian oil, which has similar quality for its value versus competing global supplies. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/wison-engineering-signs-feed-contract-with-wastefuel-for-ankara-green-methanol-project-in-turkey/ The ITC-WasteFuel project plans to utilize biogas generated from the waste treatment facilities of ITC in Ankara to produce green methanol. This marks Turkey's first biogas-to-methanol project. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/russia-replaces-uae-as-the-top-naphtha-supplier-to-india-in-2024-25/ Russia has surpassed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as India's top naphtha supplier in the year to March 2025, as refiners capitalize on discounted cargoes, preliminary ship-tracking data showed, a trend buyers expect to persist for another year.