http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing Shell unveils market strategy during Capital Markets Day 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. Mitsubishi Chemical Group to license its N-vinylformamide technology for SNF's new plant in France 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. More European oil refineries to close, convert in next 10 yr, panel says 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. The economics of decarbonizing Europe’s ammonia industry: Policy, pathways and trade-offs in a hard-to-abate sector 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. How Russian energy trade might change if sanctions are eased 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. MOL Chemical Tankers concludes time charter contract for ammonia dual-fuel vessels with CMB.TECH 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. Indian refiners cut spot tenders as Russian oil shipments rebound 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. China's Sinopec to prioritize risk control in Russian oil purchases 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. Wison Engineering signs FEED contract with WasteFuel for Ankara Green Methanol project in Turkey 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. Russia replaces UAE as the top naphtha supplier to India in 2024–25 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.