http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/idemitsu-restarts-yokkaichis-no-3-cdu-on-aug-11-after-maintenance/ Japanese oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan restarted the 155,000-bpd No.3 crude distillation unit at its Yokkaichi refinery in central Japan on August 11, following scheduled maintenance, a company spokesperson said. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/japans-eneos-shuts-77-000-bpd-kawasaki-no3-cdu-for-maintenance/ Japan's biggest refiner, Eneos Corp, has shut the 77,000 barrel-per-day No. 3 crude distillation unit at its Kawasaki refinery, near Tokyo, on August 9 for scheduled maintenance http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/lt-energy-greentech-partners-with-japan-s-itochu-for-300-000-tpy-green-ammonia-project/ L&T Energy GreenTech Ltd (LTEG), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), has entered into a Joint Development Agreement with ITOCHU Corporation of Japan to develop and commercialize a 300,000-tpy green ammonia project at Kandla in Gujarat, India. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/indias-hmel-plans-to-shut-refinery-for-40-day-maintenance-sources-say/ India's HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL) plans to shut its Bathinda oil refinery in the northern Punjab state for about 40 days from early November for maintenance http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2025/july-2025/catalysts/drop-in-solutions-and-digital-catalyst-insights-to-enhance-the-profitability-and-sustainability-of-syngas-plants/ This article details the advancements in the authors’ company’s plus catalyst series of syngas catalysts that improve efficiency, sustainability and profitability in ammonia, methanol and hydrogen production. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/07/orlens-unipetrol-will-start-commissioning-ethylene-unit-after-power-outage-experienced-earlier-in-july/ The company expects full resumption of operations in the petrochemical part of the complex and simultaneous increase of production in the refinery section to standard levels by the beginning of next week.  http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/07/indian-oil-to-upgrade-panipat-refinerys-diesel-unit-for-green-jet-fuel-production/ Indian Oil Corp plans to shut the diesel desulfurizer unit at its 300,000-bpd Panipat refinery for an upgrade aimed at producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) next year, Arvind Kumar, its head of refineries, said. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/hte-conducts-research-for-jgc-to-advance-decarbonization-by-identifying-suitable-catalysts-for-ammonia-cracking/ hte and JGC have collaborated on innovative technologies for converting ammonia into hydrogen. The goal of this contract research project conducted at hte’s laboratories was to advance decarbonization by identifying suitable catalysts for ammonia cracking. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/alder-process-technology-uses-aps-to-produce-low-carbon-marine-fuels/ Alder Process Technology has provided recent progress on its efforts to accelerate decarbonization of the marine fuel sector using Alder Pyrolytic Sugars (APS). APS is created using our proprietary biocrude oil fractionation technology, which converts fast pyrolysis oil derived from sustainably sourced biomass into two products: the pyrolytic sugar fraction, resulting in APS, and the pyrolytic lignin fraction, resulting in Alder Renewable Crude (ARC).   http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/clariant-launches-innovative-pfas-free-polymer-processing-aids-for-more-sustainable-polyolefin-extrusion/ Clariant announced the launch of its new AddWorks PPA product line, a new generation of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances)-free polymer processing aids designed specifically for polyolefin extrusion applications. This innovative solution addresses the industry's growing need for more sustainable alternatives to conventional fluoropolymer-based processing aids while maintaining strong performance standards.