http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/nuberg-epc-secures-chlorine-absorption-system-project-in-colombia/ http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/brazil-fuel-subsidies-to-cost-around-68-billion-reais-13-b-a-month-minister-says/ http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/middle-east-crude-premiums-surge-asian-refiners-seeking-alternatives/ The attacks in the Red Sea by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis came after renewed U.S. and Iran strikes in the Middle East and shipping blockades on traffic through the Strait of Hormuz again choked oil shipments through that crucial waterway, slowing crude oil and fuel exports to Asia. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/refiners-elbow-traders-to-take-a-larger-slice-of-venezuelas-oil/ PDVSA is slowly going back to the business model it had before U.S. energy sanctions were imposed on the OPEC country in 2019, which prioritizes supply contracts with its joint-venture partners and refineries over intermediaries. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/pampa-energia-to-use-kbr-technology-for-3-400-tpd-argentina-ammonia-urea-complex/ http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/consorcio-austral-submits-plans-for-47-b-green-ammonia-project-to-chiles-eias/ http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/tecnimont-maire-wins-13-b-integrated-project-in-argentina-140-mm-for-nextchem/ MAIRE (MAIRE.MI) has announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont (Integrated E&C Solutions) has been awarded a contract by Fértil Pampa S.A.U., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pampa Energia S.A., for a large-scale fertilizer complex in Argentina. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/opinion-forget-crude-war-pushes-refiners-to-the-brink/ While crude supplies have partially recovered, the system that converts crude into fuels is still struggling after months of disruption from conflicts in Russia and the Middle East. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/us-tariffs-on-brazil-are-a-bitter-pill-for-sugar-and-ethanol-makers/ According to the Union of the Sugarcane and Bioenergy Industry (UNICA), the U.S. accounted for 253 million liters of ethanol exports in 2025, worth $163 million, making the North American country the sector's second-most important foreign market after South Korea. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/bunker-one-executes-latin-americas-first-bioethanol-bunkering-of-a-deep-sea-container-vessel/ Bunker One has completed Latin America’s first bioethanol bunkering operation for an ocean-going vessel, delivering 500,000 liters of anhydrous ethanol to the CMA CGM IRON at the Port of Santos, Brazil.