http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/trump-to-hit-venezuelan-oil-buyers-with-tariff-extends-chevrons-wind-down/ U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order declaring that any country buying oil or gas from Venezuela will pay a 25% tariff on trades with the U.S., while his administration extended a deadline for U.S. producer Chevron to wind down operations in the South American country. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/venezuelas-pdvsa-to-keep-producing-exporting-and-processing-oil-previously-handled-by-chevron/ Venezuela's state-run PDVSA has put together three operational scenarios as part of a plan to continue producing and exporting oil at its largest JV with Chevron once a license for the U.S. major to operate in the country expires next month. 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/indian-refiners-turn-to-latin-america-africa-to-replace-russian-oil-in-feb/ India's crude oil imports from Latin America and Africa rose marginally in February as refiners turned to alternative sources, fearing a loss of Russian oil supplies caused by tighter U.S. sanctions. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/guyana-considers-plan-to-refine-oil-in-us-import-fuel/ Guyana is considering a plan to export crude oil to the U.S. for refining and to bring back fuel for domestic supply and possibly for sale to nearby countries, Guyanese President Irfaan Ali said. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/bolivia-issues-incentives-to-import-fuel-help-private-sector-meet-shortages/ Bolivia's energy ministry announced a set of incentives to import gasoline and diesel, in a bid to promote the country's private market and overcome an extended fuel shortage. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/petrobras-technology-riograndense-refinery-becomes-first-to-produce-fuels-with-cellulosic-content-in-brazil/ Petrobras and Riograndense Refinery (RPR) have successfully completed an industrial scale co-processing test using 5% pyrolysis bio-oil (a non-food biomass raw material) combined with fossil feedstock. 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. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/02/brazils-petrobras-to-create-biorefinery-powered-by-960-mm-investment/ Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras will invest around 5.5 B reais ($960 MM) to turn its Riograndense refinery into the country's first biorefinery.