http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/04/solvay-partners-with-cavalinho-to-reduce-emissions-at-brazilian-chemical-plant/ Solvay will be one the first companies in Brazil to adopt biofuel-powered trucks for transportation, supporting its goal of cutting scope 3 emissions by 20% by 2030. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/brazils-petrobras-lowers-diesel-prices-for-first-time-in-more-than-a-year/ Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras said it will lower refinery gate diesel prices for the first time in more than a year, as local prices currently stand above import parity. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/russia-increases-fuel-diesel-supply-to-bolivia-amid-rising-energy-crisis/ Russia is increasing exports of motor fuels to Bolivia, according to data from LSEG vessel tracking and industry sources, as an energy crisis worsens in the Latin American country and Moscow needs to expand sales hit by Western sanctions. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/waertsilae-to-test-ethanol-fueled-engine-for-large-scale-electricity-generation/ Technology group Wärtsilä has partnered with Brazilian energy company Energetica Suape II S.A, majority owned by Grupo Econômico 4M, to conduct a world-first clean energy trial, which will see ethanol—a biofuel mainly produced from sugarcane—used to generate clean power. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/brazils-diesel-imports-rise-with-petrobras-above-parity/ Brazil's diesel imports in March exceeded the same month in 2024, as Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras sold the raw material for several days at prices above import parity. 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.