http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing Managing the energy transition: Microgrids play a key role http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2025/june-2025/sustainability-and-the-energy-transition/managing-the-energy-transition-microgrids-play-a-key-role/ This article dives into the use of microgrids, and how they can help power certain plants within refineries and petrochemical facilities. Gulf Energy Information and CompareNetworks announce strategic media partnership to elevate pharma and lab content at ChemE Show 2026 http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/gulf-energy-information-and-comparenetworks-announce-strategic-media-partnership-to-elevate-pharma-and-lab-content-at-cheme-show-2026/ Gulf Energy Information, a global leader in B2B media, data, and events for the process industries, announced a strategic media partnership with CompareNetworks, a premier media and technology company serving the life science, applied science, engineering sectors. U.S. signals possible easing of ethane export rules to China http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/us-signals-possible-easing-of-ethane-export-rules-to-china/ The U.S. sent letters to Enterprise Products and Energy Transfer on Wednesday informing the companies they could load ethane on vessels destined for China but could not unload the ethane in China without authorization. EIA: U.S. crude and fuel inventories fall on higher demand http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/eia-us-crude-and-fuel-inventories-fall-on-higher-demand/ U.S. crude oil and fuel inventories fell last week as refining activity and demand rose, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday. Veolia opens one of the largest PFAS treatment plants in the U.S. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/veolia-opens-one-of-the-largest-pfas-treatment-plants-in-the-us/ At a time when water is more vital than ever for public health and environmental protection, Veolia has built one of the largest PFAS treatment systems in the United States and the largest of its kind in the Northeast. RYAM, Verso Energy sign MoU to advance e-SAF and CO₂ utilization project in Georgia (U.S.) http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/ryam-verso-energy-sign-mou-to-advance-e-saf-and-co2-utilization-project-in-georgia-us/ Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (RYAM), a global leader in high-purity cellulose, and Verso Energy have signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deepen their strategic collaboration. Chemistry researchers publish paper in outlining more efficient photoredox catalysis system http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/chemistry-researchers-publish-paper-in-outlining-more-efficient-photoredox-catalysis-system/ Colorado State University (U.S.) researchers have published a paper in Science that describes a new and more efficient light-based process for transforming fossil fuels into useful modern chemicals. U.S. Supreme Court lets fuel producers challenge California emissions standards http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/us-supreme-court-lets-fuel-producers-challenge-california-emissions-standards/ The U.S. Supreme Court sided on Friday with fuel producers that had opposed California's standards for vehicle emissions and electric cars under a federal air pollution law, agreeing that their legal challenge to the mandates should not have been dismissed. U.S. refinery capacity grew to 18.4 MMbpd in 2024 http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/us-refinery-capacity-grew-to-184-mmbpd-in-2024/ U.S. refinery crude oil processing capacity grew by nearly 40,000 bpd in 2024 to 18.4 MMbpd. Divided U.S. appeals court allows Biden-era biofuel rule to stand http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/divided-us-appeals-court-allows-biden-era-biofuel-rule-to-stand/ A federal appeals court declined to throw out the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA’s) renewable fuel standards for 2023 to 2025 on Friday, even as it concluded regulators failed to adequately assess the potential effect the rule would have on climate change and endangered species.