Asia/Pacific
India allows production of ethanol from sugarcane juice, molasses
The government will periodically review sugar diversion to ethanol to ensure year-round domestic availability of the sweetener.
Singapore's Bukom refinery exports rare naphtha cargo
The export follows a force majeure last Thursday by plant operator Aster Chemicals and Energy on products derived from its naphtha cracker.
Saudi Aramco, Iraq's SOMO halt crude sales to Indian refiner Nayara
The halting of supply from the two Gulf exporters means Nayara, majority-owned by Russian entities including oil major Rosneft, relied entirely on Russia for its crude oil imports in August.
J-ENG achieves first complete commercial ammonia-fueled engine
The engine official test runs were conducted under the supervision of Nippon Yusen Kaisya (NYK Line), Nihon Shipyard Co. Ltd. (NSY), Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK).
India's ONGC to keep buying Russian oil if prices economical
Indian explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation said its refining units will continue to buy Russian oil if available at economical prices.
Indian automakers say ethanol fuel hurts mileage but is safe, as motorists complain
India's roll-out of fuel blended with 20% ethanol will hurt a vehicle's mileage by 2%-4% but is safe to use, a lobby group representing the country's automakers said, aiming to assuage motorists' concerns in the world's third-largest car market.
KraussMaffei launches co-rotating twin-screw extruders for petrochemical industry
With the market launch of the new ZE Petrochemical (ZE-PC) series, KraussMaffei Extrusion is setting a milestone in industrial raw polymer production.
Aster Chemicals declares force majeure at Singapore naphtha cracker
Singapore's Aster Chemicals and Energy has declared force majeure on petrochemical supplies from its naphtha cracker on Bukom island
Sinopec wins engineering contract for Saudi Arabian green hydrogen/ammonia project
China's Sinopec said it has agreed to provide engineering services for Saudi Arabia's ACWA Power to build the world’s largest integrated green hydrogen and green ammonia project in the kingdom.
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