Asia/Pacific

Axens kicks-off first worldwide full-SAF unit in Asia

Axens has successfully started up 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) unit at site in Asia. The facility has the capacity to entirely convert 300,000 tpy of renewable feedstock into high-value SAF.

West hits ‘peak sanctions’ on Russia’s energy sector

The complex web of Western sanctions targeting Russia’s oil and gas industry has failed to impede Moscow’s energy flows or its war effort, suggesting that time and overuse are blunting the force of U.S. and European financial weapons.

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).

Asahi Kasei, Mitsui Chemicals, and Mitsubishi Chemical establish an LLP for ethylene manufacturing facilities in western Japan

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.