Asia/Pacific
Private Chinese firm scores first with kerosene-oxygen rocket launch
Beijing Tianbing Technology Co on Sunday successfully launched a kerosene-oxygen rocket.
Global diesel prices fall as economic slowdown intensifies
Global prices for middle distillates such as gas oil and diesel are falling as the economy slows, more refineries come onstream, and exports from Russia are re-routed and replaced by fuel from the Middle East.
ANA procures sustainable aviation fuel blended in Japan to advance carbon-neutral goals
All Nippon Airways, Japan's largest and 5-Star airline for ten consecutive years, has for the first time agreed to use SAF that was blended in Japan.
Indonesia must jump ethanol feedstock hurdle to repeat biodiesel success
Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil biodiesel user, is now working to introduce bioethanol mandates for gasoline to further cut fuel imports and carbon emissions, but it will first have to secure more bio feedstock and solve thorny technical problems.
Singapore imports of Russian naphtha surge as EU ban shifts flows
Singapore's imports of Russian naphtha nearly tripled in the first quarter of 2023, government data showed, after the European Union banned oil products imports from Russia.
Neste, ITOCHU and Fuji Oil supply sustainable aviation fuel to All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines
Neste, ITOCHU Corporation and Fuji Oil Company collaborated to supply sustainable aviation fuel, which was locally-blended with conventional jet fuel, to the Japanese market.
LPG-fueled LPG carrier "Captain Markos" delivered
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced it has delivered the 84,000 m3 capacity LPG carrier CAPTAIN MARKOS. This is the 70th LPG carrier built by the company.
HIF Global and Idemitsu Kosan announce carbon neutral eFuels strategic cooperation
HIF Global, the world’s leading eFuels company, and energy company Idemitsu Kosan today announced a strategic cooperation agreement to accelerate the production of carbon neutral eFuels.
The market for adipic acid is expected to develop at a consistent CAGR of 4.9% per year by 2032
Due to the production of waste nitrous oxide, the current commercial petrochemical process that produces adipic acid from KA oil and is catalyzed by nitric acid seriously pollutes the environment.
China refiner ZPC enters strategic fuel marketing deal with Sinopec
Privately controlled Zhejiang Petrochemical Corp, operator of China's largest refinery, said it has reached a strategic agreement with state refining giant Sinopec on the domestic marketing of its fuel.
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