Carbon Management
Marathon's Detroit refinery gets new air permit to boost crude throughput
Michigan's environmental agency on Tuesday issued a new air permit to Marathon Petroleum covering emissions from its Detroit refinery, which will allow the refiner to boost crude throughput at the plant.
Babcock & Wilcox awarded FEED contract for Canada’s first waste-to-energy plant with CCS
Babcock & Wilcox has been awarded a contract to conduct front-end engineering and design (FEED) for Varme Energy Inc.’s planned waste-to-energy with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project in Alberta, Canada.
Brookfield to invest up to $1.1 B in Infinium to scale ultra-low carbon eFuels
Infinium, one of the world’s first producers of commercially available ultra-low carbon eFuels, and Brookfield Asset Management have announced a strategic funding partnership to accelerate the growth of Infinium’s eFuels platform.
KBR's ROSE technology selected by Zhejiang Petroleum for the largest SDA unit in China
KBR has been awarded a contract for its ROSE® supercritical solvent de-asphalting (SDA) technology from Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Co. Ltd. (ZPC), a subsidiary of Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Ltd. in China.
Italy calls for early review of EU combustion engine ban
The European Union should decide already next year whether to rethink a regulation that effectively bans the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the 27-nation bloc from 2035.
Malaysia launches aviation decarbonization drive targeting net-zero emissions by 2050
Malaysia is targeting net-zero emissions in its aviation sector by 2050 through the launch of a decarbonization plan.
Shell, Eni lead funding round for carbon capture firm Mantel Capture
European oil majors Shell and Eni have led an early stage funding round for climate technology startup Mantel Capture, which aims to use molten salts to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at refineries, factories and other industrial sites.
U.S. CCS stakeholders must overcome serious trust deficits to meet net-zero potential, new research shows
Worley, a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts, and researchers at Princeton University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, have identified that a lack of trust between project stakeholders is slowing the pace of infrastructure delivery that is critical to net-zero.
Digital Feature: Cracking the chemical industry’s carbon code
This article focuses on how Evonik is decarbonizing chemical processing operations at its Herne site in Germany. This work details the installation of an advanced proprietary proton exchange membrane electrolyzer that will produce H2 and oxygen onsite from renewable energy.
Oxylus Energy raises $4.5 MM seed round for clean fuel technology
Oxylus' solution is the first low-temperature and low-pressure conversion of carbon dioxide to green methanol. The methanol can be used as a drop-in fuel replacement or upgraded to jet fuel and other green petrochemicals.
- Digital Feature (sponsored): Three questions oil and gas companies should ask to improve their operations risk management 3/6
- Nextchem awarded engineering/technology services contract from SATORP (Saudi Arabia) 3/6
- PBF Energy's Martinez refinery (California, U.S.) repairs to cost $30 million 3/6
- Lummus Technology, Resynergi announce commercialization of microwave-powered plastic pyrolysis technology 3/6
- Mercedes-AMG Petronas to use sustainable carbon fiber composites in Formula 1 racecars 3/6
- Vopak to build ethane tanks to support Thailand's petrochemical production 3/6
