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Digital Feature: Guidance for developing first-of-a-kind projects and processes
New products and processes have the potential to drive new value through performance or cost improvements targeted to evolving market needs in the oil, gas and chemical industry. To realize this value, however, organizations must navigate a challenging path through development and scale-up of first-of-a-kind processes.
Russia's Novatek plans condensate processing complex in Murmansk
Russian energy company Novatek plans to build a complex in Murmansk to process and ship stable gas condensate.
CF Industries, JERA, Mitsui & Co. form JV for production and offtake of low-carbon ammonia
CF Industries Holdings Inc., a leading global producer of ammonia, has formed a joint venture (JV) with JERA Co. Inc. (JERA), Japan’s largest energy company, and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui), a leading global investment and trading company, for the construction, production and offtake of low-carbon ammonia.
Neste begins SAF production at its renewables refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Neste has started producing SAF at its renewable products refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The refinery has been modified to enable Neste to produce up to 500,000 tpy of SAF.
Saudi Aramco, Sinopec to expand Yasref petrochemicals complex
Saudi Aramco has signed a deal with China's Sinopec to expand a petrochemicals complex operated by their Yasref joint venture on the kingdom's western coast.
Indian Oil Corp to build $7.1-B dual-feed cracker in Odisha state
Indian Oil Corp will build a $7.1-B, 1.5-MMtpy dual-feed naphtha cracker near its Paradip refinery in Eastern Odisha state,
bp halts plans to make clean jet fuel at Spain plant
bp has decided to halt plans to produce clean jet fuel at its Castellon oil refinery in Spain. The decision to pause the biofuel investment was driven by weaker-than-anticipated growth in the market.
Technip Energies awarded contract for Blue Point Number One ATR, the world's largest low-carbon ammonia production facility
Technip Energies has been awarded a major(1) contract by Blue Point Number One, a joint venture between CF Industries, JERA and MITSUI & CO, for the Blue Point Number One ATR Project in Donaldsonville, Louisiana (U.S.). This project aims to deliver the world's largest low-carbon ammonia plant with a capacity of approximately 1.4 metric MMtpy.
BDI signs contract with Ghent Renewables for the construction of a new biofuel feedstock pre-treatment plant
In Austria, BDI-BioEnergy International has signed a contract with Ghent Renewables BV to begin the construction of a pioneering biofuel feedstock refinery plant. This facility will be unique in its approach, integrating advanced technologies for the refining of feedstock for sustainable fuels.
China's Wanhua Chemical starts operation at new east China cracker
China's Wanhua Chemical Group has successfully started up its 1.2-MMtpy mixed-feed cracker in east China's Shandong province and achieved on-spec production of ethylene.
- NAPCOR releases 2024 PET recycling report highlighting system efficiency gains and continued strength of PET circularity 12/12
- OQ courts other partners for petrochemical complex in Oman as SABIC drops out 12/12
- Brazil's BNDES approves $71 MM for carbon storage project 12/12
- Cuba on edge as U.S. seizure of oil tanker puts supply at risk 12/12
- China oil demand to plateau between 2025 and 2030 12/12
- Germany's PCK refinery says no impact from pipeline leak 12/12
