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HPIn Europe: European consumers mull their options as

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Wright, Tim L.

Although I’ve watched it coming, it still feels like a historic moment to see the oil industry pack up its things and leave. If you sell catalysts, pumps, inspection services, display ads or anti..

HP Innovations: HPInnovations

New alternative technologies for oil spill cleanupC.I.Agent Solutions, a global leader in solutions for fuel and oil spill cleanup and containment, exhibited at Clean Gulf 2010 and featured its latest..

Gushan Environmental Energy to assess impact of new Chinese consumption tax exemption

Gushan Environmental Energy, a producer of biodiesel in China, announced that it is currently in the process of assessing the effect of a recently issued notice on consumption tax from the Chinese Ministry of Finance and the Chinese State Administration of Taxation.

ASTM Petroleum Committee working on ETBE test method

The eventual approval of a proposed new test method currently being developed by ASTM International Committee D02 on Petroleum Products and Lubricants will allow a recently approved D02 specification to attain full compliance with form and style for ASTM standards.

Repsol sells stake in REFAP refinery for $350 million

Repsol has agreed to sell to Petrobras its 30% stake in the Alberto Pasqualini refinery (REFAP) in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Following the transaction, Petrobras becomes the only shareholder of the refinery, which has a nominal capacity of 190,000 bbld.

Team overcomes major obstacles to cellulosic biofuel production

A newly engineered yeast strain can simultaneously consume two types of sugar from plants to produce ethanol, researchers report.

Saudi Aramco and CNPC vow to strengthen cooperation

Saudi Aramco and China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), parent of PetroChina, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) during a four-day visit to Saudi Arabia by a CNPC delegation headed by CNPC President Jiang Jiemin.

R&D project announced in the industrial biofuels realm

Hunt Global Resources announced that its bio-solutions division has launched an exclusive research and product development project with Carbon Green, a company that recycles used tires by conversion to recovered steel, oil and a commercially accepted substitute for carbon black in tire manufacturing.

Refinery explosion in Oklahoma, no injuries reported

Gary-Williams Energy Co. suffered an explosion and fire yesterday at its refinery in Wynnewood, Oklahoma.

Amyris and São Martinho select construction manager for Brazilian industrial plant

Amyris and Grupo São Martinho have contracted with a construction manager for their joint venture industrial plant and that they are commencing preparation of the construction site for the plant. The parties established their joint venture, SMA Indústria Química SA, in April 2010 to create the first facility fully dedicated to the production of Amyris renewable products.