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OroCarbo partner with Haffner Energy and Maverick Synfuels for 100-tpd biomethanol plant in California

Quick wins on cutting methane dogged by a slow transition

The pledge to cut methane emissions by 30% below 2020 levels by 2030 has been signed by 159 countries plus the EU. Many of them have developed, or are working on, methane action plans, and billions of dollars have been committed to the effort.

Westlake Polyethylene achieves ISCC PLUS Certification at Sulphur, Louisiana (U.S.) site

U.S. EPA approves 14 small refinery biofuel waivers

The EPA had approved 140 petitions in part or in full earlier this year, and denied just 28, leaving just a handful from previous years remaining under review.

U.S. urges Europe to stick to oil and gas, not renewables

The U.S. has become Europe's top oil and gas supplier on the back of the U.S. shale boom and its companies are seeking to boost the share as the European Union moves to fully cut off remaining Russian energy imports.

Gevo completes sale of Minnesota (U.S.) ethanol facility to A.E. Innovation

Under the terms of the sale, Gevo retains ownership of the majority of the isobutanol production assets onsite and approximately 30 acres of land.

Synergen selects Topsoe's dynamic ammonia loop technology for 210,000-tpy green ammonia plant

Honeywell carbon capture technology to create hydrogen and ammonia fertilizer at Indiana gasification facility

AFPM: The only lawful, acceptable number for RFS reallocation is zero

The supplemental proposal, issued in September as an addendum to EPA’s June RFS proposal, seeks to add to the already-historically-high 2026–2027 RFS biofuel blending mandates by reallocating RFS costs waved from some refineries over the course of 2023 to 2025 onto the next tranche of RFS obligations imposed on all refiners.

Montana Renewables supplies first SAF-fueled flight at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport (U.S.)

Montana Renewables, the largest SAF producer in North America (2024), provided MSP with its first shipment of 7,000 gallons (gal) of SAF made from Minnesota-grown winter camelina.