Naphtha

What happens when machines make deals on their own? With new funding in hand, Nevermined is betting on a future where AI agents drive the economy—no humans needed.

In Finland, Neste expanded its offering for the polymers and chemicals industry by introducing a co-processed renewable feedstock under its established Neste RE brand. By co-processing renewable raw materials such as used cooking oil together with fossil crude oil in its conventional oil refinery in Porvoo, Finland, Neste is able to produce a complementary type […]

In Canada, ESG Today reported that California-based Universal Fuel Technologies (Unifuel), which is developing technology to cut sustainable aviation fuel production costs, announced that it has raised $3 million for the advancement of its projects, as well as for lab space in Texas. According to the company, its proprietary Flexiforming process can reduce SAF production […]

Two large oil tankers were on fire on Friday after colliding near Singapore, the world's biggest refuelling port, with two crew members airlifted to hospital and others rescued from life rafts, authorities and one of the tanker owners said.

The Brownsville, Texas, project has been proposed by entrepreneur John Calce at least twice before by his ARX Energy and JupiterMLP startups, with one leading to a bankruptcy filing.

QatarEnergy and China State Shipbuilding Corporation signed an agreement on Monday to construct 18 ultra-modern QC-Max size liquefied natural gas (LNG...

Over the last 15 million years, Australia has slowly dried out. After humans arrived more than 65,000 years ago, they learned to use fire to their advantage. Today, fire weather is getting more frequent—and fires are following as the world heats up. This month, fires have flared in Victoria, destroying 46 houses, while Western Australia endures a heat wave and braces for potential fires.

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Evacuations were underway Friday within 2 miles of a naphtha chemical leak and fire at a Garyville, La., Marathon petroleum refinery in St. John The Baptist Parish 40 miles west of New Orleans.

In Belgium, Honeywell and ZoneFlow Reactor Technologies, LLC (ZFRT) announced that they successfully conducted pilot plant testing of the ZoneFlow Reactor in ZFRT's large-scale pilot plant at Université Catholique de Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. The near-commercial-level testing validated increased steam reforming capacity by at least 15% in terms of feed flow compared to conventional state-of-the-art […]

In 1849, a young man got his penis stuck in a bottle after using it to urinate into. The bottle contained potassium and naphtha. The potassium's reaction caused a vacuum, trapping his penis a…

In Finland, Finnish beauty brand LUMENE is the first to launch a biobased packaging application with both the jar and label made with UPM's innovative wood-based material, further processed by SABIC. LUMENE's new jar and the self-adhesive label originate from renewable UPM BioVerno™ naphtha, produced by UPM in Finland. The naphtha is processed into certified […]

Pollution from the 2019 fire remained elevated long after shelter-in-place warnings ended, according to an analysis of previously unreported air and monitoring data.

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By Chuck Sorenson, Ph.D., P.E. Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest California leads the nation in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) implementation initiatives.  This is driven largely by the State's aggressive fuel decarbonization goals and the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) incentive program.  SAF fuel blending components also qualify for US EPA RIN credits.  The […]

Linetrale LLC selected Aspect for its out-of-the-box LNG and oil trading, risk management, end-to-end processing, and reporting capabilities.

In California, Pearson Fuels opened its 250th retail E85 flex fuel station. Pearson Fuels is the largest distributor of E85 flex fuel in the U.S., delivering more than 50 million gallons of E85 flex fuel through its retail station network in 2021. This volume of E85 represents nearly 200,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions […]

In Illinois, Honeywell announced that it has introduced a new solution for producing renewable naphtha for petrochemical production using the commercially proven Honeywell UOP Ecofining technology. The new pathway can produce high yield of naphtha from sustainable feedstocks like used cooking oil and animal fats. Naphtha is a valuable petrochemical feedstock used in the production […]

In Washington, the Energy Information Administration says production capacity of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the United States could increase from around 2,000 barrels per day (b/d) to nearly 30,000 b/d in 2024 if all announced capacity additions come on line. Developers expect Phillips 66's Rodeo Renewed project to produce up to about 10,000 b/d […]

Israel-Hamas war live updates: U.N. fires 12 aid workers accused of involvement in Oct. 7 attacks, the world reacts to ICJ interim ruling, and Houthis set a British oil tanker on fire in the Red Sea.