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Neste Oil to recover CO2 at its renewable diesel refinery in Singapore

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Neste Oil Singapore Pte Ltd and National Oxygen Pte Ltd (NOX), one of the one of the largest industrial gas manufacturers in Singapore, have signed an agreement to install a carbon dioxide recovery and liquefaction plant at Neste Oil’s renewable diesel (NExBTL) refinery in Singapore.

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Neste Jacobs to build SunPine’s Tall Oil Rosin production facility; feedstock for renewable diesel

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Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs and SunPine, producing biochemicals and feedstock for second-generation renewable fuels, have signed an agreement for Neste Jacobs to perform EPCM services to construct a Tall Oil Rosin production facility in Piteå, Sweden. Earlier post.).

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Survey finds LNG-fueled ship orders up 26% in six months

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High oil prices, impending emissions regulations and technical advancements are propelling the market faster than we expected. A key factor is International Maritime Organization Tier III emissions standards, which are slated to take effect in 2015-2016. What surprised us is the rate. —Tom Campbell, LNG-fuel analyst at Zeus.

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Biorefinery for sustainable marine fuel to be built in Denmark

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The plant will use Steeper Energy’s hydrothermal liquefaction process (HydroFaction) to produce an oil that can be used directly as marine propulsion fuel (or upgraded further to produce drop-in diesel or jet fuel). The Aalborg facility is a continuous bench scale model of future larger commercial systems.

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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Putin has highlighted on various occasions the contribution Russia’s mineral wealth, in particular oil and natural gas, must make for Russia to be able to sustain economic growth, promote industrial development, catch up with the developed economies, and modernize Russia’s military and military industry. percent of GDP in 2014.

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EEA finds only mixed progress for Europe’s transport sector in meeting environment, climate goals; GHG emissions up 25% since 1990

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Evolution of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the EU-28 from 1990 to 2016. Since monitoring began in 2010, the annual average specific emissions from newly registered passenger cars has decreased by almost 15% as of 2015. The 2015 target of 130 g CO 2 /km was already met in 2013, 2 years before the deadline. in 2015 to 7.1%

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UPS announces renewable diesel agreements with Neste, REG and Solazyme; up to 46M gallons over next 3 years

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Bio-based feedstocks from fats, plant oils and waste residues are converted to renewable diesel using advanced refining technologies. Neste, headquartered in Espoo, Finland, is the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel. Accurate, verified disclosure of global greenhouse gas emissions data per recognized standards.

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