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Rio Tinto secures direct container service from Pilbara to Singapore

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FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Mining major Rio Tinto has secured a new commercial freight shipping service connecting Western Australia’s Pilbara region to the major international shipping hub of Singapore. The regular freight service commenced with the arrival of the MCP Graz at the Port of Dampier from Singapore.

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ExxonMobil completes acquisition of one of the world’s largest aromatics plants in Singapore

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AUGUST 28, 2017

ExxonMobil Chemical Company announced that its Singapore affiliate has completed its acquisition of one of the world’s largest aromatics facilities on Jurong Island in Singapore. million tonnes per year and a crude oil processing capacity of 592,000 barrels per day. The acquisition was first announced in May 2017.

Singapore

Singapore Polymer Asia Oil

Doosan to develop Ceres-based SOFC system for ships

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Ltd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the joint development of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system for marine propulsion and power generation with Navig8, a Singapore-based major shipping company which operates 140 chemical and oil tankers globally. Doosan Fuel Cell Co.,

South Korea

South Korea Mariner Singapore 2008

Asahi Kasei to produce S-SBR for eco-friendly tires using butadiene derived from plastic waste and biomass

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Asahi Kasei plans to begin producing and marketing sustainable solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) using sustainable butadiene at its plant in Singapore by the end of fiscal 2021. Shell will produce sustainable butadiene by mass balance method in two ways at Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Singapore, located on Bukom.

Waste

Waste Singapore Emissions Carbon

RSB & Bioledger release biofuels blockchain case study

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MARCH 16, 2021

To evaluate the efficiency and suitability of the database, the prototype was piloted by four partners involved in the production and distribution of fuels made from used cooking oil (UCO).

Singapore

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ICCT life-cycle analysis finds no climate benefit in using LNG as marine fuel

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JANUARY 29, 2020

The results of a new analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) show that, when combined with a trend toward higher methane leakage and combustion slip, there is no climate benefit from using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel—regardless of the engine technology. First, it contains very little sulfur.

Mariner

Mariner Climate Fuel Oil

Oil companies “break the circle”! Total Energy to build tens of thousands of charging piles in China

Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

When “replacing oil with electricity” has become a trend, the transportation industry has maintained the era of fuel oil for hundreds of years, but it is also undergoing subversive changes. In addition to Total Energy, many oil giants in transition are also eyeing the charging pile business. who moved the oil cheese.

Oil

Oil China Energy Companies

New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

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APRIL 27, 2012

Based on visual interpretation of high-resolution (30 m) satellite images, a new study in the journal Global Change Biology: Bioenergy determined that industrial plantations covered over 3.1 When peat swamps are drained for agriculture, the peat begins to decompose, and is an enormous source of carbon emissions. Earlier post.).

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Neste and Rolls-Royce partner to accelerate use of renewable diesel

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

The key focus in the collaboration will be on promoting the use of more sustainable fuels in applications based on the existing internal combustion engine technology, accelerating the transition from fossil fuels to renewable fuels, and increasing knowledge sharing on renewable diesel and the benefits it provides to its users.

Renewable

Renewable Diesel 2001 Singapore

Elevance Renewable Sciences to Form Joint Venture With Wilmar International To Build World-Scale BioRefinery

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JUNE 29, 2010

(ERS) has entered into an agreement to form a joint venture with Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar), one of the largest global agribusiness groups, to construct a biorefinery based on Elevance’s core olefin metathesis technology for the production of high-value performance chemicals, advanced biofuels and oleochemicals from renewable oils.

International

International Renewable Building Oil

Lifecycle study finds LNG can reduce shipping GHG emissions by up to 21%

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APRIL 15, 2019

A lifecycle study by consultancy thinkstep, commissioned by SEALNG and SGMF, has found that greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions of up to 21% are achievable now from LNG as a marine fuel, compared with current oil-based marine fuels, over the entire life-cycle from Well-to-Wake (WtW).

Mariner

Mariner Emissions Trinidad Algeria

Amyris to expand into Asia and global surfactants via collaboration with Wilmar; targeting NPE market of $1B+ per year

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JUNE 16, 2011

a developer of integrated renewable products, plans to establish a collaboration with Wilmar International Limited, one of the largest global agribusiness groups. Wilmar International Limited, founded in 1991, is today Asia’s leading agribusiness group. Amyris, Inc., Earlier post.).

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ICCT study finds GHGs from shipping on the rise

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from global shipping are on the rise again, according to a new study released by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). Container ships (23%), bulk carriers (19%) and oil tankers (13%) accounted for more than half of CO 2 emissions.

Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands Mariner Liberia 2015

Study: IMO low-sulfur fuel standards will decrease childhood asthma cases, premature deaths; climate tradeoffs

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FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Marine shipping fuels will get cleaner in 2020 when a regulation by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requires a decrease in the allowable amount of sulfur in fuel oil from 3.5% reduction of childhood asthma globally. global reduction in PM 2.5 global reduction in childhood asthma. —i.e.,

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Standards Climate Fuel Cleaner

Chevron announces $32.7B capital and exploratory budget for 2012; LNG and deepwater investments propel a step change

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DECEMBER 8, 2011

By 2017, we expect our net crude oil and natural gas production to grow about 20 percent to 3.3 Approximately 87% of the 2012 spending program is budgeted for upstream crude oil and natural gas exploration and production projects. Global exploration funding is expected to be $3 billion in 2012. million barrels per day.

Chevron

Chevron 2012 Angola Saudi Arabia

Task 39 report finds significant advances in advanced biofuels technologies; hydrotreating accounting for about 2.4% of global biofuels production

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APRIL 6, 2013

Hydrotreatment—as exemplified by Neste Oil’s NExBTL—has been commercialized and currently accounts for approximately 2.4% Chemical technologies include the hydrotreatment of oils; catalytic decarboxylation; and methanol production. Neste Oil (in 4 facilities worldwide) and Dynamic Fuels apply hydrotreatment of oils.

Production

Production Global Oil Waste

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

“ One Agreement, Two Steps ” Expectations for Copenhagen quickly became complicated after Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen boarded an overnight flight to Singapore to address an impromptu breakfast forum on climate change at the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit on 15 November.

Climate

Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions

Saudi Aramco, Dow sign Sadara JV Shareholders’ agreement; all units expected to be on line by 2016

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OCTOBER 9, 2011

Dow will leverage its global marketing know-how to market and sell on behalf of Sadara to the rest of the world. Owned by the Saudi Arabian Government, Saudi Aramco is a fully integrated, global petroleum enterprise and a world leader in exploration and production, refining, distribution, shipping, marketing and petrochemicals manufacturing.

United Arab Emirates

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Boeing proposing direct blending of renewable diesel in jet fuel; seeking approval this year

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JANUARY 16, 2014

Renewable diesel made using oils and fats is chemically similar to today’s aviation biofuels, according to Boeing analysis. The company’s internal goal is to see this approved this year. If approved, the fuel would be blended directly with traditional jet fuel. Boeing, the F.A.A.,

Diesel

Diesel Renewable Fuel Singapore

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APRIL 16, 2009

GE: The global stimulus bellwether FORTUNE 500 Current Issue Subscribe to Fortune (Fortune Magazine) -- Warren Buffett is famous for his rules of investing: When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is usually the reputation of the business that remains intact.

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Rio Tinto secures direct container service from Pilbara to Singapore

ExxonMobil completes acquisition of one of the world’s largest aromatics plants in Singapore

Doosan to develop Ceres-based SOFC system for ships

Asahi Kasei to produce S-SBR for eco-friendly tires using butadiene derived from plastic waste and biomass

RSB & Bioledger release biofuels blockchain case study

ICCT life-cycle analysis finds no climate benefit in using LNG as marine fuel

Oil companies “break the circle”! Total Energy to build tens of thousands of charging piles in China

New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

Neste and Rolls-Royce partner to accelerate use of renewable diesel

Elevance Renewable Sciences to Form Joint Venture With Wilmar International To Build World-Scale BioRefinery

Lifecycle study finds LNG can reduce shipping GHG emissions by up to 21%

Amyris to expand into Asia and global surfactants via collaboration with Wilmar; targeting NPE market of $1B+ per year

ICCT study finds GHGs from shipping on the rise

Study: IMO low-sulfur fuel standards will decrease childhood asthma cases, premature deaths; climate tradeoffs

Chevron announces $32.7B capital and exploratory budget for 2012; LNG and deepwater investments propel a step change

Task 39 report finds significant advances in advanced biofuels technologies; hydrotreating accounting for about 2.4% of global biofuels production

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Saudi Aramco, Dow sign Sadara JV Shareholders’ agreement; all units expected to be on line by 2016

Boeing proposing direct blending of renewable diesel in jet fuel; seeking approval this year

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