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Asian Downstream Summit sees increased focus on downstream sector’s decarbonisation drive

The annual Asian Downstream Summit and co-located Asian Refining Technology Conference were held last week at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre in Singapore, as part of the Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW). With a focus of examining the decarbonisation pathway, the event sought to ask how refiners and petrochemical companies were preparing for the…

Asian Downstream Summit sees increased focus on downstream sector’s decarbonisation drive

The annual Asian Downstream Summit and co-located Asian Refining Technology Conference were held last week at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre in Singapore, as ...

Aramco and ENOWA to develop first-of-its-kind e-fuel demonstration plant

Aramco, a global integrated energy and chemicals company, and ENOWA, NEOM’s energy and water company, have signed a joint development agreement to construct and establish ...

Net-Zero Roadmap report warns of narrowing path to keep global warming in check

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Aramco enters global LNG business with stake in MidOcean Energy

Aramco has signed definitive agreements to acquire a strategic minority stake in MidOcean Energy for $500 million. MidOcean Energy is a liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...

NGEL and Nayara Energy collaborate in production of Green Hydrogen

NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL), a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Limited-India’s leading integrated power producer and Nayara Energy, a new-age international downstream Energy Company ...

India sets definition of green hydrogen

The Indian government has set an emission limit of two kilogrammes of carbon dioxide for every kilogramme of hydrogen produced to be classified as "green" ...

PETRONAS, TotalEnergies & Mitsui Ink Development Agreement for CCS Project

PETRONAS recently signed a Development Agreement with TotalEnergies Carbon Neutrality Ventures (TotalEnergies) and Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (Mitsui) to jointly pursue a Carbon Capture and ...

PETRONAS collaborates with partners to accelerate methane emissions reduction

PETRONAS, in collaboration with ASEAN energy operators, governmental agencies, and international organisations, has launched the ASEAN Energy Sector Methane Leadership Program (MLP), and announced methane ...

Air Liquide and Groupe ADP create “Hydrogen Airport”

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45 governments pledge to double global energy efficiency progress by 2030

A total of 45 governments from around the world have endorsed the goal of doubling the average global rate of energy efficiency improvements by the ...

ENEOS working with JERA to establish hydrogen quality standard system

ENEOS Corporation and JERA Co., Inc. have commenced the “Research and Development for Hydrogen Quality related to Establishment of a largescale CO2-free hydrogen supply chain” ...

Indonesia to cease petrochemical imports from 2027, says Minister

Indonesia hopes to not import petrochemical products from 2027, due to Indonesia’s development in North Kalimantan’s green industrial area, said Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs ...

Indian Oil signs MoU with LanzaJet for SAF

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. recently entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with LanzaJet, a sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, to explore ...

Japan embarks on first full-scale CCS project

ENEOS Corporation, JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation and Electric Power Development Co., Ltd., have established the West Japan Carbon Dioxide Storage Survey Co., ...

bp Energy Outlook 2023 explores key trends and uncertainties surrounding the energy transition

This year’s bp Energy Outlook explores the key trends and uncertainties surrounding the energy transition out to 2050, with scenarios considered covering three main areas: ...

Nippon Steel, Mitsubishi Corporation and ExxonMobil to evaluate and establish CCS value chains in the Asia Pacific region

Nippon Steel Corporation, Mitsubishi and ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly study carbon capture and storage (CCS) and ...

Potential slowdown won’t hinder decarbonisation push

As part of the Asian Downstream Insights’ ongoing Women in Oil & Gas series, we bring you a sit-down with Veronica Constantin, Vice President of ...

Aramco and Pertamina explore hydrogen and ammonia value chain at B20

Aramco is now exploring collaboration across the hydrogen and ammonia value chain with Indonesia’s PT Pertamina. The companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) outlining ...

More Asian investment in the biofuel space

Shell Eastern Petroleum, a unit of oil giant Shell SHELL said it has acquired Asia-based waste oil recycling firm EcoOils to expand its biofuels production. ...

ExxonMobil and Pertamina advance regional carbon capture and storage project in Indonesia

ExxonMobil and Pertamina, the state-owned energy company for Indonesia, have signed a Heads of Agreement at the G20 Summit in Bali to further progress their ...

Shell to explore carbon transport and storage in Brunei and Singapore

Shell Eastern Petroleum (Shell) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) to explore the feasibility of carbon transport and storage ...

3 Key Points from DPM Wong’s SIEW Speech

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Honeywell Revolutionizes Ethanol-To-Jet Fuel Technology to Meet Rising Demand for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Honeywell recently announced a new, innovative ethanol-to-jet fuel (ETJ) processing technology that allows producers to convert corn-based, cellulosic, or sugar-based ethanol into sustainable aviation fuel ...

On The Road to Sustainable Aviation Fuel

By: Yvon Bernard, Business Development Manager Despite the unprecedented drop in global air traffic due to the Covid-19 crisis in the past years, passenger numbers ...

ChemOne cements ESG commitment with two senior appointments

Petrochemicals, Green Energy and Natural Resources conglomerate, ChemOne Group, has announced the appointment of a Chief Sustainability Advisor and Chief Financial Officer, to embed sustainability ...

BASF, Sulzer Chemtech to collaborate in sustainable technologies

BASF and Sulzer Chemtech (GTC Technology) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the goal of advancing technologies for renewable fuels and chemically recycled ...

PETRONAS joins forces with TNB, advancing Malaysia’s carbon-neutral aspirations

PETRONAS and Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in driving innovative solutions towards decarbonisation in support of ...

PETRONAS, SEDC Energy to spur adoption of hydrogen & renewable oil

Datuk Tengku Muhammad Taufik, President and Group Chief Executive Officer, PETRONAS, at the signing ceremony of two arrangements to accelerate the development and adoption of ...

SABIC launches BLUEHERO, accelerating electrification efforts

SABIC has recently introduced BLUEHERO, an expanding ecosystem of materials, solutions, expertise and programs aimed to help accelerate the world’s energy transition to electric power ...

TotalEnergies teams up with Adani, looks to green hydrogen

TotalEnergies has entered into an agreement with Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) to acquire a 25% interest in Adani New Industries Limited (ANIL). ANIL will be ...

Temasek launches GenZero

Temasek has announced the launch of GenZero, a wholly-owned investment platform company dedicated to accelerating decarbonisation globally. The climate crisis is intensifying and the latest ...

All aboard Japanese joint study of hydrogen-hybrid trains

ENEOS has signed a partnership agreement with the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), agreeing to jointly study the expansion of a CO2-free hydrogen utilisation ...

PETRONAS, PERTAMINA and PTT Intensify Collaboration on Methane Emissions Management

PETRONAS and key energy players at the ASEAN Energy Sector Methane Roundtable 2022 are intensifying collaboration on methane emissions management in the region by leveraging ...

Aramco, PTT deepen energy cooperation in Thailand

Saudi Arabian Oil Company (“Aramco”) is exploring further collaboration with Thailand’s national oil company PTT, as it expands its downstream presence in Asia. The two ...

Braskem-Lummus partnership heralds next chapter for Green Ethylene

Braskem, one of the largest biopolymer producers in the world, and Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, have formed ...

Air Liquide, Lotte Chemical form JV for South Korean hydrogen economy

Air Liquide Korea and Lotte Chemical have entered a joint venture to scale up the hydrogen supply chain for mobility markets in South Korea. The ...

Shell claims “strong progress” towards net zero

Shell recently published its Energy Transition Progress Report 2021 detailing the company’s progress over the past year; This report will be put to shareholders for ...

Orica, H2U Group team up for Gladstone Green Ammonia project

Orica and H2U Group have recently announced a strategic partnership agreement to initiate the first phase of the proposed H2-Hub Gladstone project in Queensland. With ...

ENEOS, JERA, JFE Holdings to begin Joint Study for Hydrogen & Ammonia supply collaboration

ENEOS Corporation, JERA Co., Inc., and JFE Holdings, Inc. have concluded a memorandum of understanding and begun to discuss in detail the possibility of establishing ...

Multinational partnership aims to establish first green e-methanol plant in Southeast Asia

Six leading companies have formed a partnership that aims to establish Asia’s first green e-methanol plant which converts captured biogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) into green ...

TotalEnergies teams up with ENEOS for SAF study

TotalEnergies and ENEOS Corporation have announced a collaboration to jointly conduct a feasibility study to assess the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in ENEOS ...

Mitsui, Pertamina launch joint feasibility study on CCUS commercialisation in Indonesia

Japanese corporation Mitsui & Co., Ltd. has launched a joint feasibility study with Indonesian oil and natural gas corporation PT Pertamina, aimed at studying carbon ...

Energy Transition “Now or Never”, warns IPCC

The King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley may have had romance on his mind when he released his hit single “It’s Now or Never” ...

PTTGC announces intention to reduce greenhouse gas, solve climate crisis

Kongkrapan Intarajang, Chief Executive Officer and President (CEO) of Ptt Global Chemical PCL, attended the recent Climate Action Leaders Forum, organised by the Greenhouse Gas ...

PETRONAS Partners ENEOS for First Commercial-Scale Hydrogen-To-MCH Project

PETRONAS Hydrogen Sdn. Bhd. and ENEOS Corporation have signed a Joint Feasibility Study Agreement (JFSA) to advance the studies for a commercial hydrogen production and ...

What you missed at the COP26

Well. The COP26 climate talks were just a little bit on the dramatic side of things, weren’t they? From teen activist Greta Thunberg storming out ...

Hydrogen Panel: No “one size fits all” solution

Decarbonisation is the name of the game, for the refining and petrochemicals industry – refiners face an ever-growing demand to meet net-zero requirements. On the ...

Decarbonising refining: Key insights from Pernis refinery

By Andy Gosse, President, Shell Catalysts & Technologies Across the sector, we all recognise that it will not be easy to reduce the carbon footprints ...

A closer look at the #hydrogenhype

The hydrogen hype is everywhere. No, really, it is. It’s everywhere you turn, from news pieces extolling the virtue of embracing this alternative fuel, to ...

The Decarbonisation Roadmap

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Unpacking the decarbonisation trilemma

Tathagata Basu, Global Head - Refining & Downstream at Honeywell, shares his thoughts about the industry's decarbonisation trends, and talks about the trilemma surrounding decarbonisation ...

Potential slowdown won’t hinder decarbonisation push

As part of the Asian Downstream Insights’ ongoing Women in Oil & Gas series, we bring you a sit-down with Veronica Constantin, Vice President of ...

In conversation with: Jonas Berge, Emerson

Jonas Berge, Senior Director, Applied Technology at Emerson, speaks to Asian Downstream Insights about enabling automation technologies, and how these these technologies aid in supplementing ...

In conversation with: Christian Heeren, Qpinch

Christian Heeren, Chief Evangelist at Qpinch, shares more about the company's innovations, including the conversion of waste heat to carbon-neutral energy, and discusses how global ...

“We believe in net zero”: In conversation with Becht and Crossbridge

The concept of net zero (and achieving it) is on the horizon, but it's by no means an overnight endeavour. Chris van der Beek, Becht's ...

In conversation with: Matthew Viergutz, Sulzer GTC Technologies

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In conversation with: Jeff Choong, Piller Blowers & Compressors

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Addressing profitability in times of sustainability

Asian Downstream Insights speaks with AVEVA’s Boris Marrone, Vice President, Head of South Asia and Southeast Asia, to understand more about the company’s effort to ...

Interview with Nicole Kryda, General Manager (Singapore), Refined Technologies

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Interview with Steven McMurray, Senior Technical Advisor at PTTGC

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Avantium: The future is fossil-free

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Asia to lead the way for Crude-to-Chemicals

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Explore, evaluate, excel: SCG Chemicals CTO on the main drivers influencing change in the downstream industry

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Connectivity and Collaboration: Pertamina on working together in a post-pandemic future

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Indonesia’s petrochemical projects to boost national economy, international standing

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Feedstocks, fluctuations, and the future of FCC. Exclusive insights from Dr. Tie-Pan Shi, Technical Director, HCpect

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Long term trends of transportation fuel: Exclusive insights from Argus Media

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Interview with Sharul A-Rashid, Custodian, Instrument and Control from PETRONAS

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Interview with Dr. Marcio Wagner da Silva, Process Engineer & Project Manager, Petrobras

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