Sinopec puts first hydrogen refueling station into operation

Sinopec put China’s first integrated methanol-to-hydrogen and hydrogen refueling service station into operation. The integrated complex in Dalian, Liaoning province can produce 1,000 kilograms of hydrogen, with a high purity of 99.999 percent, a day, Yicai Global learned from Sinopec’s public relations department. Beijing-based Sinopec will promote the service model at its 30,000 gas stations

Zagros and Dalian agreed for construction of methanol conversion plant

Zagros Petrochemical Company and China’s Dalian Petrochemical Company have signed a contract, based on which the latter will transfer knowhow to build a plant for the conversion of methanol to synthetic ethanol to the Iranian company, the managing director of Zagros Petrochemical Company said. With this initiative, Zagros Petrochemical Company is taking a major step

MOL adds more LNG-powered ships

Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is growing its LNG-fuelled fleet, announcing today orders for gas-powered newcastlemaxes to be built at CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding and two VLCCs to be constructed by Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering. This marks the first time a Japanese company has ordered LNG-fuelled VLCCs. The MOL news is also the first

Cosco and DSIC float methanol-fuelled VLCC design

China’s Cosco Shipping Energy Transportation (CSET), the tanker operation unit of Cosco Shipping Group, and Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co (DSIC), a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), have developed a methanol-fuelled very large crude carrier (VLCC). The vessel’s conceptual design is based on the latest generation of 310,000 dwt VLCCs designed and built by