A new synthetic material that accelerates the removal of harmful nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide from engine fumes is to be tested in a prototype catalytic converter. Scientists at Leeds who developed the material have announced a research collaboration with Cats and Pipes, an automotive company in North Wales that designs and manufacturers catalytic converters
Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation has filed a motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the government from collecting excise tax on fuel blending additives. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Thursday, Shell confirmed that it received a copy of the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision on August 4 affirming the power
President Joe Biden outlined a new national target for the adoption of electric vehicles in an announcement Thursday, calling for them to represent half of all new vehicle sales by 2030. However, biofuels groups continued to remind the administration the role that low carbon fuels such as ethanol can play in the remaining transportation fleet.
The Natgasoline methanol production facility in Beaumont, Texas, is currently offline, several market sources said. The facility, which is a joint venture of Proman and OCI, has a total production capacity of 1.75 million mt/year. The Beaumont facility was heard to have experienced an operational issue related to the gas feed, one of the sources
The Ennore – Ramanathapuram liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline is expected to be completed by February 2022, P. Jayadevan, Executive Director, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) said here on Saturday. Addressing presspersons at the company’s LNG terminal, which was commissioned in March 2019, he said that around 85% of the work to lay the ₹6,000
Mammoet, the global market leader in engineered heavy lifting and transport, has executed its first operation using low-carbon HVO fuel. The operation, to transport two topsides, is another step towards more sustainable operations for the world’s leading heavy lifting and transportation company. In the past, Mammoet’s worldwide fleet has run on conventional diesel. With new
Cash premiums for cargoes of Asia’s high-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) extended gains on Friday, ending the week at multi-month highs amid limited supply and firm demand from utilities and refiners. Cash premiums 180-cst HSFO hit a more than nine-month high of $5.30 a tonne to Singapore quotes, while premiums for cargoes of 380-cst HSFO climbed
Global bunker fuel market size was valued at $120.1 billion in 2019, and is projected to reach $130.1 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 3.1% from 2020 to 2027. Bunker fuel is a type of fuel oil that is used abroad vessels. It is poured into ship’s bunkers to power its engines. Bunker
Ethanol blending in petrol will cross 8% in 2020-21 after reaching 5% in the previous year despite the pandemic, Petroleum Secretary Tarun Kapoor told ET. State oil marketing companies received 173 crore litres of ethanol for blending with petrol during ethanol supply year that ran between December 2019 and November 2020. The volume was lower
Pre-pandemic we were consuming roughly 5 million barrels a day of oil. It is going to go up to 9 million barrels if we want to become a $10-trillion economy, says energy expert Narendra Taneja. Use of 100% ethanol as fuel has been mulled for a very long time. How long would it go in