
VARO acquires RES and expands biogas trading capabilities
VARO Energy and RES have announced that VARO will acquire 100% of the share capital in RES, one of Europe’s leading biogas trading companies.
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VARO Energy and RES have announced that VARO will acquire 100% of the share capital in RES, one of Europe’s leading biogas trading companies.

LyondellBasell and AFA Nord have agreed to create a 50:50 joint venture (JV) that intends to recycle post-commercial flexible secondary packaging waste.

BASF has broken ground on a polyethylene plant, with a capacity of 500 000 tpy, at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China.

Meritus Gas Partners has entered into a partnership with Global Calibration Gases – an independent manufacturer and distributor of specialty gases that are supplied to a number of industries, including petrochemical and natural gas plants, and petroleum refineries.

The API has released a statement urging House Ways and Means Committee members to support H.R. 3938, the Build It In America Act, to help US oil and natural gas companies unleash economic growth.

Wärtsilä has been contracted to extend the capacity of the regasification system installed onboard the LNG Croatia. The FSRU acts as the company’s LNG terminal on Krk island.

In 2022, global trade in LNG increased by 2.6 billion cubic feet per day, or 5% compared with 2021, and averaged 51.7 billion cubic feet per day, according to data from CEDIGAZ.

Neste has made the final investment decision (FID) to upgrade facilities for liquefied plastic waste at its Porvoo refinery in Finland.

Consumption of distillate fuel oil on the US West Coast decreased to its lowest level since 2002 in 2022, and is continuing its decline. The primary cause of this decline is the replacing of petroleum diesel with biofuels.

TotalEnergies has signed a framework agreement with NextDecade to participate in the development of the Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) project.

BCCK has been selected to design and fabricate a NiTech® nitrogen rejection unit (NRU) facility in the Permian Basin.

Cargolux became the first airline to uplift SAF at Luxembourg Airport with the use of the fuel on a celebratory cargo flight.