TotalEnergies joins Masdar and Siemens Energy in initiative to use green hydrogen to produce SAF

TotalEnergies joins Masdar and Siemens Energy in initiative to use green hydrogen to produce SAF

MOSCOW (MRC) -- Masdar, Siemens Energy and TotalEnergies have signed a collaboration agreement on the sidelines of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) 2022, to act as co-developers for a demonstrator plant project, which will be established at Masdar City, Abu Dhabi’s flagship sustainable urban development, according to Hydrocarbonprocessing.

Masdar revealed that TotalEnergies will join the Masdar-led initiative focused on green hydrogen to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Masdar announced ahead of ADSW 2021 last year that it was collaborating with Abu Dhabi Department of Energy, Etihad Airways, Lufthansa Group, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Siemens Energy, and Marubeni Corporation on the demonstrator plant initiative. Having joined the initiative, the aim now is that TotalEnergies will offer its expertise in SAF production, offtake and supply the partner airlines.

Since January 2021, the partners in the initiative have completed a range of evaluations on technology suppliers, feasibility studies and conceptual designs, while working closely with regulators on compliance issues. The aim is to proceed to the front-end engineering design stage later this year.

As MRC reported previously, earlier this month, TotalEnergies and Plastic Energy formed a joint venture to build a 33,000 tonne/year chemical recycling plant for plastics in Seville, south Spain. Financial details were not disclosed. The facility will be built within Plastic Energy facilities in Seville and expected to start up in 2025.

According to MRC's ScanPlast report, Russia's estimated PE consumption totalled 2,265,290 tonnes in the first eleven months of 2021, up by 14% year on year. Shipments of all grades of ethylene polymers increased. At the same time, PP shipments to the Russian market were 1,363,850 tonnes in January-November, 2021, up by 25% year on year. Supply of homopolymer PP and block-copolymers of propylene (PP block copolymers) increased, whereas supply of injection moulding PP random copolymers decreased significantly.

TotalEnergies is a broad energy company that produces and markets energies on a global scale: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables, and electricity. The company rebranded itself from Total to TotalEnergies during Q2 2021. The French firm has announced allocating part of surplus revenues to share buybacks. Its 105,000 employees are committed to energy that is ever more affordable, clean, reliable and accessible to as many people as possible. Active in more than 130 countries, TotalEnergies puts sustainable development in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations to contribute to the well-being of people.
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PVC imports to Ukraine fell by 20% in 2021, exports up by 23%

MOSCOW (MRC) - Imports of suspension polyvinyl chloride (SPVC) into Ukraine decreased by 20% in 2021, compared to the same period in 2020 and reached about 26,700 tonnes. Export sales of Ukrainian PVC rose by 23% year on year, with Turkey accounting for the largest export volumes, according to MRC's DataScope report.

Last month's SPVC imports to the Ukrainian market dropped to 1,200 tonnes from 2,600 tonnes in November, Ukrainian companies seasonally reduced their shipments of polymer from Europe. Overall imports of suspension PVC reached 26,700 tonnes in 2021, compared to 33,400 tonnes a year earlier.

Limited export quotas and record high prices from European and North American producers were the main reason for such a serious drop in import volumes. European producers with the share of about 88% of the total imports over the stated period were the key suppliers of resin to the Ukrainian market.

Last month, Karpatneftekhim increased the volume of external sales, the export sales of Ukrainian PVC amounted to 16,300 tonnes against 15,100 tonnes in November. Overall, about 191,700 tonnes of PVC were shipped for export in 2021, compared to 155,300 tonnes a year earlier.

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Enterprise Products to acquire Navitas Midstream

Enterprise Products to acquire Navitas Midstream

MOSCOW (MRC) -- Midstream oil and gas company Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), through its affiliate, has agreed to acquire Navitas Midstream Partners in a debt-free transaction for USD3.25bn in cash, according to Offshore Technology.

The company will acquire Navitas from an affiliate of Warburg Pincus.

Navitas provides natural gas gathering, treating, and processing services in the Midland Basin, located in the Permian Basin. It owns 1,750 miles (2,816km) of pipelines, as well as the Leiker processing plant, which is due to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2022.

Once the Leiker plant comes on stream, Navitas will have a processing capacity of more than one billion cubic feet of cryogenic natural gas per day.

Enterprise’s general partner co-chief executive officer and chief financial officer Randy Fowler said: “The system, including its large footprint of low-pressure natural gas gathering, is an attractive processing franchise that provides value-added services to producers.

“This investment will provide Enterprise with an attractive return on capital, and support additional capital returns to our limited partners through distribution growth and buybacks of common units.”

As MRC reported before, earlier this year, Enterprise Products Partners reported flaring at its propane dehydration, or PDH, unit in Mont Belvieu, Texas. According to the filing made public Aug. 10, the 750,000 mt/year PDH unit was shut down following a leak on Aug. 9. Sources confirmed on Aug. 10 that the unit was offline, but did not give an estimated timeframe of when the unit is expected to come back online.

Propylene is the main feedstock for the production of polypropylene (PP).

According to MRC's ScanPlast report, PP shipments to the Russian market were 1,363,850 tonnes in January-November, 2021, up by 25% year on year. Supply of homopolymer PP and block-copolymers of propylene (PP block copolymers) increased, whereas supply of injection moulding PP random copolymers decreased significantly.

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals.
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Grasim commissions caustic soda projects

Grasim commissions caustic soda projects

MOSCOW (MRC) -- Grasim Industries has commissioned caustic soda projects at Rehla, Jharkhand and Balabhadrapuram, Andhra Pradesh, said Constructionweekonline.

The ongoing expansion project at Rehla has been completed and the company has successfully commissioned Phase-II of the expansion project — 80 tpd caustic soda lye at Rehla, taking overall caustic soda lye capacity of Rehla unit to 550 tpd.

Moreover, the company had acquired the stalled Chlor Alkali Project of 200 tpd in 2019 from KPR Industries (India) situated at Balabhadrapuram.

With systematic investments, the company is in the process of increasing the capacity at Balabhadrapuram unit to 400 tpd of caustic soda and three value added chlorine derivatives.

The company has now successfully commissioned Phase-I of the project — 70 tpd caustic soda lye at Balabhadrapuram and it is in ramp up phase.

As per MRC, Lubrizol Advanced Materials, a global specialty chemical leader and the market leader for CPVC, and Grasim Industries Limited have entered into a definitive agreement to manufacture and supply CPVC resin in India to meet growing demand for chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) pipe and fittings. Once commissioned, this near 100,000 metric-ton state-of-the-art CPVC plant at Grasim’s site in Vilayat, Gujarat, will be the largest single-site capacity for CPVC resin production globally.

As per MRC, India plans to impose anti-dumping duties (ADD) ranging from USD8.32 to USD88.61 per tonne on imports of caustic soda from Japan, Iran, Qatar and Oman. The Directorate-General of Trade Resources (DGTR) recommended the introduction of ADD after its investigation proved dumping had adversely affected the domestic industry.
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Petrobras to spend record USD457 mln on refinery maintenance in 2022

Petrobras to spend record USD457 mln on refinery maintenance in 2022

MOSCOW (MRC) -- Brazilian state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) said on Wednesday it expects to spend a record 2.5 B reais (USD457.41 MM) on refinery maintenance in 2022, according to Hydrocarbonprocessing.

As MRC informed beofre, Brazilian petrochemical producer Braskem SA filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday for a share offering in which the oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) and Novonor will sell their stakes in the petrochemical company.

Earlier this month, Petrobras announced it was expecting to sell 100% of its stake by February. The oil company has a 36.1% stake in Braskem, while Novonor, formerly known as Odebrecht, holds 38.3%.

We remind that in August 2021, Petrobras hired JPMorgan Chase & Co as an advisor to sell its stake in the petrochemical company Braskem SA.

We also remind that Braskem is no longer pursuing a petrochemical project, which would have included an ethane cracker, in West Virginia. And the company is seeking to sell the land that would have housed the cracker. The project, announced in 2013, had been on Braskem's back burner for several years.

Ethylene and propylene are the main feedstocks for the production of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), respectively.

According to MRC's ScanPlast report, Russia's estimated PE consumption totalled 2,265,290 tonnes in the first eleven months of 2021, up by 14% year on year. Shipments of all grades of ethylene polymers increased. At the same time, PP shipments to the Russian market were 1,363,850 tonnes in January-November, 2021, up by 25% year on year. Supply of homopolymer PP and block-copolymers of propylene (PP block copolymers) increased, whereas supply of injection moulding PP random copolymers decreased significantly.

Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Petrobras is an integrated energy firm. Petrobras' activities include exploration, exploitation and production of oil from reservoir wells, shale and other rocks as well as refining, processing, trade and transport of oil and oil products, natural gas and other fluid hydrocarbons, in addition to other energy-related activities.
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