Energy Transition

Photo from Petróleo Brasileiro SA.
Petrobras' REPLAN refinery.
Optimization

Petrobras approves installation of renewable energy plants at three refineries

April 26, 2024
Petrobras is moving forward with installation of solar photovoltaic plants at three of its Brazilian refineries as part of the company’s ongoing program to achieve net-zero emissions...
Map from Equinor.
Sleipner field center, Gudrun platform, Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Energy Transition

Equinor starts power-from-shore for Sleipner field center

April 4, 2024
Equinor Energy AS started partially powering the Sleipner field center, along with the Gudrun platform and other associated fields, on power from shore.
Photos from Repsol SA.
Repsol SA Cartagena refinery in Spain.
Energy Transition

Repsol’s Cartagena refinery starts up Spain’s first industrial-scale biofuels plant

April 3, 2024
Repsol SA has commissioned the Iberian Peninsula’s first plant exclusively dedicated to 100% industrial-scale production of renewable fuels at the operator’s 220,000-b/d Cartagena...
Photo from Phillips 66 Co.
Rodeo Renewed Complex.
Energy Transition

Phillips 66 converts Rodeo refinery to diet of 100% renewable feedstocks

April 2, 2024
Phillips 66 Co. has eliminated crude oil processing at the San Francisco refining complex in Rodeo, Calif.
Energy Transition

Petronas, JERA to explore CCS opportunities between Japan and Malaysia

April 2, 2024
Petronas has signed a joint study agreement with JERA to evaluate CCS opportunities.
Photo 113230993 © Paul Brady | Dreamstime.
US EPA.
Government

EPA sets strict pollution standards for trucks, buses

April 1, 2024
The US Environmental Protection Agency finalized strict pollution standards for heavy-duty vehicles for model years 2027-2032.