OCI Global has plans to sell its under construction Clean Ammonia project in Beaumont, Texas to Woodside Energy Group for a total consideration of 2.35 billion dollars. The OCI Clean Ammonia project is claimed to be the world’s first large-scale and low-carbon intensity hydrogen-based greenfield ammonia facility.

SK Energy will begin commercial operations for sustainable aviation fuels at its new facility in South Korea next month. The facility will make use of the advanced co-processing technology as well as bio-feedstocks such as used cooking oil and animal fat to produce SAF and other low-carbon products.

German utility EWE has awarded Siemens Energy with a contract to supply a 280-megawatt electrolysis system in Emden, Germany. The project is expected to provide up to 26,000 tons of green hydrogen annually for various industrial applications in the region.

EET Hydrogen Power, Europe’s first hydrogen-ready combined heat and power plant will be developed at Essar Energy Transition’s Stanlow refinery in the UK. With this project, EET Fuels’ aims to become the lowest carbon process refinery globally and EET Hydrogen aims to become the leading low carbon hydrogen producer in the UK.

Aramco has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 50 % stake in Air Products Qudra’s Blue Hydrogen Industrial Gases Company. With this move, Aramco aims to contribute to the development of a lower-carbon hydrogen network in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province.

Gail has successfully inaugurated its first green hydrogen production plant in Madhya Pradesh, India. The project implemented by Tecnimont in collaboration with Nextchem is expected to produce 4.3 tons per day of green hydrogen.

Under the European IPCEI Hy2Infra wave, BP has secured funding for its 100 MW green hydrogen project located next to its Lingen Refinery in Germany. On completion, the project has the potential to supply green hydrogen to its refinery as well as industrial customers in the region.

Kuwait Oil Company has awarded KBR with an advisory consulting contract regarding the development of a country wide masterplan for the production of 17 GW of renewables and 25 GW of green hydrogen by 2050.

Located in Budenheim, Germany, the new facility will produce green hydrogen and fuel cell components. The unit will also produce low-iridium-loaded catalyst coated membranes, a key functional part for proton exchange membrane water electrolysis.

Michael Carus, Founder and Managing Director at Nova-Institute shares his views on replacing fossil-based naphtha with alternative naphtha in refineries and crackers. He also elaborates on the advantages and challenges of incorporating alternative naphtha in existing refineries and crackers.