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Zululand Energy Terminal (ZET) signs a Heads of Agreement (HoA) with ExxonMobil South Africa LNG to advance South Africa’s first liquified natural gas (LNG) import terminal at the Port of Richards Bay.
ZET is a joint venture between Vopak Terminal Durban and Transnet Pipelines, and will enable the import, storage, regasification and distribution of LNG to power generation and industrial…
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Service Terminals Rotterdam (STR), the Port of Rotterdam’s bunker facility, announces biofuels storage project GreenSTR, building on its established expertise in fuel storage and bioblending.
GreenSTR will consist of around 100,000cbm of storage tanks that will handle biofuels such as biodiesel, methanol and ethanol. Ingenieursbureau én adviesbureau Vicoma is engineering partner, and Antea…
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BlueAlp and LBC Tank Terminals have been awarded a €1.5 million grant from the EU’s Just Transition Fund (JTF) through the JTF Rijnmond programme, enabling the front-end engineering design (FEED) phase of a planned large-scale chemical recycling plant.
Situating BlueAlp’s chemical recycling process plant at LBC’s existing Rotterdam site will create opportunities in heat integration and…
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The UK Department for Transport boosts the country’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production offering with a new £219 million low carbon fuels fund (LCCF), with company bidding open now for a share of £93 million.
The LCCF launches in mid-July 2026, building on £198 million already invested in the industry though the advanced fuels fund; created in 2022 to improve cleaner aviation…
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The Port of Amsterdam and Firan Waterstof sign agreements for the next phase of H2avennet at the H2A Symposium, BIMHUIS Amsterdam, signalling both companies’ commitment to preparing the project for realisation.
H2avennet is the intended regional hydrogen network for the Amsterdam port area, offering an alternative energy system alongside the current electricity and natural gas grid. As part…
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GADOT Group is increasing its parcel tanker network through its shipping division, Chemship, connecting the US Gulf Coast, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America.
The expansion comes as growing industrial activity, rising imports and evolving trade flows increase demand for specialised liquid bulk logistics across the Americas.
By combining Chemship’s parcel tanker operations with…
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Vopak gives notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting that will take place on 29 July 2026, where it will be proposed that Helle Kristofferson and Roeland Baan be appointed as members of the supervisory board.
More details to follow then.
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Worley finalises the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for Alfanar’s Lighthouse Green Fuels (LGF) sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project in Teesside, UK, establishing LGF as the most mature project of its kind in Europe. LGF will produce SAF and renewable naphtha from sustainably sourced biomass feedstocks.
As part of the FEED, Worley’s engineering solution covered LGF’s feedstock…
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Emerson adds a combustible gas detection system to its Rosemount 928 Wireless Gas Monitor, enabling percent lower explosive limit (LEL) monitoring over the WirelessHART platform. The system supports measurements from 0-100% LEL.
This update helps users monitor combustible hazards in remote or hard-to-wire areas, giving them early warning and complete visibility into combustible gas hazards. It…
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LBC Houston highlights the progress made in its Pit 5 expansion project in a new video.
LBC's project significantly expands its storage capacity and marine access at the Houston, Texas, US site. Phase 1 includes nine new 100,000bbl carbon steel internal floating roof tanks and two barge docks, increasing operational flexibility in vessel, barge, truck, rail and tank-to-tank transfers. Each…
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Exolum begins its project at the aviation fuel storage and distribution facilities at Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport in Madeira, Portugal.
As part of the project, Exolum operates the current fuel storage facility, which includes six horizontal tanks and the hydrant system that runs over 1km long and has 32 supply points. Exolum will also invest €4.5 million by 2029 in new tanks…
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Santa Barbara County, US, has approved a $254,000 ($220,000) environmental review contract to support the decommissioning of Freeport-McMoRan’s Point Arguello oil and gas facilities, which ceased operating after the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill and pipeline shutdown.
The onshore Gaviota Facility and pipelines, extending three miles offshore, will be removed. MRS Environmental will prepare an…
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bp is streamlining its organisational structure to focus on Upstream and Downstream verticals – rather than the current three-segment structure. The move aims to improve performance while growing value for shareholders. Gordon Birrell will be executive vice president of Upstream, with Richard Harding as interim executive vice president of Downstream.
Upstream brings together bp’s oil and…
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Ongoing geopolitical instability, trade complexity and logistics disruption continue to place strain on the global liquid bulk sector and the wider industries it supports. Ben Beattie, director of Forbeats, explains how toll processors can help operators maintain continuity, manage risk and navigate a challenging trading environment
From fuels and petrochemicals to chemicals and intermediates,…
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The Federation of European Tank Storage Associations (FETSA) has announced its new president, as Bruno Hayem, CEO of Tepsa, concludes his tenure. He will be succeeded by Walter Moone, president business unit Netherlands for Royal Vopak.
The announcement was made during FETSA’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Hamburg, Germany.
During his presidency, Bruno Hayem helped guide FETSA through a…
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JERA, Japan’s largest power generation company, has signed a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with PETRONAS LNG, a subsidiary of Malaysian state-owned oil and gas company PETRONAS.
Under the agreement, JERA will procure up to approximately 2 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of LNG for 20 years from 2028, primarily sourced from Malaysia.
JERA and…
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Transatlantic cooperation and energy flows remain critical – but risk mitigation is needed, says Ravi Bhatiani, executive director at the Federation of European Tank Storage Associations (FETSA)
In the EU-US energy relationship, when US LNG lands at a European regasification terminal, or US kerosene arrives at a European terminal, it is held, managed, and blended in our members’ terminals.…
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Thyssenkrupp Uhde has been awarded the pre-FEED contracts by Fuella AS for the development of two large-scale green ammonia projects in the Port of Pecém, Brazil and the Port of Açu, Brazil. The PeGA and AçuGA projects (respectively) target the production of 400,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of green ammonia each, powered entirely by renewable energy. The pre-FEED phase will focus on optimising…
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KLM Cityhopper has operated flight between Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Hamburg, Germany, using a 5% synthetic kerosene fuel blend – the first passenger flight in Germany to do so.
The e-Sustainable Aviation Fuel (e-SAF) was produced by INERATEC, blended with fossil kerosene by MB Energy and refuelled into the aircraft at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam. e-SAF is made using renewable…
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African integrated energy company Heirs Energies has been awarded the Best Oil & Gas Deal of the Year at the EMEA Finance Project Finance Awards 2026. The win is based on Heirs Energies’ $750 million (€651 million) dual-tranche Senior Secured Reserved Based Lending facility.
The financing is structured to ‘accelerate field development, optimise production and support Heirs’…
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