Current Headlines
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Bottled Lightning Makes A Cleaner Fuel
4/15/2026
Northwestern University chemists have discovered a new way to turn natural gas into liquid fuel — and it’s lightning in a bottle.
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Republic Of The Congo: TotalEnergies Makes A Hydrocarbon Discovery On The Moho License
4/13/2026
TotalEnergies EP Congo (63.5%, operator) announces a hydrocarbon discovery on the Moho license, offshore the Republic of Congo, following the drilling of the MHNM-6 NFW exploration well targeting the Moho G structure.
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QatarEnergy Announces New Hydrocarbon Discovery Offshore The Republic Of Congo
4/13/2026
QatarEnergy, as a shareholder in TotalEnergies E&P Congo (TEPC), announced a hydrocarbon discovery in the MHNM-6 NFW well of the Moho G structure in the Republic of Congo, part of the country’s Moho offshore exploration and production license.
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XCF Global Provides Update On New Rise Reno Plant Conversion
4/9/2026
XCF Global, Inc. ("XCF") a U.S. based sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producer decarbonizing the aviation industry today provided an update on the conversion of its New Rise Renewables Reno ("New Rise Reno") Plant remains on schedule.
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Technip Energies Awarded Contract For Long Son Petrochemicals Enhancement Project In Vietnam
4/9/2026
Technip Energies has been awarded a contract by Long Son Petrochemicals Co., Ltd. (LSP) for its Long Son Petrochemicals Enhancement (LSPE) project, located on Long Son Island, Vietnam.
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Molten Salt Chemistry Converts Consumer Polymer Into Fuel
4/8/2026
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a method to convert a commonly discarded hydrocarbon polymer into gasoline- and diesel-like fuels.
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Fluor Awarded Contract To Engineer And Design The America First Refining Facility In Brownsville, Texas
4/7/2026
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has been selected by America First Refining (AFR) to execute the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for their large-scale refining facility in Brownsville, Texas. The AFR facility is the first new refinery to be constructed in the United States in more than 50 years.
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Axens Selected As Technology Licensor For America First Refining Facility In Brownsville, Texas
4/7/2026
Axens, a global leader in refining and petrochemical technologies, announced today that it has been selected by America First Refining (AFR) as the technology licensor for its large-scale refining facility at the Port of Brownsville, Texas.
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Precisely Designed Oxygen Carriers Enable Low-Temperature Methane Reforming
4/6/2026
"Methane reforming" is a process that turns methane (CH4) into hydrogen - which can be utilized as an environmentally friendly source of energy.
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Researchers Turn Recovered Car Battery Acid And Plastic Waste Into Clean Hydrogen
4/6/2026
Researchers have developed a solar-powered reactor to break down hard-to-recycle forms of plastic waste – such as drinks bottles, nylon textiles and polyurethane foams – using acid recovered from old car batteries, and converting it into clean hydrogen fuel and valuable industrial chemicals.