Refining Technologies

Honeywell Green Diesel to be Produced in New Louisiana Facility

Emerald Biofuels LLC has signed an agreement with Honeywell’s UOP to license technology that will produce 85 million gallons of Honeywell Green Diesel™ per year. Emerald will use UOP/Eni Ecofining™ process technology to convert inedible natural oils and animal fats to the biofuel, which is a drop-in replacement for traditional diesel, and, unlike biodiesel, can [...]

Posted on Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Honeywell’s UOP Technology Selected for Fuel Production in New China Facility

Sinochem has selected Honeywell’s UOP Polybed™ Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) technology to recover and purify hydrogen at a new refinery in China. It will utilize two PSA units to generate the high-purity hydrogen needed throughout the 12 million-ton-per-year refinery for the conversion of crude to clean diesel, gasoline and jet fuels. Honeywell’s UOP has UOP has [...]

Posted on Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Honeywell’s UOP Wins Two New Petrochemical Projects in China

Honeywell’s UOP, a leading provider of technologies and products to produce petrochemicals, announced two new projects in China. Both Zhangjiagang Yangzi River Petrochemical Co. Ltd and Shandong Chambroad Petrochemicals Co. will use Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex™ process to produce propylene for use in the production of films and packaging materials. Additionally, the Shandong Chambroad facility [...]

Posted on Monday, April 30, 2012

Honeywell Green Jet Fuel to Power First Flight Using Higher Biofuel Blend & New Biofeedstock

Honeywell Green Jet Fuel™ will be used in the world’s first comprehensive test program using a new natural oil derived from brassica carinata, a non-food industrial crop specifically designed for biofuel production. Additionally, the flight program will test biofuel blends that contain higher amounts of biofuel than the standard 50/50 mix of biofuel to petroleum [...]

Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2012

Honeywell Green Jet Fuel™ Powers First Canadian Commercial Biofuel Flight

Porter Airlines has successfully conducted the first biofuel-powered revenue flight in Canada using aviation biofuel made by Honeywell’s UOP. The Green Jet Fuel, which was made from the plants camelina and brassica carinata and then blended in a 50/50 ratio with petroleum-based fuel, powered one engine of the Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft as it flew [...]

Posted on Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Honeywell to Establish New Russian Research Center in Skolkovo Science Park

Honeywell has announced that it will establish a new research and development center in the Skolkovo Innovation Centre, located in the Moscow suburb of Skolkovo. The new Honeywell Innovation Center will be a scientific and technological facility for the development and commercialization of advanced technologies for use in the oil, gas and chemical industries, and [...]

Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2012