http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2013 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:37:37 EDT The closure of several U.S. petroleum refineries over the past few months carries a simple message: petroleum refining is a tough business to be in these days. Paradoxical as it may seem to consumers, the recent rapid increase in fuel prices does not... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/thermal_and_energy_mgmt/fuels/9176.html Sun, 1 Apr 2012 0:00:00 EDT Green Biologics Ltd. (GBL; Abingdon, Oxfordshire, U.K.; www.greenbiologics.com), an industrial biotechnology company has merged with Butylfuel Inc., a U.S.-based renewable chemicals and biofuels company. The new company will operate under the Green Biologics name and will continue to be... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/thermal_and_energy_mgmt/fuels/8916.html Fri, 20 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST In the long run, humans will exhaust the Earth's current supply of fossil fuels. This article summarizes the commonly held wisdom of reserves for each non-renewable fuel, and the factors that may affect their use... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/thermal_and_energy_mgmt/fuels/8874.html Wed, 11 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST Velocys Inc. has been awarded the Kirkpatrick Award for Chemical Engineering Achievement from Chemical Engineering. The company’s winning technology features microchannel reactors for producing synthetic fuels. The award was announced at a reception September 12 in Houston.... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/thermal_and_energy_mgmt/fuels/8516.html Sat, 1 Oct 2011 0:00:00 EDT Codexis, Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.; www.codexis.com) and Raizen Energia S.A. (Sao Paulo, Brazil; www.raizen.com) have signed a joint development agreement to develop an improved first-generation ethanol process with enhanced performance economics. Raizen is a joint venture between Shell and Cosan, and is... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/thermal_and_energy_mgmt/fuels/8499.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 0:00:00 EDT Chemtex (Wilmington, N.C.; www.chemtex.com)  has entered into a Term Sheet Agreement with Colombiana de Biocombustibles Celulósicos... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/thermal_and_energy_mgmt/fuels/8495.html Mon, 26 Sep 2011 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA; Washington, D.C.) recently released the complete version of its Annual Energy Outlook 2011 (AEO2011; www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo), which includes projections for energy production, consumption, technology and market trends, and the direction they may take in the... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/thermal_and_energy_mgmt/fuels/8088.html Wed, 1 Jun 2011 0:00:00 EDT Motorists filling up at U.S. gasoline stations these days may think that petroleum refiners are making good profits, but it depends on where the station gets its fuel. The industry is plagued by overcapacity and is concerned about government regulations that call for greater use of renewable fuels and tougher pollution control.... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/thermal_and_energy_mgmt/fuels/7943.html Sun, 1 May 2011 0:00:00 EDT On May 5, 2010 Texas Lehigh Cement (Buda, Tex.; http://www.texaslehigh.com) was awarded an Environmental Excellence Award by the state environmental agency Texas Commission for Environmental Quality (TCEQ; Austin; http://www.tceq.state.tx.us). The company won for its alternative fuel project because of its... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/thermal_and_energy_mgmt/fuels/5952.html Wed, 1 Sep 2010 0:00:00 EDT A $12-billion joint venture (JV) between Shell International Petroleum Co. (Shell; The Hague, The Netherlands; www.shell.com) and Cosan S.A. (Cosan; Brazil; www.cosan.com.br/) moved closer to reality today when the two companies signed binding agreements. The proposed JV, which still requires regulatory... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/thermal_and_energy_mgmt/fuels/5932.html Wed, 25 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT