IndianOil and LanzaTech have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for collaboration in a technology demonstration that will enable IndianOil to produce fuel-grade ethanol, the companies jointly announced January 14.

A year after acquiring the full national rights to the Gulf Oil brand from Chevron Corp., Massachusetts-based Gulf Oil LP said it has achieved several major milestones in its cross-country expansion goals.

South Africa’s Sasol Ltd., said January 18 that it is intensifying its focus on the production of motor fuels from gas rather than coal – deciding not to continue with a study into the viability of an integrated coal-to-liquids (CTL) project in Indonesia using Sasol’s proprietary technology.

JX Holdings – owner of JX Nippon Oil (refining) and JX Nippon Mining – is jumping into mass production of lithium-ion battery materials for electric vehicles (EVs), according to a January 12 Nikkei news service report.

Copano Energy LLC, a midstream natural gas firm based in Houston, said it has executed several agreements that will increase the company’s ability to handle natural gas liquids (NGLs) associated with growing natural gas volumes from the Eagle Ford Shale.

SunCoke Energy, a subsidiary of the U.S.–based refiner and marketer Sunoco, Inc., announced on January 17 that it has purchased the Honaker, Va.-based Harold Keene Coal Co., Inc., its affiliated entities, and their related assets for about US$40 million in cash, including working capital. Coal reserve estimates for the assets of the entities being purchased total at least 16 million tons, and final estimates will be confirmed by a reserve study that is currently under way.

U.S.-based Elliott Group announced January 17 that it won a deal to supply compressor packages for the residue fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) and the crude oil distillation plant as part of the expansion at Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company’s “Takreer” Ruwais refinery.