5 November 202430 October 2024 Eni set outs its transformation, decarbonization and relaunch plan for Versalis Shutdown of Brindisi and Priolo crackers, the last remaining, and polyethylene production in Ragusa announced. A new corporate structure is on the way
13 September 202410 September 2024 Scaling Europe’s algal biorefineries Algae holds an immense number of complex chemicals that hold applications across several industries, but for all its advantages, biorefineries making algal products are still rare
10 September 20246 September 2024 What’s happening to the biofuels market? The oil majors that had branched out into renewables in recent years began pausing biorefinery projects in quick succession over the summer of 2024
9 August 20247 August 2024 PETRONAS, Enilive and Euglena reach Final Investment Decision to construct a biorefinery in Malaysia Targeted to be operational by the second half of 2028, the biorefinery will have the capability to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and other biofuels such as Renewable Diesel/ Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO)
22 May 202414 May 2024 Exclusive: Eni aims to sell stakes in biofuel, bioplastic units by year-end, sources say Separately, Eni is in talks with two suitors to sell up to 30% in its bio-plastic business Novamont, which could value it at around 1 billion euros including debt
20 February 202415 February 2024 Eni moves ahead with conversion of the Livorno refinery into a bio-refinery Eni confirms its decision to build Italy's third bio-refinery in Livorno
Eni to Build Third Biorefinery in Italy The proposed project in the port city of Livorno has a planned processing capacity of 500,000 metric tons annually
10 January 20243 January 2024 Exclusive: Eni exploring sale of stake in bioplastic maker Novamont, source says Eni added Novamont to its chemical division earlier this year, by acquiring in October the 64% of the company
5 October 20234 October 2023 European Commission OKs Novamont’s Purchase by Eni Unit Versalis Last Friday European Commission gave the green light to Novamont’s purchase by Versalis
21 September 202318 September 2023 Eni Sustainable Mobility and LG Chem Join Forces for a potential new innovative Biorefinery in South Korea Eni will provide the South Korean biorefinery with sustainable feedstock mainly based on waste and residues from the processing of vegetable oils, used cooking oil, and also vegetable oils from drought-resistant crops
19 June 202314 June 2023 OXCCU Raises $22 Million to Transform Carbon Dioxide into Sustainable Aviation Fuel Leading carbon-to-value company converting carbon dioxide and hydrogen into industrial and consumer products, has completed a Series A financing to commercialize sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)
11 May 20238 May 2023 Versalis to strengthen position in chemistry from renewables Novamont acquisition agreement signed with Mater-Bi
4 May 202311 October 2023 Versalis to strengthen position in chemistry from renewables: Novamont acquisition agreement signed with Mater-Bi This acquisition represents a great opportunity for Versalis to accelerate its strategy through the integration of a technological platform which is unique and complementary
17 April 202312 April 2023 Versalis and Mater-Bi: negotiations in final stages for Versalis’ acquisition of Novamont, a leader in the chemicals from renewables business There is still no announcement of how and under which control the Novamont shares will be
2 January 202321 December 2022 PETRONAS, Eni and Euglena to Explore Biorefinery Opportunity in Malaysia Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), Eni S.p.A (Eni) and Euglena Co., Ltd. (Euglena) today announced that they are jointly studying the possibility of developing and operating a biorefinery in the Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC), one of the largest integrated refinery and petrochemical developments in Southeast Asia
4 November 20222 November 2022 Eni considers the possibility of building a third bio-refinery in Livorno Eni met with the president of Tuscany, Eugenio Giani, and the mayors of Livorno, Luca Salvetti, and Collesalvetti, Adelio Antolini, to confirm that the company is investigating the opportunity to build a new bio-refinery at Eni's industrial site in Livorno
27 July 202221 July 2022 Eni launches the first production of vegetable oil for biorefining in Kenya The initiative in Kenya represents the first integrated project in the world to bring Africa into the vertical bio-refinery supply chain by providing income opportunities and market access to thousands of farmers
19 July 202219 July 2022 Versalis presents 2022-2025 business plan to trade unions Versalis met recently in Rome with representatives of national and local trade unions to present its business plan for the next four years
2 May 202226 April 2022 MHIENG to License Carbon Capture Technology for Natural Gas Plant in Italy Agreement forms part of CCUS demonstration project, being developed by Eni S.p.A.
20 April 202213 April 2022 Renewable Methanol Market – Industry Analysis, Market Size, Share, Trends, Application Analysis, Growth And Forecast 2022-2027 The demand for renewable methanol is extensively driven by the automobile sector where it is implemented as fuel for the internal combustion engine, hybrid (fuel/electric) systems, and fuel cells
6 April 202231 March 2022 Versalis and Novamont strengthen green chemistry partnership Joint aim is to enhance the company’s technology and production assets in order to fully develop its products, also by focusing on growth in the previously referenced markets
4 March 20222 March 2022 Versalis: the production of bioethanol up and running at Crescentino Versalis, Eni's chemical company, announces that it has begun the production of bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass at Crescentino (Vercelli).
22 February 202217 February 2022 Honeywell Introduces New Technology To Produce Key Feedstock For Plastics Honeywell UOP Ecofining™ process produces bio-naphtha with reduced CO2 footprint compared to products using petroleum-based feedstocks for use as petrochemical feedstock
3 January 20221 January 2022 Adriano Alfani talks to Il Bioeconomista An exclusive interview with the CEO of Versalis
3 December 202130 November 2021 Study shows renewable naphtha market is set for robust growth Demand for renewable naphtha will also surge owing to growing fuel blending practices to comply with new regulations regarding fuel compositions
26 November 202123 November 2021 Eni and BF: partnership for the development of research projects and agricultural production for bio-refining As of 2023, Eni will no longer use palm oil in its production processes and it is aimed to assess the ability to replicate production processes currently used in all countries in which Eni operates
15 November 202110 November 2021 Versalis: Porto Torres (Sardinia) develops the raw material for Sunpower, a herbicide produced from renewable sources A solution made from vegetable oils that eliminates weeds by working in tandem with sun radiation has been released
26 October 202122 October 2021 Accelerating electrification with the “Cracker of the Future” Consortium Today the “Cracker of the Future” consortium announces two new members and accelerating the development of a game changing technology for the electrification of the steam cracking process. This enables a revolutionary decrease in greenhouse gas emissions
Repsol + Versalis: Beteiligung am Konsortium “Cracker of the Future” Das “Cracker of the Future” Konsortium freut sich über zwei neue Mitglieder und kann seine wegweisende Entwicklung zur Verstromung des Steamcrackerverfahrens derart steigern, dass eine revolutionäre Einsparung von Klimagas-Emissionen möglich wird
11 August 20215 August 2021 Eni und BASF kooperieren bei Forschung und Entwicklung (F&E) zur Senkung der CO2-Emissionen im Transportsektor Mit der Zusammenarbeit wird das Ziel verfolgt, eine neue Technologie zur Herstellung von fortschrittlichem Biopropanol aus Glycerin zu entwickeln
Eni and BASF launch joint R&D initiative to reduce the CO2 footprint of the transportation sector The cooperation aims to develop a new technology to produce advanced bio-propanol from glycerin
9 August 20215 August 2021 Eni and BASF launch joint R&D initiative to produce bio-propanol from biodiesel by-product The technology under development involves the conversion of glycerin to propanol via an innovative, catalytic hydrotreatment process.
14 July 20219 July 2021 10 years of EU’s failed biofuels policy has wiped out forests the size of the Netherlands – study T&E, who carried out the study, calls on the EU to end support to palm and soy biodiesel immediately to avoid further deforestation impacts
7 December 202015 December 2020 Versalis: agreement with AlphaBio Control for the production of bio-based herbicides and biocides The commercialization of the two product lines will be launched in Italy in the early months of 2021
26 August 20209 September 2021 Why invest in Concentrating Solar Power? As the market for utility scale storage accelerates in response to the increasing penetration of intermittent renewables (such as PV and wind), CSP will be increasingly recognised for its most important attribute: low cost thermal storage
13 July 20209 September 2021 Eni, Versalis and COREPLA working together to recover mixed plastics Agreements signed to combine their respective expertise in plasmix recycling by gasification and pyrolysis of mixed plastic packaging, which is currently difficult to recycle and destined for energy recovery
17 February 202012 February 2020 Versalis will soon have Crescentino plants up and running Restart of the most innovative plant in the biomass chemistry sector will be up and running by the first half of 2020
8 November 20199 September 2021 MIT engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air The process could work on the gas at any concentrations, from power plant emissions to open air
25 September 201922 September 2019 Versalis confirms the resumption of the former Mossi Ghisolfi’s biorefinery in Crescentino Versalis confirms that maintenance operations and investments to adapt the Crescentino site to regulatory requirements have already been defined
16 September 201911 September 2019 Feel the Peel: Circular Juice Bar by Carlo Ratti Associati Visitors can experience the 3D printing process, which is integrated into the system: a concentric layering of the filament builds their cup right in front of them
26 August 201921 August 2019 Mineral oil groups ramp up HVO production in the EU In view of alternative feedstock options, UFOP has urged the EU to step up certification and documentation requirements
25 June 20199 September 2021 ETH zündet Energierevolution – Aus Sonnenlicht und Luft entsteht Benzin Gemeinsam mit dem ETH-Spin-Off Synhelion will Eni bis 2025 die erste kommerzielle Anlage in Betrieb nehmen
4 February 20192 February 2019 Syndial pilot plant in Gela begins transforming organic municipal waste into bio-oil Syndial, Eni’s environmental services company, begins operating at its pilot plant at the the Gela refinery
17 January 20199 September 2021 BP announces its part in the Clean Gas Project, a world-first in CCUS technology for capturing emissions from gas-fired power generation World’s first large-scale commercial facility for capturing carbon emissions from gas-fired power generation to be set up in Teesside
BP unterstützt die Speicherung und Nutzung von Kohlendioxid Weltweit erstes kommerzielles Stromkraftwerk auf CCUS-Basis entsteht in Teesside
10 October 20188 October 2018 Versalis: acquisition of “bio-run” companies of the Mossi & Ghisolfi Group New business units will allow the development of an integrated technological platform of chemicals from biomass
Eni AMA deal: Biofuel collection from used cooking oil begins at the Eni headquarters in Rome Eni and AMA signed an agreement today to launch collection points for waste cooking oil produced in the homes of its employees which will then be converted into high quality biofuels
13 September 201810 September 2018 The Digest’s 2018 Guide to Italy in the Advanced Bioeconomy Italy is the first country in the EU to decide to create a 0.6% advanced biofuels blending mandate by 2018, the first in Europe to set up such a policy to boost demand for next generation fuels
24 July 201820 July 2018 Top 10 Transformations – Pivotal Pivots for survival in the bioeconomy Biofuels Digest focusing on some examples and the transformations with the leaders who live and breathe change to survive
18 October 201718 October 2017 Mossi Ghisolfi is considering selling its business in the biofuels sector Biorefinery of Mossi Ghisolfi is the first plant in the world to be designed and built to produce bioethanol from agricultural residues and energy crops at commercial scale