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How to use coal-to-urea-design-opensource: size a coal-to-urea complex
October 23, 2026
Size a coal-gasification-to-urea complex in which six units share one mass basis, and compare the result with the real Talcher plant. ...
Read the piece →Refiners Won the Exemption Fight, Biofuels Kept the Volumes: What Eight Court Rulings Did to America's Biofuel Credits
October 03, 2026
Eight US court rulings from 2023 to 2026 show refiners winning the small-refinery-exemption fight while biofuel producers keep record-hi...
Read the piece →India Exports the Naphtha and Benzene Its Own Pharma Industry Needs — Mostly to China
September 17, 2026
India's naphtha exports to China doubled to $2.4bn in FY2025-26, the same fiscal year ethanol blending freed up the refinery capacit...
Read the piece →Ethanol Freed Up Refinery Capacity for Petrochemicals. The Pharma Chain Hasn't Seen Much of It Yet.
September 16, 2026
E20 blending now removes a structural fifth of the petrol pool from every litre refiners sell, and they are redirecting the freed capaci...
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Umashankar Triplicane Dwarakanathan
Investment Promotion & Energy-Sector Leader · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India