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Trafigura, Sumitomo, Buckeye Partners, Navistar, the Papé Group and Wheeler Material Handling were among the participants in a recently-closed investment round for OneH2, the California-based company which is looking to build a hydrogen fuel production and distribution network to serve US transportation markets.

Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and AP Ventures were among the investors taking part in a funding round for Infinium, a Sacramento-based start-up which is developing electrofuels solutions for the maritime, aviation and road transport industries.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the availability of grant funding for projects which reduce emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of older diesel engines.

US residual fuel oil deliveries in 2020 totalled 219,000 barrels per day (b/d) - 20.4% down on the 275,000 b/d registered in 2019.

Irving Oil has announced the layoff of a further 60 workers at its Saint John refinery as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Arq is to invest $40 million to develop an industrial facility in St. Rose, Louisiana, to produce the company’s proprietary Arq Fuel.

The Enetai – the first of two high speed catamarans being built for Washington State ferry operator Kitsap Transit – has successfully completed sea trials and is ready to start operation in the next few weeks.

US oil products demand could be set to grow by an additional 350,000 barrels a day (b/d) if newly-inaugurated US President Joe Biden lives up to his promises, according to consultancy Rystad Energy.

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) has issued an update on its refinery divestment programme.

Commonwealth LNG, in association with Gunvor Group (Gunvor), has launched a formal process to solicit bids to reserve offtake from its planned 8.4 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) LNG facility in Cameron, Louisiana.