British Airways has invested in a sustainable aviation fuel company, finding resources to back its decarbonisation plans despite the coronavirus pandemic, as pressure grows on airlines to cut emissions when travel restarts in earnest.
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JAKARTA, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Indonesia’s state energy company PT Pertamina said on Friday it had started trials on diesel made entirely out of palm oil at its Cilacap refinery on Java island after conducting trials on jet fuel late last year.
Pertamina begun the trials of the so-called “Green Diesel” on Jan. 9 and they will continue till Jan. 16, a Pertamina spokesman said in the statement. Trials for the jet fuel took place at the end of December.
“This trial will continue until it is ready and safe to use as fuel that can be used by the community,” spokesman Hatim Ilwan said.
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BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China’s efforts to keep people from travelling for Chinese New Year because of several clusters of COVID-19 infections are forcing analysts to revise first-quarter fuel demand estimates, but are not expected to derail its post-pandemic recovery.
FILE PHOTO: Travelers wearing face masks following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak walk outside a railway station as the Spring Festival travel season begins ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
China’s Ministry of Transport has said passenger trips during the 40-day spring travel season could be down by 40% from the pre-pandemic levels of 2019. That has led analysts to cut forecasts for first-quarter oil demand by as much as 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) on the assumption this means less gasoline and jet fuel will be consumed.
Top Japanese airline ANA Holdings Inc said on Tuesday that domestic routes would be the main source of income in the fiscal year starting in April, and that it would reorganise its routes as COVID-19 clouds the outlook for travel demand.
Nearly 200 unionized workers went on strike at a Minnesota refinery on Thursday after failing to agree on a new contract with Marathon Petroleum at the end of 2020, the union said.