For the past decade, a lot of corporate carbon strategy has been built on a fragile assumption: if you capture CO2 and put it underground, incentives will make the math work. Sometimes that is true. Carbon capture and storage can be technically sound and still financially brutal. Capture costs vary widely by source and technology, and the total bill grows … Read More
HYCO1 Announces Three U.S. Patents Powering the Most Advanced Syngas Production Platform through CO₂ Utilization
HYCO1 Announces Three U.S. Patents Powering the Most Advanced Syngas Production Platform through CO₂ Utilization Houston, Texas — January 20, 2026 — HYCO1 today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued three patents that strengthen the company’s leadership in syngas technology and carbon utilization. With these grants, HYCO1’s CUBE™ Technology, a more efficient and lower cost syngas … Read More
HYCO1, PETROS and PJ Energy Services Announce Strategic Collaboration
HYCO1, PETROS and PJ Energy Services Announce Strategic Collaboration to Advance CO₂ Utilization and Low-Carbon Development in Sarawak Houston, Texas — January 20, 2026 — HYCO1 today announced the execution of a Joint Collaboration Agreement (JCA) with Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (PETROS) and PJ Energy Services (M) Sdn Bhd (PJES), marking a significant step toward advancing commercially viable carbon utilization and low-carbon … Read More
CO2 Reforming: How Disruptive Technology is Slashing Methanol’s Natural Gas Use—and Carbon Intensity (Part 2)
This is a follow-up to the post Methanol’s Moment: How New Pathways and Energy Benchmarks Are Redefining a Critical Chemical (Part 1). Methanol has quietly become a pillar of the energy transition, moving from a behind-the-scenes chemical to a front-runner in the race for lower-carbon fuels and materials. Today, more than 100 million metric tons of methanol flow through the … Read More
Methanol’s Moment: How New Pathways and Energy Benchmarks Are Redefining a Critical Chemical (Part 1)
Methanol is quietly powering a revolution in energy and industry. While it might not have the household name of hydrogen or ammonia, this versatile chemical is an unsung workhorse—blending into everything from clean fuels to building-block plastics. With global production topping 100 million metric tons annually, methanol’s journey from feedstock to finished product is drawing new attention from investors and … Read More
HYCO1 Signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Malaysia LNG Sdn. Bhd.
HYCO1 Signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Malaysia LNG Sdn. Bhd. to Collaborate on Carbon Capture and Utilization Project in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia April 25, 2025 (Houston, TX) – HYCO1, Inc. and Malaysia LNG Sdn. Bhd. (MLNG) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the potential utilization and conversion of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) into chemical and fuel products, … Read More
HYCO1 Celebrates Groundbreaking as Syngas Technology Provider for UBE Corporation’s New EV Electrolyte Plant in New Orleans
HOUSTON, Feb. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — UBE Corporation announced today that it held a groundbreaking ceremony today for a dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) plant near New Orleans, Louisiana. Approximately 180 people attended the ceremony, including many government officials, local communities, and constructors. From UBE, Masato Izumihara, President and Representative Director, Yuki Nishida, Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, and officials … Read More