Europe downstream news

Neste will conduct an approximately nine week maintenance turnaround at its Porvoo refinery between August and October 2026, Finland.

LBC Tank Terminals has taken the final investment decision to execute Project Rainbow 5 Phase A at its Rotterdam Terminal, advancing the next phase of the terminal’s multi-year expansion programme.

Technip Energies, Airbus, Safran, and Tereos have entered into an agreement to create Rebound, a joint venture to develop a large scale SAF production project at the Port of Dunkirk, in Northern France.

Worley has completed the Front-End Engineering and Design for Alfanar’s Lighthouse Green Fuels sustainable aviation fuel project in Teesside, UK.

Exolum has commenced operations at the aviation fuel storage and distribution facilities and the hydrant network at Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport in Madeira, Portugal, managed by ANA (VINCI Group).

Zaffra and MB Energy have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding for assessing a cooperation to support the commercialisation and market deployment of eSAF across Europe.

Repsol has launched its second 100% renewable fuel plant on the iberian peninsula, located at its Puertollano industrial complex, Ciudad Real, Spain.

ORLEN has significantly expanded its biofuel production capacity with the launch of a hydrotreated vegetable oil plant in Plock, Poland, with a rated output of around 300 000 tpy.

Greenergy has expanded its storage at the Exolum Terminal at Grangemouth, delivering on its 2025 commitment to strengthen supply infrastructure in Scotland.

Aggreko has helped to prevent a costly extended shutdown for KEM ONE’s Fos-sur-Mer plant following a time-critical restart of its production units that had to be completed within 72 hours.