Europe downstream news

OMV and Masdar have signed a binding agreement to develop and operate a new 140 MW green hydrogen electrolyser plant in Bruck an der Leitha, Austria, to decarbonise OMV's Schwechat refinery.

Blue Circle Olefins has secured funding for the next phase of ProjectNL, the development of a commercial methanol to olefins (MTO) production facility in the Netherlands.

Fluor Corp. has announced that it has been awarded a contract by LanzaJet for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) of a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production hub in North Yorkshire, England, UK.

Europe’s construction of LNG import terminals is losing momentum, indicating that countries across the continent overestimated future gas demand, the IEEFA has reported.

The EU’s carbon storage targets face a significant shortfall, with expected available injection capacity by 2030 falling well below the required 50 million tpy, according to new Wood Mackenzie analysis.

The US is on track to export a record amount of fuel ethanol for the second year in a row in 2025, driven by growing international demand, the EIA has reported.

EXMAR has entered into a strategic partnership with EemsEnergyTerminal, a subsidiary of Gasunie and Vopak, to extend the operation of the Eemshaven LNG import terminal after 2027, the Netherlands.

Wärtsilä has been contracted to deliver a biogas upgrading plant (PuregasCA) to Danish renewable energy solutions provider Bigadan AS.

Repsol has launched its own intelligent agent construction platform, highlighting the use of agent-based artificial intelligence (AI) and multi-agent systems.

Topsoe, Sasol, Griesemann Gruppe, and the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) have signed a cooperation agreement to enable the construction, operations, and R&D activities of DLR’s e-fuels demonstration facility for research and production of e-SAF.