Europe downstream news

The 2016 Environmental Permit Application at the Lysekil Refinery in Sweden will be withdrawn in favour of a re-prioritisation centred around renewable production.

CLH has acquired the liquid product storage facilities of Inter Terminals in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands.

The new plant, to be operated by local Polyplastics subsidiary TOPAS Advanced Polymers GmbH, will have a capacity of 20 000 tpy, more than doubling the company’s current output.

Nynas is a Swedish manufacturer and marketer of naphthenic specialty oils and bitumen products.

The technology will be supplied to a gas chemical complex currently under construction on the shore of the Gulf of Finland.

The company is exploring the shutdown of its refinery operations in Naantali and focusing the Naantali site on the terminal and harbour operations.

Burckhardt Compression initially purchased a 60% interest in Shenyang Yuanda Compressor, a Chinese compressor manufacturer based in Shenyang, in March 2016.

The aim of the agreement is to jointly define and develop initiatives for green hydrogen production and transport, and for carbon dioxide capture, transport and reuse or storage (CCS and CCU).

Russia is expected to contribute around 21% of the global capacity additions by 2024, according to a report by the company.

In order to reach this goal, by 2030 the company will reduce CO2 emissions from its current refining and petrochemical assets by 20%.