Europe downstream news

Vopak has released a new update on its portfolio covering their EemsEnergyTerminal acquisition and sale of three chemical terminals.

MAN Energy Solutions will provide reactor technology for CAPHENIA's renewable fuels production plant.

INEOS Aromatics has announced its intention to mothball the smaller and older of two of its Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) units at its integrated PX and PTA production facility in Geel, Belgium.

The Sustainable Markets Initiative has announced that Carbon Clean has been awarded its 2023 Terra Carta Seal.

At an award ceremony in Düsseldorf on 23 November 2023, MAN Energy Solutions won the 16th German Sustainability Award as one of the winners in the ‘Mechanical and Plant Engineering’ company category.

Repsol Butano has entered into an agreement with ABB to upgrade its distributed control systems (DCS) at 12 of the energy company’s butane factories across Spain.

HAROPA PORT and VERSO ENERGY have signed an agreement for the installation of a plant to produce low-carbon hydrogen and synthetic fuels.

With the approval of funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, BASF has taken a major step in its project aimed at decarbonising the chemical industry.

Shell and Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTHA) have signed a long-term agreement to blend sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on all aircraft fuelled at the airport, starting in 2024.

Project Speedbird – a partnership between LanzaJet, British Airways, and Nova Pangaea Technologies – has secured a total of £9 million from the UK government's Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF) competition.