Europe downstream news

Horizon Petroleum Ltd has provided a further operations update on progress made towards first production from its cornerstone Lachowice gas development in Southern Poland.

bp has reached an agreement to sell its mobility and convenience and bp pulse businesses in the Netherlands to Catom, part of bp’s previously announced divestment programme.

The European Commission has presented an Action Plan for the chemicals industry to strengthen the competitiveness and modernisation of the EU chemical sector.

The Port of Gothenburg has signed new agreements with one of its largest customers in the energy sector, Inter Terminals Sweden.

Off the back of unseasonably high spring temperatures, process engineers are being encouraged to prepare for summer heat by working with specialist partners to supplement cooling in emergencies, maintenance, and upgrades across the UK.

MET Group has acquired 100% of KGE, a natural gas storage operator based in Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Deutsche Energy Terminal GmbH (DET) has marketed its regasification capacities at the Wilhelmshaven 1 terminal for 2026 and at the Wilhelmshaven 2 terminal for both 2025 and 2026, in Germany.

As part of its ongoing deliveries for INEOS Project One, deugro has completed yet another shipment from the UAE and Oman to the Port of Antwerp, Belgium.

BASF has finalised the purchase of DOMO Chemicals’ 49% share in the Alsachimie joint venture, making the company the sole owner of the production entity for essential PA 6.6 precursors, in Chalampé, France.

Sulzer has opened its fourth location in Winterthur Töss, Switzerland, the Innovation Technology Hub (InTecH), which will further enhance Sulzer’s R&D capabilities in advanced polymer processing and recycling.