Europe downstream news

ExxonMobil's Low Carbon Solutions business has been awarded four licences to test for potential locations to store captured carbon dioxide emissions deep underneath the UK North Sea.

Royal Caribbean Group has laid important groundwork for the maritime industry's alternative fuel ambitions by completing over 12 consecutive weeks of biofuel testing in Europe.

ConocoPhillips has announced further progress on its global LNG strategy, signing a commercial agreement to secure additional regasification capacity in Europe.

As part of the drive to decarbonise its European refineries, TotalEnergies is launching a call for tenders for the supply of 500 000 tpy of green hydrogen.

TotalEnergies and Air Liquide have signed an agreement for the long-term supply of green and low-carbon hydrogen to the TotalEnergies refining and petrochemical platform in Normandy, France.

VARO Energy has announced the construction of a large-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) manufacturing facility at the Gunvor Energy Rotterdam site, the Netherlands.

Cologne Bonn Airport has switched to Neste MY Renewable Diesel™ to power its ground fleet.

TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with CapeOmega Carbon Storage AS, to acquire the 40% participating interest held by CapeOmega in the carbon dioxide storage exploration licence, ExL004.

Mytilineos has announced the acquisition of EFAEnergy, a natural gas retailer.

ScanOcean will sell Neste’s marine fuel in Sweden, enabling the marine sector to start reducing greenhouse gas emissions.