Europe downstream news

Petrofac has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract valued at approximately €550 million from PC ORLEN Lietuva at its Mažeikiai Refinery in North-West Lithuania.

Eni has launched the production of alternative sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) that aims to significantly contribute to the decarbonisation of aviation in the short to medium term.

Clariant has completed the construction of its first full-scale commercial sunliquid plant for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues in Podari, Romania.

A new partnership between Dow and Haldor Topsoe will turn waste plastics into circular plastics.

thyssenkrupp Uhde Africa and Wismut GmbH have been appointed to execute a pre-feasibility for study for a Renewable Underground Pumped Hydroelectric Energy Storage (RUPHES) project on a specific site with a South African mining company.

Mammoet has completed the first lift using its innovative FOCUS30 crane; helping to reduce disruption during scheduled turnaround activity at a refinery in the UK.

Ardian, a private investment house, via its infrastructure business, and FiveT Hydrogen, a clean-hydrogen enabling investment platform, have announced a partnership to create Hy24, an equally owned joint venture.

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. has announced that its subsidiary KT – Kinetics Technology S.p.A. has been awarded an EPC lump sum-turn key contract by LOTOS Oil, concerning the expansion of the Gdansk Refinery.

INEOS Grangemouth has announced planned further investment of over £1 billion towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions at its site to net zero by 2045.

TotalEnergies and Air Liquide are joining forces to decarbonise hydrogen production at TotalEnergies’ Normandy platform in France.