Europe downstream news

NextChem has signed a contract with Paul Wurth S.A., and Norsk e-Fuel AS for a licensing and engineering design package to produce SAF from green hydrogen and biogenic carbon dioxide.

Andreas Essmann, Aggreko Europe, Germany, explores how German plants and refineries reliant on waterways for cooling processes can adapt in the face of increasing water scarcity.

Topsoe has signed a licensing and engineering agreement with Preem to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel.

Michelin, IFPEN and Axens have inaugurated the first industrial-scale demonstrator of a plant producing bio-based butadiene in France, at Michelin’s site in Bassens near Bordeaux.

Argus has launched three regional prices of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to bring new transparency to the value of downstream HVO.

Repsol will exceed 600 service stations supplying 100% renewable fuel by the end of 2024.

A.P. Moller – Maersk, one of the founding members of the Green Fuels Alliance India, will take a seat on the steering committee as one of the representatives of the maritime industry for the conversations around green fuels.

NextChem’s subsidiary dedicated to plastic depolymerisation has been pre-selected for the grant agreement preparation related to the 'Innovation Fund 3rd call for Small Scale projects'.

French low-cost carrier, Transavia France, part of the Air France-KLM Group, has taken delivery of its first A320neo, on lease from Avolon, from Airbus manufacturing site in Toulouse.

Essar Oil UK Limited has selected Belco Technologies Corp. to provide a gas cleaning system as part of the EET industrial carbon capture plant at the Stanlow refinery.