Europe downstream news

Fulcrum BioEnergy and Essar have announced plans for a waste-to-fuel plant in the North West of England, with Stanlow Terminals Ltd providing product storage and logistics solutions for the project.

TechnipFMC has split into two independent companies: TechnipFMC and Technip Energies.

The gas cleaning systems were ordered by Compañía Española de Petróleos SA for their refineries in La Rabida and San Roque.

The STRATCO alkylation unit will enable ORLEN to generate low-sulfur, high-octane, low-Rvp alkylate with zero olefins that meets the criteria of the EURO VI standard.

The Carlyle Group has agreed to increase its shareholding in Varo Energy, which owns the Cressier refinery in Switzerland.

The partnership will aim to advance the understanding of catalyst properties and their performance, while Clariant will also sponsor and collaborate in fundamental chemical research projects with the university.

The project consists of a supplying a replacement burner for a single burner process heater incorporating the ClearSign Core NOX reduction technology.

The production facility includes a de-asphalting unit and a fractionation unit for unconverted oil.

For 4Q20, BP reported a profit of US$115 million.

The newly expanded ABP Humber container terminals are now open for business following a £50 million investment.