Europe downstream news

LyondellBasell (LYB) has been selected to receive a €40 million grant from the EU Innovation Fund.

MAIRE has announced that NextChem has signed an agreement with Saras S.p.A for an engineering design study to accelerate the decarbonisation of Saras’ refinery in Sarroch, Sardinia.

Servomex has been awarded the EcoVadis Gold Rating for sustainable business practices for the second year in a row.

The next major turnaround at Neste’s refinery in Porvoo, Finland, is scheduled for April - June 2024.

As Europe heads into its first winter after banning petroleum product imports from Russia, diesel imports from alternative trade partners look likely, reports the EIA.

Kellas Midstream and SSE Thermal (SSE), have formed a joint venture (JV) that will see SSE acquire a 50% share in H2NorthEast, Kellas’ blue hydrogen project on Teesside.

Repsol has launched 176 collection points for used cooking oil at its service stations in the autonomous region of Galicia in northwestern Spain.

H.E. Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium, has witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on energy transition cooperation between three Belgian and three Houston-based partners.

Pratt & Whitney Canada and Leonardo have announced the successful completion of the first flight for an AW139 helicopter powered by the PT6C-67C engine using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

BASF and Heidelberg University will continue to jointly operate the Catalysis Research Laboratory (CaRLa) for a further five years.