Europe downstream news
Exolum plans construction of new energy transition terminal
Exolum has embarked upon the process for authorisation for the construction of a new terminal for storage of bulk liquid at the Outer Port of A Coruña, on the Punta Langosteira dock, Spain.
LanzaJet advances UK biorefinery
LanzaJet has been awarded more than £10 million from the UK Department for Transport’s Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF) to accelerate development of Project Speedbird, a major SAF biorefinery in Teesside, UK.
ENI receives approval for new biorefinery project
Eni has announced that it has received approval to convert selected units at the Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi refinery into a biorefinery, Pavia, Italy.
INEOS Styrolution receives recycled styrene monomer from Indaver
The first truckloads of recycled styrene monomer (SM) have arrived at INEOS Styrolution’s Antwerp site, Belgium, supplied by Indaver.
OXCCU raises US$28 million to scale SAF from waste carbon
OXCCU, the Oxford University spin-out developing a one-step process to convert waste carbon into SAF, has raised £20.75 million ($28 million) in a Series B funding round.
Summer diesel margins tighten with European supply shift
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) considers how geopolitical tensions across Europe and the Middle East have affected diesel and gasoline prices throughout the summer of 2025.
Coolbrook pilot cracks plastic waste pyrolysis oil
Coolbrook has achieved a breakthrough in circular plastics and materials by cracking 100% plastic-waste-derived pyrolysis oil (py-oil) at its large scale pilot facility using the RotoDynamic Reactor™ (RDR) technology.
INEOS Inovyn to mothball chloromethane production facility
INEOS Inovyn has announced that is has mothballed its chloromethane production facility in Tavaux, France.
OMV strengthens resilience with group-wide programme
OMV has announced ongoing group-wide efforts to strengthen its organisational resilience amid current commercial, economical, and geopolitical environments, across chemicals, fuels, and energy.
VTTI TyreLoop Antwerp launches consultation for TDO offtake
VTTI B.V. has officially launched the market consultation for tyre-derived oil (TDO) as part of the VTTI TyreLoop Antwerp project at its existing terminal VTTI Antwerp, Belgium.