Europe downstream news

Galp has reached final investment decision (FID) on two large scale projects to reduce the carbon footprint of the Sines refinery in Portugal.

The Port of Rotterdam Authority and Yokogawa Electric Corp. have announced that they have initiated a feasibility study into increasing cross-industry integration for the efficient use of energy and utilities in the Rotterdam industrial cluster.

TotalEnergies has announced it is building of a new mechanical recycling unit for plastic waste at its Grandpuits site, southeast of Paris, France.

JERA has invested approximately £1 million in Immaterial, a UK company with gas adsorption technology.

ExxonMobil's Low Carbon Solutions business has been awarded four licences to test for potential locations to store captured carbon dioxide emissions deep underneath the UK North Sea.

Royal Caribbean Group has laid important groundwork for the maritime industry's alternative fuel ambitions by completing over 12 consecutive weeks of biofuel testing in Europe.

ConocoPhillips has announced further progress on its global LNG strategy, signing a commercial agreement to secure additional regasification capacity in Europe.

As part of the drive to decarbonise its European refineries, TotalEnergies is launching a call for tenders for the supply of 500 000 tpy of green hydrogen.

TotalEnergies and Air Liquide have signed an agreement for the long-term supply of green and low-carbon hydrogen to the TotalEnergies refining and petrochemical platform in Normandy, France.

VARO Energy has announced the construction of a large-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) manufacturing facility at the Gunvor Energy Rotterdam site, the Netherlands.