Europe downstream news

The first truckloads of recycled styrene monomer (SM) have arrived at INEOS Styrolution’s Antwerp site, Belgium, supplied by Indaver.

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.

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 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 has announced that is has mothballed its chloromethane production facility in Tavaux, France.

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 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.

MOL Group has completed its first ISCC PLUS-certified production run using circular feedstock at its MOL Petrochemicals site in Tiszaújváros, Hungary.

Haffner Energy and Luxaviation Group have announced a non-exclusive 15-year offtake agreement in Europe with fixed SAF volume and price terms.

Worley has been awarded a contract by Preem for FEED verification for the planned conversion of the ICR plant at the Lysekil refinery in Sweden.