Europe downstream news
Repsol to build biofuels plant at Cartagena refinery
Repsol is to build the first production plant for advanced biofuels in Spain.
Evides Industriewater secures contract with BASF
Evides Industriewater is to build a new demi water installation at BASF’s site in Antwerp, Belgium.
Borealis naphtha cavern receives first delivery
Borealis has announced that its new naphtha cavern in Porvoo, Finland, has now been safely commissioned.
Conversion of Preem's Lysekil refinery begins
Preem has launched a new project to rebuild the Lysekil refinery to become Scandinavia's largest producer of renewable fuels.
Eastern Pacific Shipping and GoodFuels collaborate on marine biofuel bunker trial
Eastern Pacific Shipping has appointed GoodFuels to supply biofuel bunkers for its MR tanker M/T Pacific Beryl.
Lummus Technology awarded contract by Lukoil Burgas
Lummus Technology's Novolen business has been awarded a contract by Lukoil Burgas for a petrochemical facility in Bulgaria.
BPT to deliver Operator Training Simulator for Zeepipe gas receiving terminal
Billington Process Technology has been awarded contracts by Gassco and ABB to deliver an Operator Training Simulator for the Zeepipe gas receiving terminal in Belgium.
Prax Group acquires Total Oil Terminal in Zeebrugge
The facility will be re-branded as Prax Terminals Belgium, with Harvest Energy Marine managing all bunkering and commercial operations performed at the terminal.
Europe's largest butane storage tank inaugurated
Oiltanking Antwerp Gas Terminal N.V. has successfully commissioned a fully refrigerated, double containment tank of 135 000 m3.
TechnipFMC to modernise ethylene furnaces at Shell Moerdijk
The upgrade is expected to reduce Shell Moerdijk’s annual CO2 emissions by about 10%.