Europe downstream news

LOTOS has received its first shipment of US oil at its Gdansk refinery.

At this year’s ERTC, Stefano Milanese, Partner at Arthur D. Little, will look at the future of renewable fuels and biofuels and how refineries can respond to market trends.

Aramco Overseas Company B.V. has entered into an arrangement to acquire Gunvor’s stake in a terminal in Rotterdam.

How can refiners remain sustainable and competitive in a strong European downstream industry? Alan Gelder, Wood Mackenzie, will explore this at ERTC.

Linde will engineer and supply a modular hydrogen manufacturing unit for the St1 Refinery in Sweden.

Wood Mackenzie’s Gas and LNG team note that Europe has a fundamental problem of gas storage over-capacity.

Neste’s refinery in Naantali, Finland, is set to undergo a turnaround as part of a plan to integrate the operations of two Finnish refineries.

Alkion Terminals, LBC Tank Terminals and Sogestran have announced the closing of two transactions for 8 tank terminals in France, Spain and Portugal.

KN has announced gas from a Lithuanian LNG terminal will be stored in the Latvian Incukalns storage facility.

ExxonMobil has announced it has completed the latest milestone at its Rotterdam refinery, the installation of pre-assembled racks.