Europe downstream news

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.

Implico has announced that the Gunvor refinery has replaced its field equipment without interrupting operations.

GMB, the union for energy workers, has expressed concern over the closure of the biggest gas storage plant in the UK, as it risks Britain's energy security.

AB Klaipedos Nafta has announced it will invest €35 million into the development of the Klaipeda oil terminal.

INEOS has announced its plans for a European expansion programme, including building a new propane dehydrogenation unit and expanding capacity at its refineries in Scotland and Norway.