Europe downstream news

Neste and Fazer Bakery have announced they are joining forces with their Doughnut Trick campaign to produce renewable fuel from waste doughnut fat.

OMV has announced it has invested around EUR 110 million in the Schwechat refinery, as part of its planned 2017 turnaround.

An energy industry entrepreneur has snapped up Oil Plus Ltd, a specialist oil and gas consultancy based in Berkshire, south England.

KBR has announced it has executed a global master contract with Chevron.

Amec Foster Wheeler has announced it has been awarded a contract for a multi-fuel CFB, designed to burn 100% biomass.

Alexey Miller has announced that the first medium-term contract has been signed for Uzbek gas to be purchased by Gazprom.

ABB has announced it will acquire Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-Elektronik GmbH (B&R).

The waste-to-energy market has gained public-private partnership attention due to EU 2020 renewable energy targets.

ExxonMobil has announced it has completed its heavy lift of a vacuum fractionation tower and reactors at its Rotterdam refinery.

Gazprom has announced that it has saved 15.2 million tons of fuel equivalent on fuel and energy resources in 2011 – 2016.