Economics
Serbia has a week to resolve NIS refinery crisis, President Vucic says
Washington is seeking complete Russian divestment from NIS, which operates Serbia's only refinery, and on Saturday gave the company's owners three months to find a buyer.
Bulgaria wins UK sanctions reprieve on refinery, petrol stations
The UK last month announced sanctions on Russia's two biggest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, and a week later the U.S. followed suit in a bid to squeeze the financing of Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine.
Bulgaria's president vetoes law to seize Lukoil refinery amid U.S. sanctions
Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev returned the legislation to parliament for further discussion, saying the changes failed to provide protection against future financial claims against the state, violated Bulgaria's constitution and posed a risk to public finances.
INEOS prepares 10 anti-dumping cases to EU commission in unprecedented move
Europe’s chemical sector, the foundation of modern manufacturing, is being drowned by a tidal wave of low-cost imports from Asia, the Middle East and the United States. These products are undercutting European producers who face the world’s highest energy prices and escalating, unilateral carbon costs.
Bulgaria restricts fuel exports to EU following Lukoil sanctions
The ban will not apply to the refueling of domestic and foreign ships, aircraft and deliveries to the armed forces of European Union and NATO member states.
Diesel rally sparked by Western sanctions on Russia will be short-lived
A new wave of Western sanctions on Russia’s oil industry has roiled the diesel market, sending refining margins soaring, but global supplies are unlikely to be severely disrupted for long.
Asia refining margins soar as sanctions threaten Russian supplies
The strength has mainly been driven by the global diesel market, which has staged an upward swing in recent weeks on robust demand and tighter supply prospects.
- INEOS Inovyn agrees to sell its Italian chlor-alkali business to Esseco Industrial 4/21
- LOTTE Chemical to merge into integrated corporation after spinning off Daesan plant 4/21
- Petronor and H2SITE partner to pioneer high-purity hydrogen production in refining through advanced membrane technology 4/21
- Emerson accelerates edge ecosystem for real-time enterprise operations intelligence 4/21
- Tracerco launches DrumVision™ to deliver real-time process visibility in delayed coking and demanding interface measurement applications 4/21
- IMI signs global framework extension with Solvay for the provision of IIoT sensors 4/21

