Europe

MOL Group urges Europe to unite behind a new industrial agenda

Blue Circle Olefins secures funding/site for 100% circular olefins production facility

Neste celebrates 15 yrs of refining in Singapore and 60 yrs in Porvoo

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.

Russia-backed sanctioned Indian refiner boosts crude runs to 90%

Oil processing at Nayara's 400,000-bpd western India plant dropped to 70%–80% after the EU sanctioned it in July, denting its exports and leading suppliers such as Iraq and Saudi Arabia to halt crude sales to the company.

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.

Portugal's chemicals sector needs to spend $35 B on decarbonization, industry group says

The sector currently invests an average of around €1 B per year in growth, manufacturing processes, and energy efficiency, but only a portion is targeted at decarbonization.

Forestal selects Topsoe’s SOEC technology for e-methanol production

Finland's Wartsila believes in shipping decarbonization despite IMO setback

The Finnish engineering group, one of the world's biggest ship engine makers, has invested in emissions reduction technologies for ships and power plants. It expects higher demand for those under the International Maritime Organization's climate plan.

Slovak refiner Slovnaft says Croatia's Janaf cuts supply of non-Russian crude

Slovnaft, part of Hungary's oil and gas group MOL, mostly processes Russian oil and has an exemption to EU sanctions that allows it to export products derived from those deliveries.