Europe

Quick wins on cutting methane dogged by a slow transition

The pledge to cut methane emissions by 30% below 2020 levels by 2030 has been signed by 159 countries plus the EU. Many of them have developed, or are working on, methane action plans, and billions of dollars have been committed to the effort.

German chemicals lobby VCI says no sector turnaround in sight after weak Q3

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.

ABB awarded highest certification for industrial safety management

The TÜV Rheinland FSMS Certificate ML 5 is granted to the ABB Energy Industries division Safety Execution Centers (SEC) in Germany, Italy, Norway and Singapore, which provide safety support to high hazard industrial sectors.

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.

Clariant catalysts will power the Ecoplanta: Europe’s first waste-to-methanol plant

U.S. urges Europe to stick to oil and gas, not renewables

The U.S. has become Europe's top oil and gas supplier on the back of the U.S. shale boom and its companies are seeking to boost the share as the European Union moves to fully cut off remaining Russian energy imports.

STEROPE: Pioneering Europe’s new model of carbon circularity and industrial decarbonization

Bulgaria drafts law to enable seizure and sale of Lukoil refinery

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 an exemption to EU sanctions that allowed it to export products to the Czech Republic derived from those deliveries expired in June.