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European refiners are increasingly focusing on renewables and moving away from crude in a drive towards carbon neutrality. Spanish energy group Repsol will use steam biomethane reforming, or SBR, for around 30% of its targeted 2030 green hydrogen production and will raise hydrogen production by 60% compared to its previous target, the company said. Repsol .
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Finnish refiner and biofuels producer Neste is testing a renewable gasoline as a potential drop-in, lower-carbon fuel for conventional internal combustion cars, the company said May 21. Tests to study the properties of new fuel are currently underway on two cars in Sweden together with Powertrain Engineering Sweden AB, a supplier to Volvo Car, Neste .
New and revised entries Bosnia s Brod refinery has launched a solar power station, according to owner Zarubezhneft. The refinery suspended operations in 2019 for an upgrade and to prepare for the use of natural gas. A pipeline was being built to supply the refinery with natural gas to fuel its internal processes, and was expected to be ready in late 2020, although the company was not available to confirm whether that has been completed. The gas will replace fuel oil as a power source for the refinery processes.
Existing entries Serbia s Pancevo refinery said it expects to complete its FCC project by 2023. The refinery also plans to build a unit for the production of the octane enhancement chemical ETBE by 2024 and is currently awaiting a final investment decision on its catalytic cracker upgrade, which would enable it to increase propylene production.