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This week · 28 October–3 November 2026
Leuna, Germany · Commissioning & Start-up
UPM officially opened its Leuna biorefinery on 15 October, but the plant is still ramping up: so far only enzymatic hydrolysis and the lignin-based specialty chemicals have reached stable operation.
UPM is now ramping up sales of these products, ten months after the first commercial product left the site in December 2025.
21–27 October 2026
Northern Lights Phase II CO₂ transport and storage expansion, Norway
Øygarden, Norway · Under Construction
Worley Rosenberg has been awarded the fabrication scope by Subsea7 to deliver subsea spools and structures for Northern Lights Phase II.The contract was...
14–20 October 2026
Carbon Neutral Fuels FlexSAF Project Starling at Workington
Workington , United Kingdom · FEED / Pre-FID
Carbon Neutral Fuels has unveiled FlexSAF, a hybrid plant architecture that combines eSAF from biogenic carbon dioxide and green hydrogen with bioSAF from...
7–13 October 2026
YPF Eni XRG Argentina LNG Vaca Muerta FLNG Development
Argentina · FEED / Pre-FID
Eni chief executive Claudio Descalzi met Argentine President Javier Milei in Paris during Argentina Week to review Argentina LNG, the export project Eni is...
30 September–6 October 2026
BioBTX Delfzijl PETRA Circular Aromatics Plant
Delfzijl, The Netherlands · FID / Sanctioned
BioBTX and Rain Carbon have formed a strategic collaboration to convert the circular aromatic oil from the Delfzijl plant into benzene, phthalic anhydride...
23–29 September 2026
Moeve Onuba 300 MW Green Hydrogen Project
Palos de la Frontera, Spain · Under Construction
Moeve has started construction on the Onuba 300 MW green hydrogen project. The milestone at the La Rábida Energy Park in Palos de la Frontera, marking the...
16–22 September 2026
SABIC AN Jubail Ammonia and Urea Complex
Jubail, Saudi Arabia · FID / Sanctioned
Nextchem has been selected to supply the NX STAMI urea technology package for SABIC AN’s SAN-7 complex in Jubail, covering licensing, process design and...
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