Industry warns against end of oil refining in Europe
Thursday, September 22, 2011
The European oil industry rang the alarm Tuesday (20 September) on the impact of EU energy efficiency legislation on oil refining activities, warning of the end of the sector in Europe.Recent EU legislative proposals on energy efficiency pose "a substantial risk of leaving many regions and probably countries without indigenous refineries," warns a new report published by Europia, the European petroleum industry association.This may be good news for environmentalists and local ...