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INEOS – plant acquisition and joint safety initiative

The combined heat and power plant at Grangemouth INEOS Industries Holdings has agreed to acquire the combined heat and power plant (CHP) that serves the Grangemouth site for £54 million....

News

Biofuels – an uncertain future

...per year capacity plant on the Seal Sands chemical complex in Teesside. The plant focuses on processing recovered oils and fats, plus associated by-products such as glycerine, which helps to...

News

Greenergy in ‘biofuel from waste’ agreement

...is underway with commercial production due to commence in 2025. Subsequent plants are planned over the following years. Together, the five plants would replace millions of litres of fossil petrol...
Grangemouth march for jobs

Analysis

A just transition for Grangemouth?

...owner Petroineos confirmed plans, first shared in October 2023, to cease production in the second quarter of 2025, with the loss of all but 75 of the 475 jobs at...

News

Simon – investing in our infrastructure

...management of project delivery through to project commissioning and handover to the terminal. Over £2m is spent on capital maintenance projects annually, primarily to tackle ageing plant issues. In addition...

Insight

The climate emergency: a game of two halves

...a range of approaches, commonly site risk assessments, specific studies and plans, and emergency plans. They also say that managing uncertainty of future threats is the biggest challenge. Recently published...
Ken Cronin

Opinion

Ken’s Corner – A managed transition?

...need for thorough transition planning. The effective closure of Dalston at short notice, without a plan to mitigate the consequences, is putting the regional supply of liquid fuel at risk. ...

Market Report

Disrupting the sector: the new Nigerian super-refinery

...disputes, logistical hurdles and financing delays. Nonetheless, 10 years after plans were first put down, Dangote refinery was inaugurated in May 2023 with trial batches of crude going through the...

News

Driven to succeed

...plan, which was developed when the bird flu crisis struck a few years ago.” He went on to say: “Drivers have got a very responsible job. They spend an awful...

Opinion

VAT deal secures Stanlow refinery production

...has had on the UK’s refining industry. EOUK and its advisers have been working on its financing and trading plans, with significant progress made to date, supported by a more...
Winter campaign launches

News

UKIFDA’s winter campaign launches

...is a five-point plan that assists heating oil users in preparing for and navigating winter 2023-2024. It provides guidance to the 1.7m off gas grid households, offering practical advice to...

Interview

In profile with David Wells of Logistics UK

...UK, who was awarded an OBE in the recent New Year’s Honours List for his services to transport and logistics. “Have a clear strategy, a coherent plan and good people“...

Insight

Refining operations

...that the refinery can handle 45 different types of crude oil – although given its geographical proximity, the plant typically runs between 85% – 95% of North Sea sourced feed...