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Murco confirms sale of Milford Haven refinery: 400 jobs saved
...in negotiations over a deal worth around £200m. In January 2012 Patron Capital Partners teamed up with Aberdeen oil tycoon, Alasdair Locke, and paid £40m for MFG, then one of...
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Backing a certainty
...relining the tanks at Caledonian Oils in Aberdeen cost over half a million pounds each. “We’re keen to take a lead in the industry. We have a strong HSE and...
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HOYER Petrolog announces new aviation fuel transport agreement in Scotland
...Services to provide aviation fuel transport in Scotland. As part of the agreement HOYER will deliver fuel to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Newcastle Airports from the Grangemouth oil terminal. The...
Insight
The integrity of the UK oil supply system
...at Aberdeen (2 facilities, one distillates only), Peterhead (distillates only) and at Inverness. Northern Ireland Entirely dependent on imported sources, it relies largely on supplies from Central and, to a...
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Royal Dutch Shell to cut jobs in North Sea
...its Aberdeen office. Leaving around 1,000 people at the site, some of the jobs being lost will be linked to the project of decommissioning of the Brent Charlie platform, which...
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New fuel quality monitoring scheme
...major FPS distributors – Turriff Fuels of Aberdeenshire and the CPL Petroleum network’s flagship depot in Thurrock, Essex. “By declaring their tanks have been certified to this scheme – to...
Opinion
Oil and gas industry welcomes Chancellors’ Budget
...of Research & Development tax relief, which can be a key driver of success in the field of green technology. “The investment towards the Aberdeen Energy Transition Zone, Global Underwater...
Analysis
BP – making a wholesale commitment
...400,000 barrels of crude per day.” BP has also divested non-core terminals – Aberdeen and Inverness to GB Oils, Dalston to INEOS and the Isle of Wight to MRH. Who...
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Strike over but no room for complacency says Unite
...Bond Aviation helicopter off the coast of Aberdeen last week. Having completed an investigation into the cause of the ditching, Bond Aviation announced that its full fleet of helicopters would...
Interview
Why are new UK oil fields essential to a sustainable future?
...all over the UK – but especially from regions like East Anglia, Liverpool, Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Scotland’s central belt, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness. “Hundreds live in or around London and some...
Opinion
North Sea oil industry in crisis?
...Schlumberger cut back its UK-based fleet of geological survey ships in December, taking an $800m loss and cutting an unspecified number of jobs. More recently, Aberdeen-based Wood Group announced a...
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INEOS completes Forties Pipeline acquisition from BP
...and the INEOS site in Grangemouth. Ownership and operation of FPS, the Kinneil gas processing plant and oil terminal, the Dalmeny storage and export facility, sites at Aberdeen, the Forties Unity Platform and associated...
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Creative solution for scaring seagulls
...Global firm, based in Colchester, is now in talks to install the devices on two oil firm HQs in Aberdeen, and hopes to expand to North Sea platforms. ...
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Fast ship to ship operations
...vessel will transport marine gas oil from oil refineries to fuel storage tanks in the Geos Group’s six physical supply locations: Aberdeen, Blyth, Great Yarmouth, Lerwick, Heysham and Montrose. It...
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Zero-emission fleet marks milestone in heavy transport decarbonisation
...double decker bus – the Hydroliner – in Aberdeen in 2020, with a fleet of buses entering passenger service the following January. The hydrogen-fuelled fleet passed the 1-million-mile mark back...
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ScottishPower and ZeroAvia partnership propels aviation sector towards a hydrogen-powered future
...to support hydrogen-electric flight and other potential uses. ZeroAvia has a longstanding partnership with AGS Airports, including Glasgow and Aberdeen. Advancing technology Hydrogen-electric engines, used by ZeroAvia, generate electricity using...