Interview
MechTronic: celebrating 20 years
...Coordinator, and some of the team, to find out more about the business. The development of the business Emma explained the beginnings of the business: “MechTronic was established in 2004...
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New refinery manager for ExxonMobil Fawley
...450-mile network of underground pipes. The site’s integrated Chemicals operation, which manufactures a range of base chemicals, plasticisers and butyl rubber is led by plant manager Richard Henderson, another ExxonMobil...
Interview
Sustainable aviation fuel: routes to feedstocks that can fill the production gap
...with oil and gas technologies, he has held positions in technical service, business management, and sales, including most recently as Senior Business Leader of Honeywell UOP’s Aromatics licensing business. He...
Interview
Kevin McPartlan of Fuels for Ireland
...not have a business. Fossil fuels cannot be the basis of Ireland’s long-term energy plans, or the basis of our industry’s long term business strategy.” With 700,000 homes dependant on...
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Craggs Energy and Moorland Fuels businesses sold – to employees
...Ownership Association (EOA), said: “We congratulate our members Craggs Energy and Moorland Fuels on their transition to employee ownership; securing the ethos, values and culture of the businesses, as well...
Interview
In Conversation with Bangor Fuels
...saw an opportunity to buy the business.” It turns out that ‘buying the business’ was a different arrangement to the way it would usually be understood. Damian didn’t have the...
News
Another first for INEOS
...way in shipping ethane worldwide to meet the demands of an expanding chemicals sector. “We’re excited to work with a client such as SP Chemicals and we look forward to...
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Strengths and weaknesses of Scotland’s Grangemouth refinery
...Infrastructure, to find out why INEOS entered refining, what the joint venture with PetroChina brings and to discuss trading conditions. “When BP sold its olefins and derivatives chemicals business in...
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Fuel cell technology develops lower emission fuel solutions for ships
...to availability. The prototype fuel cell will be tested at the Sustainable Energy Catapult Centre at Stord, Norway prior to being installed aboard one of Odfjell’s newest chemical tankers for...
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The renaissance of Grangemouth
...Grangemouth is the creation of a chemical cluster where INEOS will work with Scottish Enterprise to create a new home for chemical and other types of manufacturers. Combining Scottish industry...
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Environmentally conscious solutions for the fuel market
SulNOx, the hydrocarbon fuel emulsification specialist, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Technology Licence Agreement with Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Speciality Chemicals). “We are delighted to have...
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Suttons Group acquires bulk chemical transport company
Suttons Group has acquired Imperial Tankers, one of the largest bulk chemical transport companies in the UK, from Hargreaves Services PLC. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Established...
Insight
The UK’s refineries: past, present and future
...north west. Coaster, where products are lifted by tankers via the Manchester Ship Canal. The refinery is also a supplier to the petrochemical industry, providing feedstocks such as toluene, propylene...
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INEOS “more or less likely” to move into fracking
Ineos is giving the strongest signal yet of its intention to move into the controversial area of fracking. The privately controlled chemicals group said it was now “more or less...
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New MD for UM Terminals to deliver storage and portfolio growth
...Phil was, most recently, operations director for the UK, Ireland and Northern Europe at global chemicals distributor Univar Solutions. Prior to that he was group operations director for Argent Energy,...
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A product making a marked impact on fuel theft
...one or two): Solvent red 24 – dye quinizarine – chemical marker Euromarker – solvent yellow 124 marker dye, turns purple in roadside marker test Accutrace S10 – chemical marker...
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UK government guarantees Grangemouth upgrade loan
...North Sea production wanes and higher energy and feedstock costs squeeze commodity chemical producers in western Europe. The Grangemouth plant, the company’s biggest, combines both chemical production and oil refining....
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Process safety – Rivers and Hackett speak out
...oil industry. He recently returned from New Zealand where he was running the country’s only oil refinery and was previously responsible for Shell’s refining and petrochemical operations in the UK....