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Essar appoints Stein Ivar Bye as chief executive officer

...as chief operating officer at Scandinavian crude oil giant Preem, Stein Ivar Bye will be based at Essar’s Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. He brings with him over...
Phillips 66 Humber Refinery

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Phillips 66: Humber Refinery

...is a closely guarded secret(!). However, what we can reveal is that to produce this product, the refinery processes conventional crude oil together with some waste materials such as used...

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The case for a UK CSO agency

...slate, as well as crude oil, feed stocks and NGLs. An independent stocking entity Refiners, ex-refiners and importers have put growing pressure on government to consider adopting a better way...

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A positive story for the UK

...Kerosene is a sizeable market for Valero. From allocated crude stocks, the company currently sells 83% as kerosene and 17% as jet fuel but acknowledges that kerosene demand is ‘steadily...

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Storage – reducing fire risk

...fires at installations that process and store crude oil, petroleum, intermediates and refined products The updated EI Model Code of Safe Practice Part 19: Fire precautions at petroleum refineries and...
Rapid growth for Your NRG with new depot opening

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Rapid growth for Your NRG with new depot opening

...whose cleaner burn offers better combustion properties over conventional crude oil-based diesel. This helps to reduce emissions of air pollutants and support meeting local environmental regulations. “The Halstead depot stands...

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The role of LNG in the global energy transition

...In the short term, LNG will remain a key fuel in the global energy industry given that it offers a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels such as crude oil and...

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The storage market – what next for 2016?

...of terminals at Gulf Petrochem.  He will also look at the potential for crude storage growth and major refining projects in the Middle East that could impact demand. Interesting times...

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Oil Terminal 2015 – positive feedback

...Europe attended last month’s 10th Congress on the trading and transportation of crude oil, LPG and petroleum products in St. Petersburg. More than 300 representatives of the government, business and...
Stanlow Refinery

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Stanlow Refinery: a century of the North West powering Britain

...threat of Nazi invasion. Following the war, and recognising the strategic importance of proximity to customer markets, a fully-fledged crude oil refinery was constructed and completed in 1952. Stanlow’s journey...

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NuStar – £25m investment at Grays

NuStar currently has approximately 8,700 miles of pipeline and 79 terminal and storage facilities that store and distribute crude oil, refined products and specialty liquids Phase 1 of NuStar’s £25...