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It’s a cracker for Essar
...annual production of three billion litres of petrol, Essar Oil (UK) recently took delivery of a 450 tonne steel regenerator head for its residue catalytic cracking unit. Its delivery is...
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Big names at Essar’s literature festival
...2014 line up. Running from Friday, October 10th to Sunday, October 26th, this will be the third consecutive year that Essar Oil (UK) has sponsored the festival. Chester Performs has...
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A UK hydrogen first for Stanlow
...led by the HyNet consortium in the North West. The first sees Essar Oil UK as owner and operator of the UK’s leading low carbon hydrogen project with the company...
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Stanlow – a winner in the 2014 RoSPA safety awards
Essar Oil UK received the gold award for 2014 and the order of distinction for 18 consecutive gold awards at its Stanlow manufacturing complex. Delighted to be recognised for Essar...
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Stanlow invests in biofuels storage hub
...sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) linked to Fulcrum’s Northpoint project, sustainable hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and will include waste based feedstock import facilities, blending and capacity expansion for existing bio-ethanol and...
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Stanlow refinery could be target of Just Stop Oil disruption
...disruption in the area around the site as part of a protest against the oil sector. The group, who calls itself ‘Just Stop Oil’, is ‘a coalition of groups working...
Interview
In Conversation with The Oil Lady
The Oil Lady is a fuel distribution business based in little Yeldham, Essex. It was founded in 2015, by Sheila Considine. Claudia Weeks, Content Lead for Fuel Oil News, spoke...
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September 14 update
...North Sea oil had just been discovered and the slogan “it’s our oil” began to get traction. Back in October 2013, we looked at the downstream oil industry in Scotland...
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Essar strengthens executive leadership team with senior appointment
Essar Oil (UK) Limited, which owns and operates the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, announces the further strengthening of its executive leadership team with the appointment of Stephen McCaffrey as chief financial...
Interview
Celebrating 50 golden years of Peak Oil
...Peak Oil Tom Pearson founded Peak Oil as a business from his home address in Dronfield, back in 1972 and explains how it all began: “I started Tom Pearson Oils...
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UK refining – hunting for answers
...of our refining and downstream oil industry published in November 2011, Brian Worrall, then UKPIA president, said: “Given the right policy environment, the UK refining and downstream oil sector can...
Opinion
VAT deal secures Stanlow refinery production
A lifeline, in the form of a phased tax payment deal, has been thrown to Essar Oil UK allowing it to keep producing as the UK struggles with supplies at...
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Essar safety achievement raises £3,000 for local charity
...of their summer programme for local children. The funds were raised through Essar’s ‘Let’s Give’ scheme, which links the company’s commitment to safety directly with charitable giving and came after...
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Essar Oil UK reports successful financing and governance changes
Essar Oil (UK) Limited (EOUK), which owns and operates the Stanlow Refinery, today announced that it has closed new financial arrangements of over US$850 million. This has allowed EOUK to...
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Essar UK opens new flagship forecourt with convenience in mind
Blackpool Road, Preston is the site of Essar’s new flagship forecourt, Lea Gate which was officially opened in July. With ‘driving community convenience’ in mind, the new forecourt has both...
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September 2023: People moves in the fuel distribution sector
...brands across the UK.” Suttons Tankers Suttons Tankers has recently appointed David Heath as Head of Fuels and Powders. Essar Essar Oil (UK) Ltd has announced the appointment of Ramesh...
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Essar re-opens Penybanc forecourt in South Wales
Penybanc service station has reopened to the public under new Essar management, ushering in a new era of customer convenience and community engagement. Strategically located, the Penybanc forecourt aims to...
Insight
A critical role for Stanlow
...and 3.8 million mt of fluid catalytic cracking capacity, placing it in the category of medium complexity, with a Nelson Complexity Index of 8.2. Storage capacity for crude oil and...