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Essar wins best oil company initiative
...Him! which sponsored this award With ‘a fresh approach to fuel retailing’ Essar Oil (UK), which owns and operates the Stanlow refinery, has taken the Forecourt Trader award which acknowledges...
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Award winning Essar Stanlow makes foodbank donation
In recognition of the 4th anniversary of the acquisition of the Stanlow Refinery, Essar Oil UK, whose Ellesmere Port site won its 19th consecutive RoSPA award, made a £7,500 donation...
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TSA talks competence
...measured out of the refinery, or even to the filling station forecourt. The delegates enjoyed a varied day of presentations and discussion, but the focus remained on improving the industry...
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Hydrogen success sees key milestone reached in Essar transition
...West and North Wales. The installation of industrial carbon capture technology at the Stanlow refinery, which will enable the direct capture of more than 800,000 tonnes of CO2 per year,...
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Essar donates £3,000 to provide dementia support
...and business partners nominate a chosen charity as safety milestones are met. David Ellis presents £3,000 donation to Alzheimer’s Society as part of Let’s Give safety initiative at Stanlow Refinery...
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Grangemouth strike averted
...“We have been working closely with the fuel industry and Scottish Government to put robust alternative fuel supply routes in place in case the refinery is forced to close.” ...
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New vapour recovery offers savings
...to actually make money in a remarkably short time, simply by retaining petrol that would otherwise go back to the depot or refinery,” says Roger Bailey, sales manager of Petroman...
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Manx Petroleum – Fuelled with island spirit
...has been with the company for over 30 years. “We have to plan well in advance with refinery staff for the arrival of our replenishment stock which comes by...
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Prax Petroleum – A year of challenges and opportunities
...gains in contracted and spot sales. The uncertainty surrounding our close neighbour, Coryton refinery, has undoubtedly presented all Thames-based wholesalers with further opportunities. “Changes to the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation...
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Protests create temporary fuel shortages- drivers urged not to panic buy
...Stop Oil, have been blockading refinery access near London and Birmingham since Friday, preventing tanker trucks from leaving or entering. FairFuelUK has reported being “bombarded” by messages informing them that...
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Essar safety milestone benefits local school
...Port were delighted to receive a £3,000 donation from Essar at Stanlow recently as a result of the refinery achieving a record breaking safety target of three million hours without...
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JET – nearing its target of 400 branded sites
...finance director Chirayu Patel. “Combined with the refinery down the coast offering a secure and flexible supply, it gave us confidence that JET was the right choice for us. Our...
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Valero’s newly expanded Avonmouth Terminal
...the upgrading of ethanol blending systems. Valero’s Avonmouth Terminal is now fully open for all grades, and receives fuel products directly from its oil refinery in Pembroke, South Wales. www.Valero.com...
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Thames Oilport completes first phase of development
...of these shipments is a major milestone that brings fuel into the terminal for the first time since the closure of the Coryton refinery. The development of Thames Oilport is...
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EET welcomes Government backing of hydrogen project
...of related investment. The low carbon hydrogen will be used locally by EET Fuels’ Stanlow refinery and other major manufacturers in the region, including Encirc, Pilkington and Tata Chemicals to...
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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....
Opinion
Ken’s Corner – A managed transition?
...will not be ready until 2032. A risk too far In our own industry we are facing similar issues. Petroineos has announced the closure of the Grangemouth refinery and plans...
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Highs and lows of the oil price drop
...in demand for fuel – most significantly from motorists and the airline industry – Valero insists it is business as usual at its Pembrokeshire oil refinery, which employs about 1,200...