Insight
No easy decisions at Whitegate
...acquired by Phillips Petroleum. With the merger of Conoco and Phillips in 2002, Whitegate became a ConocoPhillips refinery. In May 2012 Phillips 66 took over ownership. Refining post 2016? When...
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Knowledge
HVO – The issue of sustainability
...centres on the sustainability of their provenance (what feedstocks are used) and there are genuine questions for those who, in doing a ‘right’ thing, wish to avoid unintentionally also doing...
News
Essar selects Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as technology licensor for carbon capture
...the proposed construction of the EET Industrial Carbon Capture plant at the Stanlow Refinery in November 2022. Participating in the Cluster Sequencing Track One Expansion process, the company plans for...
Analysis
What price oil? Q1 2025 in review
In association with The Oil Market Journal Following your feedback on the value you place on our annual price review each January, we will now be reviewing the movements of,...
Interview
Avioxx: innovating processes to deliver price parity for sustainable aviation fuel
...even leading to things we may not have thought of yet.” Feedstocks The provenance of feedstocks for biofuel is a key issue and something that Chris wanted to highlight: “The...
News
The shipping news
...Group purchases gas oil 10ppm direct from Esso’s Fawley refinery. Melanie explains: “Our fuel supplier, Esso, has taken the decision to produce gas oil with no added bio content by...
News
Simon – investing in our infrastructure
...effluent which then feeds into a bioreactor tank for treatment before being discharged into the Humber under an environmental permit. The West terminal, which has a similar system in place,...
Insight
Downstream Norway: Leading the way in decarbonisation
...MT. Turning attention to the refinery network and oil products demand. Supply & Distribution: There is now only one operating refinery in the country, the Equinor (formerly Statoil) facility at...
News
Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery selected for the next phase of CCUS sequencing
The Government’s announcement of the projects shortlisted for Carbon Capture deployment under the BEIS Phase-2 Cluster Sequencing for carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) deployment sees Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery...
News
EET announces the launches Europe’s first hydrogen-fuelled power plant
...of power for the refinery operations. The plant is integral to the decarbonisation of operations at EET Fuels’ Stanlow refinery, which plans to cut total emissions by 95% by 2030,...
News
Phillips 66 roots for local SSAFA division with £1k donation
...of the Royal Anglian Regiment, who is a staff member at the refinery. Explaining why he put forward SSAFA for the generous donation, refinery operator Ken said: “From a simple...
News
Moves to quell Grangemouth fears after speculation over refinery’s future
...commented that those staff “will understandably be alarmed at the prospect of restructuring at the refinery” and that “A change in outlook for the refinery’s future has wide-ranging and wide-reaching...
Opinion
Effective plant asset maintenance crucial to preventing further UK refinery shutdowns
...components. By using existing expertise within the refinery supply chain, refinery stakeholders can better access technologies to assist in this aim, including real-time asset monitoring and augmented reality and audio-visual...
Insight
UK Downstream: the changing landscape
...public authorities, with these sales playing a key role in optimising refinery products balances. For several of these players, especially BP, Shell, Texaco and Total, value chain integration, from refinery...
Opinion
Fears for future of Stanlow oil refinery
Essar-owned Stanlow refinery, located in Ellesmere Port, is reportedly facing financial problems, but the company has said it is fully committed to its operations at the Ellesmere Port oil refinery,...
News
ABB wins major project to relocate refinery
Having ceased production in November 2014, approximately 60% of Milford Haven’s refinery’s process units will be dismantled and rebuilt at an existing facility located outside the UK. Site relocation is...
News
Essar Oil UK rebrands on route to become first low carbon process UK refinery
Essar Oil UK has become EET Fuels, as it delivers on its plan to become the UK’s first low carbon process refinery, setting the global benchmark for lower emitting refineries...
News
Will refinery restructure lead to a sale?
A restructure at the Total Lindsey oil refinery (LOR) is set to take effect from spring 2013. Total LOR, which has seen more than £600m of investment in the...