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Energy minister in Coryton discussions
...options for the refinery were discussed along with the work the administrators are doing to secure a sustainable future for the plant. The minister reiterated government’s commitment to help those...
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The impact of the Red Sea crisis and why expansion to the north could be catastrophic
...fuelling over 7,000 ships per annum (20 ships per day) and to meet this demand, BP opened the 170,000 barrel per day (bpd) Aden refinery in 1954. For the next...
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Essar Oil UK – ‘a significantly better year’
“We can now look ahead with renewed confidence,” said chief executive Volker Schultz Last week the owner and operator of the Stanlow Refinery filed financial results for the year ending...
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Essar to invest £45m in UK’s first hydrogen refinery furnace
...low carbon economy of tomorrow. We would like to thank our community for its ongoing support of our refinery at Stanlow.” Essar’s Stanlow refinery – which supplies 16% of the...
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Major investment at Essar
...refinery unit another 25 years of life. Chief executive officer, Volker Schultz, said: “This is another major investment in the refinery and part of our strategic plan to ensure we...
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Stanlow’s strong performance
...Since acquiring Stanlow in 2011, Essar has successfully reconfigured the refinery to operate as a single train highly optimised site. The refinery has increased the yield of high margin products...
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Grangemouth workforce Unite over government proposals
...complex. Unite survey Unite released details of a survey involving hundreds of refinery workers, including contractors, ahead of the Scottish government ministerial statement on the Grangemouth Refinery, which was published on...
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Essar invests £360 million in Stanlow carbon capture facility
In line with its ambition to become a leading low carbon refinery by 2030, Essar has announced plans to build a £360 million carbon capture plant at Stanlow starting in...
Analysis
A year in the wholesale markets
...Esso and the Nisa convenience brand.” Greenergy acquired the former Petroplus refinery on Teesside (now named Greenergy North Tees) in July 2012 and began supplying from the site soon after....
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No deal for Coryton
In the absence of any serious buyer interest, Coryton’s fate now looks sealed. DECC is, however, keeping in ‘close contact’ with PwC, as the refinery’s administrators look at further options...
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Biofuels – an uncertain future
...reduce conflict with feedstock users and gives better GHG saving performance. The very latest technology has been optimised to ensure the plant delivers maximum yield, minimum waste streams and low...
Insight
Heating future: prospects for kerosene and HVO
...accommodate feedstocks. An example of this is the Phillips 66 Humber refinery. Particular benefits of the second and third categories, above are: 1. Ability to achieve greater production scale, relatively...
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The future of biodiesel
...lesser extent due to their focus on waste feedstocks. The current version, however, whilst maintaining a 5% limit by energy content on biofuels derived from land based feedstocks, has seen...
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Money-saving app launched to counter escalating fuel costs
...keen to talk about the feedback that the team have had so far: “For cash payers the feedback has been very positive, and we have had many messages expressing gratitude...
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Honeywell revolutionises ethanol-to-jet fuel technology in response to SAF supply concerns
...ethanol into SAF. Depending on the type of ethanol feedstock used, jet fuel produced from Honeywell’s ethanol-to-jet fuel process can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80% on a total...
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Technology: Supporting the supply chain
...customer feedback: “Based on customer feedback, we are developing a remote control which will provide drivers with the full management of the delivery process from the point of delivery. This...
Opinion
VAT deal secures Stanlow refinery production
...fuel stations after a panic-driven buying frenzy. Essar Oil UK, which runs the 200,000 barrel-per-day Stanlow refinery, had been in talks with HMRC about extending a January deadline to repay...
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Fuel supply expansion for Scotland refinery
Petroineos has announced a multi-year agreement for sole access to the ASCO UK Aberdeen Inland Terminal that expands the fuel supply footprint of Scotland’s only refinery. The supply of diesel,...