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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,...
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Hydrogen collaboration for Uniper and Phillips 66
...Refinery from 2029. The hydrogen would be used to replace refinery fuel gas in industrial-scale fired heaters, as part of Phillips 66’s plans to reduce the Humber Refinery’s scope 1...
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Biorefinery set for take-off at Stanlow
...Essar Oil (UK) Limited (Essar), Fulcrum BioEnergy Limited (Fulcrum) and Essar’s subsidiary company Stanlow Terminals Limited. This innovative bio-refinery will convert several hundred thousand tonnes of pre-processed waste, which would...
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Sustainable aviation fuel from sewage producer Firefly secures £5m Wizz Air investment
...a pioneer in renewable fuels, has the potential to deliver a new feedstock pathway. The project encompasses engineering design and construction of a demonstrator plant, capable of generating the quantities...
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Shortlisted proposal would see UK village swap from natural gas to hydrogen in 2025
...place expected to be made next year Kent, a leading engineering company in oil and gas and Hydrogen (H2) technologies, has been appointed as the FEED Contractor for aspects of...