Analysis
A just transition for Grangemouth?
...could have invested in Grangemouth Refinery over a period of 5 years, therefore saving jobs and the future of Scotland’s refinery. I believe the UK Government could have intervened. “As...
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News
No restart for Lindsey refinery as Phillips 66 agrees asset purchase
...Refinery Limited, and is pending completion subject to satisfaction of closing conditions. An assessment by Phillips 66 Limited found that the previously Prax-run refinery is ‘not viable in its current...
News
The Prax Group to purchase Lindsey Oil Refinery
...“We are committed to all Lindsey Oil Refinery employees, who are a key element for the future success of the refinery.” Lindsey Oil Refinery saw a major investment from Total...
Insight
Stanlow Refinery: a century of the North West powering Britain
...almost two decades, and now serves as a Production Team Leader. He also happens to work at the refinery alongside elder brother, Neil (Refinery shift manager) and younger brother, Gavin...
News
Prax Group agrees purchase of Total Lindsey Oil Refinery
...are a key element for the future success of the refinery.” Lindsey Oil Refinery saw a major investment from Total in 2015, which modernised and streamlined the refinery. “Since selling...
Analysis
Fuelling progress: future fuels for transport decarbonisation
...signed an MoU with gas distribution group, SGN, to explore the use of hydrogen and carbon capture in the Southampton industrial cluster, home to the Fawley refinery. There’s real potential...
News
Top distributor accolade for WP Group
...team and ongoing investment in talent, the board is committed to continuing the development of WP Group into an engineering led and solutions-focused, sustainable business.” Headquartered at ExxonMobil’s Fawley refinery,...
Market Report
The meteoric rise and sudden demise of State Oil
...Oil – the owners of Prax Petroleum, the Lindsey Oil Refinery and various North Sea exploration assets – had gone into Administration. Not too much information is yet available around...
News
Prax Lindsey refinery set to close with no buyer found
...Ineos’s Grangemouth closure earlier this year, reducing the UK’s major refinery count from six to just four. Despite reassurances from the Minister that Phillips 66’s nearby Humber refinery and transitioned...
News
UK refining – hunting for answers
...A large refinery reputedly contributes £60 million to the local economy. “Closed in 2009, Petroplus’ Teesside refinery was an ex-ICI plant, very simple in refinery complexity terms but closely integrated...
News
The Prax Group acquisition, appointments and securitisation
...Luc Smets, general manager, Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery appointment, Luc was refinery manager for the Gunvor Group, where he also sat as chairman of the refinery’s board of directors, and...
News
Significant expansion of biofuels capacity for Phillips 66
...UK to process used cooking oil. The refinery converts UK & International waste streams to finished bio road fuels. In a significant investment that expands the refinery’s capability to process...
Opinion
A reliable and secure supply
...road, and the refinery can accommodate all these requirements. Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery will play a substantial role in the Prax UK supply chain, in line with the company’s vision...
Insight
Refining operations
...attributes that suggest that it will continue to be an important part of the UK refinery network for the foreseeable future. Lindsey Oil Refinery – product yield and distribution The...
News
Shell tech deal will see Phillips 66 refinery first to reduce CO2 emissions
The Phillips 66 Humber Refinery in the UK is on track to become the first refinery in the world to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions after agreeing a deal with...
Insight
Stanlow celebrates a century of powering Britain
...construction began on a fully-fledged crude oil refinery. This refinery was completed in 1952. Development under Essar ownership Essar Group acquired Stanlow in 2011. Since then, Essar has nurtured the...
Interview
Phillips 66: Humber Refinery
...the Humber Refinery speciality coke production is surprising and intriguing – it is something we, at Phillips 66 Limited, are immensely proud (and protective) of. Furthermore, the Humber Refinery produces...
News
Grangemouth march for jobs as workers and local community rally to save nation’s oil refinery
Unite the union today said there is a ‘growing belief’ that an extension in the lifespan of the Petroineos oil refinery in Grangemouth can be secured following the worker-led march and rally...