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Coryton assets to be sold to joint venture
...are managing the safe closure of the refinery. The sale follows a five month exercise to explore all the options for the refinery. As stated by the administrators in May,...
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Petroplus administrators reveal scale of Coryton’s financial woes
...the Coryton refinery. The report provides creditors with a detailed description of progress that has been made in the six months since the appointment of the administrators. Trading losses from...
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Sustainable low carbon liquid fuels: perspectives and prospects
...UK, the Phillips 66 Humber refinery started co-processing in 2017, at 50,000mt/ year, subsequently expanded to 150,000 mt/year, with further expansion to 250,000mt/year in 2024. The diagram top right of...
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Robust financial performance
Essar has invested over $850 million since acquiring Stanlow in July 2011 Essar Oil (UK) Limited, which owns and operates the Stanlow Refinery, has reported robust financial results for the...
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Essar and Progressive Energy join forces in low carbon venture
...at Essar’s Stanlow Refinery in Cheshire, for use across the HyNet region. It will provide Essar Oil UK with low carbon hydrogen to decarbonise its own energy demand in addition...
Opinion
Unite Grangemouth survival plan calls for transition to biofuels hub
...which represents the workforce at Grangemouth, has written to energy secretary Ed Miliband demanding action on Grangemouth. In September, Grangemouth owners Petroineos announced its intention to close the only refinery...
Analysis
What price oil? Q2 2025 in review
...jet fuel production capacity at its Castellon refinery in Spain, amid weak market growth. On 22nd April, the UK Trade Remedies Authority recommend continuing current anti-dumping duties on Argentinian biodiesel...
Opinion
Deloitte statement further highlights Stanlow concerns
Concerns surrounding money siphoned out of the Stanlow oil refinery have been raised by Deloitte, after the accounting giant quit as auditor to the parent company of the refinery –...
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Lindsey oil refinery owner Prax Group enters insolvency
Owner of Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire, Prax group, has entered insolvency proceedings, putting hundreds of jobs at risk, according to Sky News report this morning. Parent company of Prax...
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Lindsey refinery collapse results in redundancy for more than 100 tanker drivers
Administrators for the Prax Lindsey oil refinery, which filed for insolvency at the end of June, have confirmed that more than 100 tanker drivers have been made redundant with immediate...
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Key Jet site near refinery is transformed
...Refinery in South Killingholme, North Lincolnshire. JET’s biggest site transformation to date, the £3M project has resulted in a world-class site with state-of-the-art facilities meeting the needs of both HGV...
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Phillips 66 supports SSAFA with charity donation
The Grimsby and Cleethorpes Division of Armed Forces charity, SSAFA, received £1,000 from Phillips 66 Humber Refinery after Ken Weller, Operator, B-Shift, White Oils, made the nomination. When asked why...
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Irish government announces €505m support package after fuel protests disrupt supply chain
...blockaded the Whitegate Refinery – the country’s only oil refinery – as well as other key supply points such as terminals and ports, temporarily restricting fuel movements and creating immediate...
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Record results for Essar
Major initiatives at Essar’s Stanlow refinery have seen a hydrocarbon margin improvement of +$3/bbl in the last four years, taking its margin to + $5/bbl compared to the North West...
Opinion
Industry support for sustainable aviation fuel mandates
...the SAF mandate is about making SAF a more regular part of the supply chain. SAF at scale The Phillips 66 Humber refinery was the first in the UK to...
Insight
Sector decarbonisation: The future transport energy mix
...role for the ICE. In addition, Repsol is planning to establish a synthetic fuels plant near its Petronor refinery, utilising CO2 captured from refinery activity, which would be synthesized with...
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Security of oil supply in the fuel distribution sector
...surplus on motor spirit. By and large, this is a consequence of refinery investment decisions in the 1970s and 1980s, which focused on upgrading facilities (such as FCCs) to produce...
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A look at the shape of the future UK downstream oil sector landscape
...two main airports, Heathrow and Gatwick. The refinery network has diminished in size from 9 facilities to 6. The middle ‘tier’ of the landscape has seen a number of ownership...