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Essar donates £3,000 to provide dementia support

...and business partners nominate a chosen charity as safety milestones are met. David Ellis presents £3,000 donation to Alzheimer’s Society as part of Let’s Give safety initiative at Stanlow Refinery...

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Grangemouth strike averted

...“We have been working closely with the fuel industry and Scottish Government to put robust alternative fuel supply routes in place in case the refinery is forced to close.”  ...

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New vapour recovery offers savings

...to actually make money in a remarkably short time, simply by retaining petrol that would otherwise go back to the depot or refinery,” says Roger Bailey, sales manager of Petroman...

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Manx Petroleum – Fuelled with island spirit

...has been with the company for over 30 years.   “We have to plan well in advance with refinery staff for the arrival of our replenishment stock which comes by...

Analysis

Prax Petroleum – A year of challenges and opportunities

...gains in contracted and spot sales. The uncertainty surrounding our close neighbour, Coryton refinery, has undoubtedly presented all Thames-based wholesalers with further opportunities.                                  “Changes to the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation...

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Essar safety milestone benefits local school

...Port were delighted to receive a £3,000 donation from Essar at Stanlow recently as a result of the refinery achieving a record breaking safety target of three million hours without...

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JET – nearing its target of 400 branded sites

...finance director Chirayu Patel. “Combined with the refinery down the coast offering a secure and flexible supply, it gave us confidence that JET was the right choice for us. Our...

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Valero’s newly expanded Avonmouth Terminal

...the upgrading of ethanol blending systems. Valero’s Avonmouth Terminal is now fully open for all grades, and receives fuel products directly from its oil refinery in Pembroke, South Wales. www.Valero.com...

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Thames Oilport completes first phase of development

...of these shipments is a major milestone that brings fuel into the terminal for the first time since the closure of the Coryton refinery. The development of Thames Oilport is...

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EET welcomes Government backing of hydrogen project

...of related investment. The low carbon hydrogen will be used locally by EET Fuels’ Stanlow refinery and other major manufacturers in the region, including Encirc, Pilkington and Tata Chemicals to...

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Process safety – Rivers and Hackett speak out

...oil industry. He recently returned from New Zealand where he was running the country’s only oil refinery and was previously responsible for Shell’s refining and petrochemical operations in the UK....

Insight

Live from COP26: FON blog part 1 on SAF

...Fulcrum Bioenergy in the North-West located at the Stanlow refinery complex, and another based in Immingham, by Velocys.” But what is a sustainable aviation fuel? “Using our Fulcrum Bioenergy example,...
Ken Cronin

Opinion

Ken’s Corner – A managed transition?

...will not be ready until 2032.  A risk too far In our own industry we are facing similar issues. Petroineos has announced the closure of the Grangemouth refinery and plans...

Opinion

Highs and lows of the oil price drop

...in demand for fuel – most significantly from motorists and the airline industry – Valero insists it is business as usual at its Pembrokeshire oil refinery, which employs about 1,200...
Data: the UKIFDA databank

Knowledge

Data: the UKIFDA databank

...prior five-year period. Refinery demand fell by 7.8% compared with the same period in the previous year following maintenance during the second quarter of 2023. Net imports of primary oils...

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Essar welcomes six new sites

...Leicestershire Essar Oil (UK), which owns and operates the Stanlow Refinery, welcomed six new sites in the Midlands recently as part of its growing UK retail network.   Five of the...