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Insight

The integrity of the UK oil supply system

...supplied from Stanlow refinery, supplemented by two pipeline fed terminals in Manchester, a sea fed public storage facility at Eastham and a rail fed terminal near Carlisle. Yorkshire/Humberside is serviced...

Insight

Refining operations

...later by the adjacent Conoco (now Phillips 66) Humber refinery facility.  Ownership became 100% vested in Total on its acquisition of Petrofina in 1999. Capacity, feedstocks and rationalisation Initial distillation...
Grangemouth march for jobs

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...

Opinion

A reliable and secure supply

...of this year the Prax Group successfully acquired Lindsey Oil Refinery, located five miles from the Humber Estuary in North Killingholme, along with its associated logistic assets.  The acquisition will...

News

Streamlining the UK’s downstream infrastructure

...OF THE UKOP SYSTEM, IS PART OF A RATIONALISATION PROCESS WHICH HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR 40 YEARS Rationalisation has encompassed both refinery and distribution terminal networks with the initial trigger...

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...

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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...

News

A good infrastructure?

...twoHumberrefineries and Fawley are under their original ownership. Since the last refinery – Murco’s Milford Haven – was commissioned in 1973, refinery numbers have progressively declined – from 18 with...

Insight

Strategic supply from Britain’s largest refinery

...refinery complex, with generating capability of 130 megawatts of electricity and 150 of heat.   Product movements Fawley is first and foremost an inland refinery. Its supporting logistics infrastructure is...

News

Rix joins business resilience forum

...Humber Business Resilience Forum (HBRF). From next month businesses across the Humberside force area will have the opportunity to sign up for a new way of protecting themselves from cyber...

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...

Market Report

Disrupting the sector: the new Nigerian super-refinery

...the size of the UK’s largest refinery (Exxon Fawley). Equally important is Dangote’s technical sophistication, with a Nelson (Refinery) complexity classification of 10.5 (out of 14). This puts it above...