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Key Jet site near refinery is transformed
Following a complete knock down and re-build and many months of construction, JET Retail UK Limited has re-opened its flagship retail fuel site close to the Phillips 66 Limited Humber...
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EET announces the launches Europe’s first hydrogen-fuelled power plant
...of power for the refinery operations. The plant is integral to the decarbonisation of operations at EET Fuels’ Stanlow refinery, which plans to cut total emissions by 95% by 2030,...
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Moves to quell Grangemouth fears after speculation over refinery’s future
...commented that those staff “will understandably be alarmed at the prospect of restructuring at the refinery” and that “A change in outlook for the refinery’s future has wide-ranging and wide-reaching...
Opinion
Effective plant asset maintenance crucial to preventing further UK refinery shutdowns
...components. By using existing expertise within the refinery supply chain, refinery stakeholders can better access technologies to assist in this aim, including real-time asset monitoring and augmented reality and audio-visual...
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New refinery manager for ExxonMobil Fawley
...recently Australia and New Zealand, where he was Refinery Manager, and replaces Simon Downing who has retired after more than 35 years with the company, including four as Fawley Refinery...
Insight
UK Downstream: the changing landscape
...public authorities, with these sales playing a key role in optimising refinery products balances. For several of these players, especially BP, Shell, Texaco and Total, value chain integration, from refinery...
Opinion
Fears for future of Stanlow oil refinery
Essar-owned Stanlow refinery, located in Ellesmere Port, is reportedly facing financial problems, but the company has said it is fully committed to its operations at the Ellesmere Port oil refinery,...
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Energy company partnership to develop offshore renewable green hydrogen in a UK first
...of Humberside), to be the world’s largest hydrogen store, offering up to 16TWh of storage capacity.” The pilot will aim to combine Lhyfe’s expertise on green hydrogen production and Centrica’s...
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On the right route – Phillips 66
...very positive about Phillips 66’s ability to cope; we’re bullish about theHumber refinery and what we can offer our customers. I wouldn’t be staying if I didn’t believe in it...
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ABB wins major project to relocate refinery
Having ceased production in November 2014, approximately 60% of Milford Haven’s refinery’s process units will be dismantled and rebuilt at an existing facility located outside the UK. Site relocation is...
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Essar Oil UK rebrands on route to become first low carbon process UK refinery
Essar Oil UK has become EET Fuels, as it delivers on its plan to become the UK’s first low carbon process refinery, setting the global benchmark for lower emitting refineries...
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Essar chooses final tech partner for carbon capture facility
...Clean Technologies is a valuable partner in our plan to reduce our refinery emissions by 95% using the BELCO® scrubbing technology.” Essar’s overall decarbonisation strategy aims to reduce refinery emissions...
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Will refinery restructure lead to a sale?
A restructure at the Total Lindsey oil refinery (LOR) is set to take effect from spring 2013. Total LOR, which has seen more than £600m of investment in the...
Market Report
Prices and predictions: how are we faring?
...year was around $35 per barrel, but this has now fallen below $20. The crack (or “refining spread”) is how much gross profit a refinery makes, and is based on...
Insight
No easy decisions at Whitegate
...acquired by Phillips Petroleum. With the merger of Conoco and Phillips in 2002, Whitegate became a ConocoPhillips refinery. In May 2012 Phillips 66 took over ownership. Refining post 2016? When...
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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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...
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Essar Oil UK reports positive progress on financings
Essar Oil UK, the owner of the Stanlow Refinery, reports that it has successfully addressed the required financing to replace the previous receivables facility. The refinery continues to operate as...