Opinion
UKPIA welcomes investments in hydrogen
...unit with a new, net zero ready furnace at Stanlow. Phillips 66 Limited will also receive a grant of over £500,000 towards research into fuel switching in the Humber refinery’s...
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News
Taking strategic action
...landing white fish. Presently being revamped, the expectation is that much larger fishing vessels will use Peterhead in the future. With its Humber refinery well-positioned on the east coast, Phillips...
Opinion
In the light of the Purvin & Gertz report discussed in FON’s July issue, are you worried about the UK’s refining resilience?
...George, Phillips 66 “Phillips 66 plays a key role in providing a secure supply of petroleum products to the UK markets via its Humber Refinery. We are very pleased that...
News
Biofuels – an uncertain future
...alternative resources; in particular, used cooking oil (UCO) is growing in popularity. Firms such as Greenergy, which has a large biodiesel biorefinery on Humberside, are extracting fats from stale or...
Analysis
Fuelling confidence: Why infrastructure readiness matters more than ever
In light of the turbulence created by recent supply disruptions – most notably the closure of Lindsey Oil Refinery – Fuel Oil News invited industry leaders to share their perspective...
Opinion
Hydrogen and CCUS: a sector placed to deliver
...clusters with CCUS at their core. CCUS has the potential to considerably reduce refinery emissions, which currently stand at ~12MTCO2e p/a. The downstream sector has considerable assets including six major...
Opinion
VAT deal secures Stanlow refinery production
...fuel stations after a panic-driven buying frenzy. Essar Oil UK, which runs the 200,000 barrel-per-day Stanlow refinery, had been in talks with HMRC about extending a January deadline to repay...
News
Fuel supply expansion for Scotland refinery
Petroineos has announced a multi-year agreement for sole access to the ASCO UK Aberdeen Inland Terminal that expands the fuel supply footprint of Scotland’s only refinery. The supply of diesel,...
Insight
Downstream Norway: Leading the way in decarbonisation
...MT. Turning attention to the refinery network and oil products demand. Supply & Distribution: There is now only one operating refinery in the country, the Equinor (formerly Statoil) facility at...
News
Biorefinery set for take-off at Stanlow
...Essar Oil (UK) Limited (Essar), Fulcrum BioEnergy Limited (Fulcrum) and Essar’s subsidiary company Stanlow Terminals Limited. This innovative bio-refinery will convert several hundred thousand tonnes of pre-processed waste, which would...
News
Essar staff offered £30,000 “leaver incentive” package
As reported in July, Essar’s 1000 employees at the Stanlow Oil Refinery are being offered a voluntary severance package, now rumoured to be worth a fixed-sum of £30,000. All employees...
News
Workers protest over Coryton sale
Workers at the Coryton oil refinery in Essex gathered with their families at Purfleet on 21 and 22 July, to protest against the closure of the refinery and the subsequent...
News
Crude oil supply – Essar enters new arrangement
...maximise efficiency, to substantially improve margins and to ensure that the refinery can thrive in all market conditions.” Essar Energy completed the purchase of Stanlow, the UK’s second largest refinery...
News
Workforce investment essential to Essar’s low carbon future
Following its positive business update at the turn of the year, Essar Oil (UK) has invested heavily in plans to develop the UK’s first low carbon refinery. In addition to...
News
Essar invests £360 million in Stanlow carbon capture facility
In line with its ambition to become a leading low carbon refinery by 2030, Essar has announced plans to build a £360 million carbon capture plant at Stanlow starting in...
Interview
In Profile – Andy Ruffell-Ward, Harvest Energy Ltd
...note? Being involved in Prax’s acquisition of Lindsey Oil Refinery and the early days post-acquisition, all whilst working remotely during COVID. Tell us your greatest fear. I don’t tend to...
News
It’s a cracker for Essar
Moving the load was a complex technical operation – it took six hours to transport the head from Ellesmere Port docks to the refinery four miles away Vital to Stanlow’s...
News
Petroineos GasOil and Biofuel Workshop
A workshop hosted by fuel processing giant Petroineos at its Grangemouth refinery to discuss growing concerns that red diesel is causing damage to farm machinery saw a large turnout from...