Insight
Strategic supply from Britain’s largest refinery
...and 22m mt of crude oil, oil products and chemicals per year. The facility can accommodate coasters or part laden tankers of up to 350,000 (deadweight) DWT. The refinery complex...
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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...
News
Lindsey refinery collapse sparks urgent industry and government response
The Lindsey oil refinery entered administration on 30 June, prompting immediate action from government and industry bodies amid concerns over fuel supply, energy resilience and job losses. The collapse of...
News
Confirmed: Grangemouth, the UK’s oldest refinery, is to close in 2025
...at the Grangemouth site, which spans 1,700 acres and is Scotland’s largest industrial complex: The oil refinery: operated by Petroineos, a 50/50 joint venture between PetroChina and INEOS, employing c.475...
News
A good infrastructure?
...crude oil feedstock being sourced from theUKand Norwegian sectors of theNorth Sea. Refinery challenges Poor profitability conditions in refining have been evident since 2008 and will continue, with no prospect...
News
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...
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...
Analysis
A just transition for Grangemouth?
Grangemouth, one of six oil refineries in the UK, is the oldest and the last one in Scotland, supplying around 65% of Scotland’s oil products. In a September statement, site...
Interview
In Profile – Luc Smets
In the August edition of Fuel Oil News magazine, we chatted with Luc Smets, general manager at Prax Lindsey oil refinery, to discover more about the man behind the industry...
Interview
In Profile: Luc Smets
Speaking of his family, recent achievements and a love of chocolate, we chat with Luc Smets, general manager at Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery to discover more about the man behind...
News
Will refinery restructure lead to a sale?
...Total has already tried to find a buyer for its Lindsey oil refinery on previous occasions, Fuel Oil News quizzed an industry insider as to whether being a separate entity...
Market Report
Disrupting the sector: the new Nigerian super-refinery
...oil producer in Africa (15th in the world), but it also has the 10th largest oil reserves on the planet. At the same time however, those same casual observers would...
Insight
Stanlow Refinery: a century of the North West powering Britain
...threat of Nazi invasion. Following the war, and recognising the strategic importance of proximity to customer markets, a fully-fledged crude oil refinery was constructed and completed in 1952. Stanlow’s journey...
News
Europe’s most advanced oil re-refinery now operational
Just 18 months after breaking ground, Europe’s most advanced, 100,000 tonnes per annum, used lubricating oil re-refinery, AVISTA Green’s in Kalundborg, Denmark, is operational. The construction of the re-refinery has...
News
P66 agrees UK-first sustainable fuel supply
...feedstocks. The investment is part of a broader energy transition plan to reduce the carbon intensity of its refinery operations and products that support 1,000 Humber Refinery jobs. “This agreement with British Airways aligns with our strategy...
News
Streamlining the UK’s downstream infrastructure
...being falling market demand following the oil price rise in the aftermath of the first ‘oil shock’ which followed the October 1973 Yom Kippur conflict in the Middle East. Further...
News
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...
Insight
A critical role for Stanlow
...in metric tonnes pa Petrol – 3 million Diesel – 3.5 million Jet A-1/kerosene – 2 million LPG/ petrochemical feedstocks – 1.5 million Fuel oil – 1 million The refinery...