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Go ahead for Valero’s CHP unit
...Valero will provide power for the refinery, as well as supplement the refinery’s steam demand, and is the first project of its kind to receive planning permission as a Development...
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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...
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Irving Oil to acquire Whitegate
...very seriously,” added president of Irving Oil, Ian Whitcomb. Irving Oil looks forward to sharing more information on this acquisition upon the close of the purchase and sale agreement. www.irvingoil.com...
Interview
In Conversation with The Oil Lady
The Oil Lady is a fuel distribution business based in little Yeldham, Essex. It was founded in 2015, by Sheila Considine. Claudia Weeks, Content Lead for Fuel Oil News, spoke...
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September 14 update
...North Sea oil had just been discovered and the slogan “it’s our oil” began to get traction. Back in October 2013, we looked at the downstream oil industry in Scotland...
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How does the french downstream sector compare to the UK?
...heating oil continues to be a material source of fuel/energy for heating purposes. Rationalisation of the refinery network has been pursued with particular urgency over the past five years with...
Interview
Celebrating 50 golden years of Peak Oil
...Peak Oil Tom Pearson founded Peak Oil as a business from his home address in Dronfield, back in 1972 and explains how it all began: “I started Tom Pearson Oils...
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Phillips 66 roots for local SSAFA division with £1k donation
...of the Royal Anglian Regiment, who is a staff member at the refinery. Explaining why he put forward SSAFA for the generous donation, refinery operator Ken said: “From a simple...
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Moves to quell Grangemouth fears after speculation over refinery’s future
...on “future-proofing” Grangemouth, site of Scotland’s only oil refinery, amid fears for the future of hundreds of jobs. Whilst saying that it would not be appropriate to comment on “media...
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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...
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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...
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Prax group enters North Sea market with successful acquisition of Hurricane Energy
...would have likely received from the firm’s Lancaster oilfield, and on an expedited timeframe. Growth strategy London-headquartered Prax acquired the Lindsey oil refinery at Immingham in 2021 from TotalEnergies and...
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Ambitious low carbon investments
The UK Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA) has welcomed the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) funding towards hydrogen projects at Essar’s Stanlow oil refinery and a renewable hydrogen...
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Stanlow’s strong performance
Reducing production of lower margin products such as fuel oil and naphtha, Essar’s Stanlow refinery has increased the yield of high margin products such as gasoline and middle distillates Essar...
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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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Wincanton renews Total contract
...two companies – means that Wincanton will continue to manage Total’s maintenance warehouse facility at the Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire. Under the terms of the agreement Wincanton retains responsibility...
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Crude oil supply – Essar enters new arrangement
Essar Oil UK has entered into new arrangements with Barclays Bank plc to cover the supply of crude oil to its Stanlow refinery. Under the new arrangements, Barclays will hold...