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Petroineos GasOil and Biofuel Workshop
...quality and in particular, the addition of Biofuel to GasOil in a bid to find answers. A spokesman from Petroineos explained: “Petroineos, as Scotland’s only refinery, is a major, but...
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Petroineos – refining graduates
Celebrating graduation – the Petroineos sponsored students The first three students from a Petroineos-sponsored training programme have graduated from Heriot-Watt University. Designed with refining industry in mind, the initiative between...
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Petroineos announces future-proofing Grangemouth reconfiguration plan
...With these changes, Petroineos believes it can have a viable longer-term business, employing up to 450 highly skilled jobs. Franck Demay, CEO Petroineos Refining, says; “As a national critical infrastructure it...
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Confirmed: Grangemouth, the UK’s oldest refinery, is to close in 2025
...Petroineos outlined plans to transform the refinery site into a finished fuels import terminal and distribution hub which will require significantly fewer people to operate. As a result, Petroineos will,...
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A just transition for Grangemouth?
...owner Petroineos confirmed plans, first shared in October 2023, to cease production in the second quarter of 2025, with the loss of all but 75 of the 475 jobs at...
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Unite challenges first minister on the future of Grangemouth
...to support the Petroineos workers, and to bring forward proposals which can safeguard the future of the oil refinery and the wider Grangemouth complex. Petroineos revealed in November 2023 that...
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Grangemouth plans result in calls for urgent government action
...Yet serious doubts remain over the project’s feasibility and timing. Iain Hardie of Petroineos, which operates the site, compared the risk of inaction to the devastating closure of the Ravenscraig...
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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,...
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Lewis Tankers wins biofuel transport contract
Lewis Tankers has won a two-year contract from PetroIneos Fuels to transport biofuel (‘denatured’ bioethanol) by road from bulk storage tanks located in the Grangemouth Docks to the company’s fuel...
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In the light of the Purvin & Gertz report discussed in FON’s July issue, are you worried about the UK’s refining resilience?
...with importers and EU/global refineries.” Andrew Gardner, Petroineos “Petroineos supports the Purvin & Gertz report and the subsequent findings. In particular we believe that fossil fuels will continue to be...
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Grangemouth march for jobs as workers and local community rally to save nation’s oil refinery
Unite the union today said there is a ‘growing belief’ that an extension in the lifespan of the Petroineos oil refinery in Grangemouth can be secured following the worker-led march and rally...
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Lewis Tankers wins new biofuels contract
PetroIneos Fuels has awarded a two-year contract to Lewis Tankers to transport biofuel from its bulk storage tanks in Grangemouth Docks to its fuel terminal at the Grangemouth refinery. The...
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Strengths and weaknesses of Scotland’s Grangemouth refinery
Andrew Gardner, PetroIneos Refining commercial manager The biggest strengths of Scotland’s Grangemouth refinery are its products, its logistical capability, including excellent road/rail links, and a pipeline from the east coast...
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Products and markets
The majority of Petroineos’ customers are based in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England. BP, Grangemouth’s former owner, remains its biggest customer Particularly strong in middle distillates, the refinery’s product...
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Spotlight on Celtic Renewables as Project Willow champions ABE biorefining
...scalability of what we do, and our potential to position Scotland at the forefront of the global green chemical revolution.” Vision for Scotland Project Willow was commissioned by Petroineos and...
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Grangemouth workforce Unite over government proposals
...22 February. The survey strongly indicates that the workforce believes there has been a collective failure to support them following the announcement by Petroineos in November last year to begin transitioning its Grangemouth...
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Unite Grangemouth survival plan calls for transition to biofuels hub
...which represents the workforce at Grangemouth, has written to energy secretary Ed Miliband demanding action on Grangemouth. In September, Grangemouth owners Petroineos announced its intention to close the only refinery...
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Streamlining the UK’s downstream infrastructure
...Esso (Belfast), Texaco (Carrickfergus) and Shell (Londonderry) SCOTLAND Around 70% of requirements are sourced from Petroineos’ Grangemouth refinery (formerly BP) with other points being the adjacent NuStar terminal and another...