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Schoolchildren inspired by aviation experience 

“Essar was pleased to work with Passion for Learning to deliver this aviation experience for local children,” said Ian Cotton, head of communications Children from schools local to Essar’s Stanlow refinery recently...

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An industry acquiring

...strategic acquisition of Lindsey Oil Refinery, and its associated logistics assets in the UK, in March this year. This followed an agreement, signed in July 2020, to purchase the refinery...

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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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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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Valero fuels another season of RNLI lifesaving

Members of the Tenby lifeboat crew thank Valero for its life-saving gift RNLI volunteers in Angle and Tenby have thanked Valero Pembroke Refinery, following another vital donation of fuel oil...
New $150m receivables portfolio for Essar

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Essar Oil UK: Stanlow Manufacturing Complex

...2030 and will achieve its net zero emission target by 2040. Essar is committed to becoming the UK’s first low carbon refinery, investing over $1.2 billion over the next five...

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Slicker Recycling acquires RE:Group

...in a 100,000 tonne per annum base oil re-refinery situated in Denmark. RE:Groups’ managing director Paul Waine, will remain with the business and has joined the board of Greenbottle. Paul...

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UKPIA welcomes support for decarbonisation projects

...play in decarbonising industry as well as supporting high quality jobs right across the UK throughout the energy transition. North West – Essar’s Stanlow refinery is central to the HyNet...

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Total UK prosecuted

...at Total’s Lindsey Oil Refinery on 29th June 2010. In an external statement, the company said: Total UK Limited deeply regrets the accident in 2010 and wishes to repeat its...

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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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Long-term contract for Valero 

...mid-2020.  Valero’s Pembroke refinery is helping to fuel 116 Co-op filling stations Credit: John Sturrock, www.johnsturrock.com Valero, which has worked with Co-op since 2005, will manage the supply of fuel...

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Lewis Tankers wins biofuel transport contract

...terminal at the Grangemouth refinery. To meet the UK government’s targets under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, refiners are required to blend gasoline with a proportion of bioethanol, currently 5%. ...
Phillips 66 supports Horizon Youth

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Phillips 66 pledges support for young people

Phillips 66’s Humber Refinery is the latest local business to champion the borough’s young people, by becoming a Founder Patron of Horizon Youth Zone.  As a Founder Patron, Phillips 66...

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Puma Energy acquires BP’s Belfast terminal

...of handling MR class vessels. The site comprises 20 bulk fuel storage tanks with a working capacity of ca. 143 000 m3.  The 53 acre former refinery site is located...