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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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Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery selected for the next phase of CCUS sequencing
The Government’s announcement of the projects shortlisted for Carbon Capture deployment under the BEIS Phase-2 Cluster Sequencing for carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) deployment sees Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery...
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EET announces the launches Europe’s first hydrogen-fuelled power plant
...of power for the refinery operations. The plant is integral to the decarbonisation of operations at EET Fuels’ Stanlow refinery, which plans to cut total emissions by 95% by 2030,...
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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
...commented that those staff “will understandably be alarmed at the prospect of restructuring at the refinery” and that “A change in outlook for the refinery’s future has wide-ranging and wide-reaching...
Opinion
Effective plant asset maintenance crucial to preventing further UK refinery shutdowns
...components. By using existing expertise within the refinery supply chain, refinery stakeholders can better access technologies to assist in this aim, including real-time asset monitoring and augmented reality and audio-visual...
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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...
Insight
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...
Opinion
Fears for future of Stanlow oil refinery
Essar-owned Stanlow refinery, located in Ellesmere Port, is reportedly facing financial problems, but the company has said it is fully committed to its operations at the Ellesmere Port oil refinery,...
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Stanlow delivers record domestic fuel volumes amid UK supply disruption
A year marked by the closure of major producers and heightened uncertainty across the UK fuel supply chain has delivered record sales for Stanlow refinery. In 2025, the site delivered...
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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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Essar chooses final tech partner for carbon capture facility
...Clean Technologies is a valuable partner in our plan to reduce our refinery emissions by 95% using the BELCO® scrubbing technology.” Essar’s overall decarbonisation strategy aims to reduce refinery emissions...
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Will refinery restructure lead to a sale?
A restructure at the Total Lindsey oil refinery (LOR) is set to take effect from spring 2013. Total LOR, which has seen more than £600m of investment in the...
Market Report
Prices and predictions: how are we faring?
...year was around $35 per barrel, but this has now fallen below $20. The crack (or “refining spread”) is how much gross profit a refinery makes, and is based on...
Insight
No easy decisions at Whitegate
...acquired by Phillips Petroleum. With the merger of Conoco and Phillips in 2002, Whitegate became a ConocoPhillips refinery. In May 2012 Phillips 66 took over ownership. Refining post 2016? When...
Analysis
Growth without structure is a risk not a strategy
...oil refinery – the crown jewel In 2021, Prax bought the Lindsey refinery from TotalEnergies for ~$170m. This move tripled their revenue to nearly $10bn but took their debt to...
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Essar Oil UK reports positive progress on financings
Essar Oil UK, the owner of the Stanlow Refinery, reports that it has successfully addressed the required financing to replace the previous receivables facility. The refinery continues to operate as...