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Thin cover for winter?
...b/d refinery in Lysekil, Sweden, closed last month for six weeks of scheduled maintenance. Also on the docket for autumn works are Exxon’s 246,000 b/d refinery in Antwerp and unspecified...
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Ireland’s downstream oil infrastructure
The 22nd September 1959 was a red letter day in the annals of Irish refining, with the official inauguration of the country’s only refinery at Whitegate, near Cork city. Jointly...
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Prax refinery joins decarbonisation project
...and currently made up of the following organisations – Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery, Humber Zero (with partners: Phillips 66 Humber Refinery and Vitol’s VPI Immingham power plant) and EP UK...
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Essar energy transition places Stanlow at the heart of hydrogen with green ammonia terminal development
The development of a major new open-access import terminal for green ammonia in the Port of Liverpool will place Stanlow Terminals at the heart of the global hydrogen energy transition....
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Ministerial visit to Stanlow focuses on low carbon future
Essar was delighted to host a visit to Stanlow Refinery today by Andrew Stephenson MP, minister of state at the Department for Transport. The minister met senior company representatives and...
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Essar Oil UK reports successful financing and governance changes
Essar Oil (UK) Limited (EOUK), which owns and operates the Stanlow Refinery, today announced that it has closed new financial arrangements of over US$850 million. This has allowed EOUK to...
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VAT deal secures Stanlow refinery production
...fuel stations after a panic-driven buying frenzy. Essar Oil UK, which runs the 200,000 barrel-per-day Stanlow refinery, had been in talks with HMRC about extending a January deadline to repay...
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Stanlow Terminals and Eni UK team up to deliver CO2 transport and storage projects
Stanlow Terminals Ltd (Stanlow Terminals), the UK’s largest independent bulk liquid storage provider has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Eni UK Ltd (Eni UK), the UK subsidiary of global...
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Award winning Essar Stanlow makes foodbank donation
In recognition of the 4th anniversary of the acquisition of the Stanlow Refinery, Essar Oil UK, whose Ellesmere Port site won its 19th consecutive RoSPA award, made a £7,500 donation...
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Essar and Progressive Energy join forces in low carbon venture
...at Essar’s Stanlow Refinery in Cheshire, for use across the HyNet region. It will provide Essar Oil UK with low carbon hydrogen to decarbonise its own energy demand in addition...
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Major investment at Essar
...regenerator head for a key petrol producing unit at its Stanlow refinery. Part of a £23 million refurbishment project, the 428 tonne steel head was lifted 225 feet before being...
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Prax pledges on jobs and decarbonisation
...23 of those years spent with ExxonMobil. Luc Smets, general manager, Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery As part of corporate strategy for the refinery, the Prax Group has committed to boosting...
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Strengths and weaknesses of Scotland’s Grangemouth refinery
...infrastructure such as pipe tracks, jetties and tank farms at the 90-year old refinery. “We value the refinery. In order to maintain the value we invest every year in the...
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Contractors appointed to demolish Coryton
Thames Enterprise Park has taken a major step towards the economic development of the site of the former Coryton Refinery with the appointment of contractors to demolish the redundant refinery...
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Murco confirms sale of Milford Haven refinery: 400 jobs saved
...has signed an agreement to sell its Milford Haven refinery and terminal assets to Klesch Refinery. The price of the deal was not disclosed. It added that a separate transaction...
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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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Essar maintains gold RoSPA H&S standard
...Essar Oil UK is the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, one of the most advanced refineries in Europe situated close to the major cities of Liverpool and Manchester. Stanlow has 800 employees...
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Essar maintains RoSPA gold with exemplary safety performance
...health and safety performance at its Stanlow refinery in Ellesmere Port. The annual awards, organised by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, are the longest-running industry awards scheme...