Exxon’s $1bn UK expansion to make its first diesel in 2024
Exxon Mobil will complete a $1 billion expansion of diesel production at its Fawley UK oil refinery next year, a key step in curbing the country’s reliance on imports.
Refining
‘Nationalise it’: Unions lament Grangemouth refinery plans as ‘kick in the teeth’
Union leaders slammed plans to cease operations at Grangemouth’s crude refinery and called for nationalisation, while just transition campaigners called for a ‘credible plan’ to protect workers.
BREAKING: Grangemouth oil refinery could cease operations by 2025
Grangemouth, Scotland’s last remaining oil refining capacity, could close as soon as 2025 amid a reported decline in North Sea oil output and falling demand for fuels.
Updated: 150 Kaefer contractors at Shell operated Mossmorran and St Fergus energy plants set to strike
Unite members working as contractors for Kaefer at Shell operated plants vote to take a week of strike action between 27 November and 4 December.
GMB Scotland blames “failure of government” for Forties oil flow decline
GMB Scotland has said a "failure of government" is the cause of a major reduction in North Sea oil flowing through the Forties Pipeline System (FPS).
‘Extreme’ flaring seen for miles from Ineos Grangemouth as firm deals with ‘process upset’
Ineos has apologised to Central Belt residents after a ‘process upset’ led to hours of flaring at Grangemouth on Thursday evening.
Fuel supplies at risk as Unite ballots workers at Exxon refinery
Dozens of workers employed at supermajor ExxonMobil’s Fawley refinery and petrochemical complex could soon down tools as part of a dispute around pay.
Prevention of corrosion, scaling and fouling
Novel injection, dispersion & mixing technology combats refinery corrosion