Energy bills set to rise as fuel diverted from Mossmorran to Europe for profit boost
Households and businesses using off-grid gas in Scotland face higher energy bills as fuel is diverted from Mossmorran to mainland Europe, The Courier can reveal.
Households and businesses using off-grid gas in Scotland face higher energy bills as fuel is diverted from Mossmorran to mainland Europe, The Courier can reveal.
Spiralling living costs coupled with record profits for energy producers have fuelled a series of increasingly bitter disputes between operators and workers throughout 2022.
Plans to stop burning gas high in the sky above Mossmorran are little more than a public relations exercise, according to a community councillor living nearby.
More than 100 Kaefer contractors based at the Mossmorran and St Fergus gas plants are being balloted for strike action in a dispute over pay and conditions.
A recent investigation linked gas flaring to cancer cases in Iraq, so where does this leave people living around Mossmorran in Fife?
Verification agency Bureau Veritas (EPA: BVI) has won a multimillion-pound deal to support dozens of Shell platforms in the UK.
Communities close to the petro chemical plants at Mossmorran have been warned to expect flaring as a ยฃ140million upgrade of the processing plant gets set to begin in earnest.
Shell and Unite have clashed over the number of job cuts, and purported safety concerns, at the St Fergus Gas Terminal and Mossmorran plant.
โApocalypticโ flaring at the Mossmorran petrochemical plant in Fife has been brought to an end after three nights of noise, light and vibrations.
Wood, of Aberdeen, is teaming up with gas distribution network company SGN to create a "decarbonisation roadmap" for the north-east and east coast of Scotland.
The Shell UK plant at Mossmorran has returned to normal operations following Tuesdayโs severe weather but flaring is understood to be continuing at neighbouring ExxonMobil.
Shell has appointed a new manager for its Fife NGL Plant at Mossmorran.
Mossmorran is facing an eight-month delay to noise reduction improvements as ExxonMobil seeks to hold off on the ยฃ140million programme.
More than 100 workers staged an unofficial walkout at the controversial Mossmorran chemical plant in Fife yesterday.
Bosses at ExxonMobil have apologised after "intense flaring" at a Fife chemical plant sparked alarm in the community.
People living around Mossmorran have been assured there will be no elevated flaring over the Christmas holidays.
US oil and gas giant ExxonMobil has announced the award of a "multi-million" deal at its Mossmorran facility to engineering firm Bilfinger.
Mossmorran bosses have announced a ยฃ140 million investment in the plant to reduce flaring.
A pledge by Mossmorran operators to reduce unplanned flaring within five years has been branded unacceptable by Scotlandโs environmental watchdog.
Shell UKโs Braefoot Bay terminal was cordoned off following a gas leak in the early hours of Friday morning.
Scotland's environmental watchdog has launched an investigation into unplanned flaring at a chemical plant.
Flaring at the Mossmorran chemical plant in Fife will continue into this week.
Shellโs plant manager at Fife NGL at Mossmorran said the plant was critical to the companyโs North Sea exploration and production plans for years to come.
Energy giant Shell has been fined ยฃ40,000 for breaching climate pollution rules at the Mossmorran Chemical plant in Fife.
Petrochemical companies ExxonMobil Chemical and Shell UK have been served with final warning letters by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency following last Juneโs serious flaring incident at Mossmorran.