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In September last year, bosses at Petroineos – a joint venture between Petro China and Ineos – confirmed the Grangemouth refinery will close in the second quarter of 2025, with the loss of ...
The synthetic ethanol contained in it has been produced for more than 40 years at Grangemouth. Most of the vast output - 226m litres per year, enough to fill 90 Olympic swimming pools - goes into ...
Politicians and trade unions have hit out at the decision to close the refinery. ‘Grown-up debate’ needed about future of Grangemouth, says Petroineos boss Skip to main content
Grangemouth Refinery is an oil refinery complex located on the Firth of Forth in Grangemouth, Scotland, currently operated by Petroineos. It is the only operating crude oil refinery in Scotland and currently one of the six remaining refineries in the UK. [ 1 ]
Unite also said oil and gas workers risk becoming ‘the coal miners of our generation’ without action to ensure sustainable jobs.
In September 2024, the owners Petroineos confirmed that the Grangemouth Refinery which connects to the terminal via two cross-country pipelines, would cease refining operations no later than June 2025. This will mean that the terminal and both cross-country pipelines will also close in the same timescale. [8]
Petroleum refining in the United Kingdom produced around 51.45 million tonnes of petroleum products in 2023, down 16% from 2015 and 32% from 2011. [1] There are six major and one minor petroleum refinery in the downstream sector of the UK oil industry.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham and Scottish secretary Derek Thomson both called for action from ministers at Westminster and Holyrood.