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Robotic Hydrodemolition in Folkestone, UK. Hydrodemolition of concrete exposing the rebar.. Hydrodemolition (also known as hydro demolition, hydroblasting, hydro blasting, hydromilling, waterblasting, and waterjetting) is a concrete removal technique which utilizes high-pressure water, often containing an abrasive material, to remove deteriorated and sound concrete as well as asphalt and grout.
The £500,000 oil terminal, in Leeds, had opened in April 1968, with oil transported by rail. [21] Further units added, from 1976, to open in 1979, costing £58m. 1,500 construction workers worked on the development. [22] By 1977 it was the sixth-largest refinery in the UK, processing around 10m tonnes.
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.
The oil and gas industry in the United Kingdom produced 1.42 million BOE per day [4] in 2014, of which 59% [4] was oil/liquids. In 2013 the UK consumed 1.508 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil and 2.735 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas, [5] so is now an importer of hydrocarbons having been a significant exporter in the 1980s and 1990s.
The Humber Refinery is a British oil refinery in South Killingholme, North Lincolnshire. It is situated south of the railway line next to the A160; Prax Group's Lindsey Oil Refinery is north of the railway line. It is situated approximately ten miles north west of Grimsby, and processes approximately 221,000 barrels (35,100 m 3) of crude oil per
The UK Government revealed plans to mandate oil and gas licensing in the North Sea in a bid to reduce dependency on “hostile foreign regimes”, it will be announced in the King’s Speech.
Milford Haven Refinery was an oil refinery situated on the Pembrokeshire coast in Wales, United Kingdom. The refinery began operating in 1973 under Amoco's ownership, but in its final years it was owned by Murco Petroleum. The closure of the refinery was announced in November 2014.
Wytch Farm is an oil field and processing facility in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England.It is the largest onshore oil field in Western Europe. [1] The facility, taken over by Perenco in 2011, was previously operated by BP.