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Grangemouth Oil Refinery in Scotland ends crude processing and redundancies begin
The operator of Scotland's sole oil refinery, Petroineos, said in a press release that the facility has ceased processing crude oil as of Tuesday. It is now converting to an import terminal. Petroineos (a joint venture between Ineos founded by British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe and Chinese state-owned PetroChina) confirmed in September the Grangemouth refinery will cease production in the second half of 2025. Iain Hardie is the region head for legal and external affairs of Petroineos. He said that the company had invested 67.06 millions pounds (50 million pounds) to convert to an import terminal. Petroineos announced that it would...