Workers vote to restore union recognition at Grangemouth refinery
Workers have voted to restore recognition of the Unite union at the Ineos petrochemical site at Grangemouth.
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Large profits rise for Grangemouth owner
The operator of the Grangemouth refinery recorded a 10-fold increase in profits last year.
Ineos to plough £60m into Grangemouth expansion
Fracking firm Ineos has announced its intention to invest £60 million in the expansion of its Grangemouth site.
Changes to Contracts for Difference rules to cost UK consumers £100m a year
An investigation into rule changes made to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) second auction round has found that it will increase costs to UK consumers by £100 million a year.
Ineos looks to challenge Scottish fracking ban
The Scottish Government’s fracking ban is facing a legal challenge from petrochemical giant Ineos.
Ineos to expand Grangemouth capacity, unveils European growth plans
Petrochemicals giant Ineos will expand its Grangemouth facility as part of a portfolio of major projects aimed at boosting its ethylene production.
Ineos in staunch defence of track record after £200m Forties deal with BP
Petrochemicals giant Ineos yesterday launched a staunch defence of its track record as an employer and infrastructure owner after agreeing to buy the Forties pipeline system from BP for £200million.
Ineos lodges plans which could prolong Falkirk road closure
Ineos has lodged plans for a security management centre and gatehouse which could permanently close off a section of public road in Falkirk.
Ineos hit with safety notice over accident prevention at Grangemouth
Ineos has been given an improvement notice after being accused of failing to take “all measures necessary” to prevent major accidents at its site at Grangemouth.
Former Greenpeace director to advise Ineos on climate change
A former executive director of Greenpeace is to advise petrochemical giant Ineos on climate change.
‘Unattractive’ shale industry won’t take off in UK, analyst says
An analyst at Douglas Westwood has predicted that fracking will not turn into a thriving industry in the UK.
Ineos boss plans tea break axe for 1200 workers
Ineos boss Jim Ratcliffe is said to be trying to axe tea breaks for 1200 workers at Grangemouth.
Video: Landmark first as US shale arrives to Grangemouth
After six years of planning what was dubbed an “impossibel” task, Ineos has completed its first shipment of ethane to Grangemouth. Energy Voice was there to capture the event as one of its Dragon class vessels, the Ineos Insight,made its way under the Forth Road bridge. Watch the footage below.
Facts and figures: The first shipment of shale to Scotland
The shipment of US shale to Grangemouth was made using the world's largest ethane gas carriers ever built.
Ineos’s Ratcliffe slates SNP over moratorium again, says North Sea gone in 10 years
Ineos boss Jim Ratcliffe has claimed the Scottish Government denied his company the chance to carry out exploration for shale in Scotland.
EY calls for ‘open mind’ on UK shale industry
An open mind is needed on a shale gas industry in the UK, according to an energy partner with EY.
Greens brand fracking moratorium “vague” as Ineos shale arrives in Scotland
Environmental campaigners have stepped up calls for a ban on fracking ahead of the first shipment of US shale gas arriving in the UK.
SNP fracking position branded “ludicrous” ahead of shale gas delivery
An Aberdeenshire MSP has cast fresh doubt on the Scottish Government’s opposition to fracking in the run-up he arrival of the first shipment of shale gas at Grangemouth this week.
Opinion: Time for SNP to re-think fracking stance
It would have been hard to imagine at the height of the drama around the Ineos petrochemical plant in late 2013 that US shale gas imports would be arriving by boat three years later.
Opinion: Friends of the Earth confident of fracking ban
There’s a moratorium on fracking here in Scotland because of the huge public opposition to it.
Grangemouth ethane supplier was fined in US for pollution, report says
A US fracking company which has a contract to supply Ineo’s petrochemical plant at Grangemouth with ethane has reportedly been fined in the past for polluting the environment.
Green group urges fracking ban as Ineos ethane shipment nears Grangemouth
A green group has reiterated calls for the Scottish Government to ban fracking outright as Ineos’s first shipment of ethane from the US nears the firm's plant at Grangemouth.
Ineos applies to stop traffic close to Grangemouth facility
Petrochemical giant Ineos has lodged plans with a Scottish council to permanently close a section of road in Grangemouth.
First shipments of US shale expected in Scotland within weeks
The first shipments of shale gas imports from the US are expected to arrive in Scotland within weeks, according to reports.
Ineos said to be planning up to 30 applications for fracking
Petrochemicals giant Ineos is said to be planning to lodge as many as 30 applications to drill test wells in the next six months, according to reports.