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The low carbon hydrogen will be used to decarbonise industry as part of the HyNet cluster across the North West of England and North Wales. Vertex Hydrogen, the joint venture between Essar Oil UK and Progressive Energy, has today unveiled a report detailing the development of the UK’s first ever large-scale low carbon hydrogen production […]

Stanlow, 09 February 2022 – Essar Oil UK (‘EOUK’), the leading UK-focused downstream energy company, announces plans to install a new £45 million furnace at Stanlow that’s capable of using hydrogen as its fuel source – a UK first. This marks another significant milestone in Essar’s continued commitment to becoming the UK’s first low carbon […]

“A blueprint budget with a nice touch of green! A bold one with a massive hike in public investment will be the booster dose to restart corporate investments. The infrastructure allocation with a focus on technology will generate employment & help transform tomorrow!” Prashant Ruia, Director – Essar Capital “The Union Budget 2022 is growth-oriented […]

Major step in supporting the sustainability of Essar Oil (UK) Limited Stanlow, 26th January 2022:  Essar today announced that it has formed Vertex Hydrogen Limited, a transformative new joint venture, with Progressive Energy, to build the UK’s largest hydrogen hub at the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex.  Led by Essar as the majority shareholder, Vertex Hydrogen has […]

Stanlow, 5th January 2022: Essar Oil (UK) Limited (EOUK) today provides an update on its business, financing and VAT deferral repayments. Customer demand hits 18-month high A stronger trading environment saw the company record its best monthly product sales for 18 months in December 2021 across both fuels and petrochemicals, with demand now back to 95% […]

Mumbai, 19th December 2021: Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam, H.E. Vuong Dinh Hue, Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam, Dr Le Manh Hung (President and CEO of Petrovietnam) and members of their senior level delegation of Vietnam met with Mr. Ravi Ruia and Mr. Prashant Ruia along with an Essar delegation to discuss the […]

Stanlow, 2nd December 2021: The Essar Stanlow Manufacturing Complex has maintained its ‘Gold’ status in the internationally-renowned RoSPA Health and Safety Awards. Organised by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, the awards are recognised as an important benchmark for the UK’s high hazard industries.The Awards receive more than 2,000 entries each year from a […]

HyNet consortium selected in First Phase of Government’s Carbon Capture Cluster Sequencing Stanlow, 19th October 2021: Essar Oil UK (‘EOUK’) is pleased to confirm today that HyNet North West (‘HyNet’) has been selected as a Track-1 cluster for the mid-2020s and will be taken forward into Track-1 negotiations as part of the UK’s Carbon Capture, […]

Stanlow, 14th October 2021: Essar Oil (UK) Ltd announced today that it had submitted a planning application to Cheshire West and Chester Council, seeking approval for the construction of hydrogen production plants at its Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port. The proposed hydrogen plants will form a central pillar of the landmark ‘HyNet North West’ initiative, […]

Stanlow, 6th October 2021: Essar Oil UK is pleased to announce the appointment of Carlos Rojas as Head of Marketing and Logistics. Carlos brings with him over 24 years’ experience, the last 19 of which has been within the Downstream Oil Industry in a variety of Commercial, Supply, Retail and Strategy roles both in the UK […]