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Scottish oil refinery closure is mixed news for rail freight

Sunset over Grangemouth Oil Refinery
The sun is setting over Grangemouth Oil Refinery in Scotland. Image: © Geograph UK and Ireland.

Grangemouth. It’s not the prettiest town in Scotland. It is, however, a town that everyone in Scotland knows by name for just one thing: its one-hundred-year-old oil refinery. Now, the news has come, finally, that the refinery will not see another year in operation. The owners, Petroineos, have announced that it will all but close within a year. There are some implications for rail freight, which may or may not be positive.

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change of scenery

Scottish oil refinery closure is mixed news for rail freight

Sunset over Grangemouth Oil Refinery
The sun is setting over Grangemouth Oil Refinery in Scotland. Image: © Geograph UK and Ireland.

Grangemouth. It’s not the prettiest town in Scotland. It is, however, a town that everyone in Scotland knows by name for just one thing: its one-hundred-year-old oil refinery. Now, the news has come, finally, that the refinery will not see another year in operation. The owners, Petroineos, have announced that it will all but close within a year. There are some implications for rail freight, which may or may not be positive.

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is RailFreight's UK correspondent.

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