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Refinery's used cooking oil expansion shifts low carbon fuel production up a gear

Multi-million pound investment inched into place on South Humber Bank

Phillips 66 Humber Refinery has welcomed a Used Cooking Oil module to the South Killingholme site, having been produced by Engie Fabricom at the Immingham manufacturing facility.(Image: David Lee Photography Ltd)

Phillips 66 Humber Refinery is investing heavily to expand its low carbon fuel production capacity, as it underlines its position as the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ leader.

The South Bank industrial giant has just taken delivery of a huge new processing unit that will play a huge part in turning waste cooking oil into road fuels.

Near neighbour Engie Fabricom was turned to by the project group behind it, keeping miles to an absolute minimum for the 80 tonne piece of kit - despite the off-site build - as it was wheeled up the road from the Grimsby firm’s Immingham project site.

Darren Cunnigham, Humber Refinery general manager and Phillips 66 º£½ÇÊÓÆµ director, said: “We are pleased to take delivery of our new UCO (used cooking oil) module at our Humber Refinery. I would like to congratulate all the teams that have been working so hard on this project through such a turbulent time, delivering the project safely.

“This further highlights the refinery’s commitment and investment to further expand our production of bio fuels and reinforces our reputation as the refinery of the future.”

The South Killingholme plant, one of the most complex and sophisticated in Europe, already produces high grade graphite coke – used as a core part of a lithium ion battery – for electric vehicles.

The Used Cooking Oil module leaves the Immingham site of Engie Fabricom for the refinery.(Image: David Lee Photography Ltd)
(Image: David Lee Photography Ltd)

Biofuel brings a stopping stone to market between conventional fuel and EVs, with consideration given to raising the blend level on forecourts.

Phillips 66 was the first in the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ to process used cooking oil, taking both domestic and international waste streams on the journey to finished product.