Notice

CH65 4HB, Essar Oil (UK) Limited: environmental permit application advertisement - EPR/FP3139FN/V015

Published 24 February 2023

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Details of the application

The Environment Agency has received an application to vary an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 involving substantial change to a permit from Essar Oil (UK) Limited.

Application number

EPR/FP3139FN/V015

Regulated facility type

The installation processes crude oil in a refinery with the primary activity being:

  • Section 1.2 Part A(1)(d) – Refining mineral oil (cracking, secondary processes and distillation).

This application relates to the proposed solution for Essar Oil UK’s derogation to BAT 34. To address BAT 34, the main crude distillation furnaces will be replaced with a new furnace, which will incorporate low-NOx burners. This will enable the emission limit values stipulated for NOx in the BAT conclusions to be met.

This variation also includes a request for an extension of an existing time limited derogation from BAT Conclusion 34 of the Refining of Mineral Oil and Gas BAT conclusions, subject to the conditions and controls specified in the permit. BAT Conclusion 34 specifies the techniques to be implemented in order reduce NOx emissions to air from a gas fired combustion unit.

Regulated facility address

Stanlow Manufacturing Complex
PO Box 3
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
CH65 4HB

The application contains a description of how the proposed change(s) may affect:

  • the installation
  • the materials, substances and energy it will use and generate
  • the conditions of its site
  • the source, nature and quantity of its foreseeable emissions and their significant effects on the environment
  • the proposed techniques for preventing, reducing, and monitoring its emissions and preventing and recovering waste
  • and an outline of the main alternatives, if any, considered

How to view and comment on the application

If you have any comments on the application send these by 24 March 2023.

You can comment:

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