Mossmorran

Revealed: Weapons factory planned for former Fife chemical site

ExxonMobil fined £267k over five ‘extremely flammable’ gas leaks

Lessons need to be learn from the closure of the Grangemouth oil refinery last year (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

SNP attacked by own commission over 'deindustrialisation' failures

Rachel Reeves during a visit to Ineos FPS headquarters in Grangemouth

Reeves dismisses claim 1,000 jobs lost a month due to windfall tax

Paul Greenwood is the UK chair of ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil UK boss doesn't know profits despite Mossmorran closure

An offshore wind farm off the coast of Montrose.

Exclusive Ports fear ‘no new Scottish projects’ in offshore wind auction

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes at ExxonMobil's ethylene plant at Mossmorran in Fife

Exclusive Kate Forbes admits 'number of businesses' have sought survival help

ExxonMobile Chemical plant at Mossmorran, Fife.

Mossmorran closure blamed on UK Government policies

The Fife Ethylene plant in Mossmorran, Fife.

Analysis Have politicians learned any lessons at all from Grangemouth?

The Fife Ethylene plant in Mossmorran, Fife.

Warning SNP ‘dither and delay’ putting energy worker just transition at risk

The possible closure of the Grangemouth oil refinery as early as 2025 is a wake-up call (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Cost of climate change threatens to wreak havoc on Scotland's economy

Grangemouth petrochemical plant. Image: Jane Barlow/Press Association.

Mossmorran: Greens call for an urgent summit on gas plant's future

ExxonMobil Chemical plant at Mossmorran (Pic: TSPL)

Mossmorran strike: contract workers picket line in cost of living payment row

Workers are set to take action from November 27.

Kaefer contractors at Mossmorran and St Fergus energy plants set for strike acti...

The St. Fergus site is a Natural Gas Liquids plant.

St Fergus Kaefer contractors in strike ballot

The Firth of Forth is home to Scotland's largest industrial cluster, including plants at Mossmorran and Grangemouth, and is responsible for a tenth of Scotland's total greenhouse gas emissions

What is a net-zero hub and why do we need one in the Firth of Forth?

An artist's impression of how the new ground flare will appear.

Mossmorran: Ground flare approved at controversial gas plant

Fife Ethylene Plant, Mossmorran

Mossmorran: UK safety watchdog seeks prosecution of hydrocarbon leaks at Fife pl...

Mossmorran, Pic: Jane Barlow/TSPL

Mossmorran: ExxonMobil pledge to engage openly ahead of £140m investment

Unplanned flaring at Mossmorran petro chemical plant in Fife Sunday April 2019

Mossmorran: Flaring to be 'exception rather than the norm' as £140m upgrade star...

Fife Shell NGL plant

Warning of flaring as Fife's Shell NGL plant shuts down for upgrade work

The Chemical plant at Mossmorran, Fife.

Mossmorran chemical plant is flaring again today to resolve a 'technical issue'

The Mossmorran petrochemical complex in Fife has seen a deluge of complaints over flaring incidents in recent years, driving call for it to be shut down

Snow more: campaigners in frozen protest against Fife chemical plant

Unplanned flaring at Mossmorran petro chemical plant, April 21 2019

Mossmorran: Pledge of less disruption from flaring to local communities

The new enclosed ground flare will be designed to operate completely smokelessly without the need for high volumes of steam. Combined, these technologies significantly reduce the light, noise, and vibration sometimes associated with the current flares, which has resulted in complaints from locals.

Company awarded contract for new enclosed ground flare at Mossmorran

The flaring at Mossmorran earlier this month which led to more than 700 complaints to Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) Pic: Margaret Paterson

Residents in 'direct action' at Mossmorran

Socially distanced protest at Mossmorran (Pic: Derek Johnstone)

Mossmorran: Demo is 'watershed moment' warn campaigners

The flaring above Mossmorran chemical plant in Fife. Pic: Ash Alay/ Elaine Green

Morning protest planned at Mossmorran

Mossmorran flared spectacularly during this week

'56 hours of hell' at Mossmorran as concerns labelled 'legitimate' by Sturgeon

Mossmorran flaring.

In Pictures: Mossmorran flaring seen for miles

The flaring above Mossmorran chemical plant in Fife. Pic: Ash Alay/ Elaine Green

Major flaring at Mossmorran chemical plant

The Mossmorran plant in April 2019. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Complaints of elevated flaring at Mossmorran

Mossmorran flaring at 5:40 am

Huge flares from Mossmoran in storm

In April last year, the regulator’s Pollution Hotline received a record 900 public complaints after a flare at the site burned for six days. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

SEPA to seek prosecution over Mossmorran plant flaring

This picture was taken from Currie. Pic: @_paaaaulG

Mossmorran chemical plant in Fife is flaring again as locals call for Scottish G...

This is either The Scotsman's office on a quiet Tuesday or German band Kraftwerk performing in 2005 (Picture: Robert Atanasovski/AFP/Getty Images)

Here’s what switching to a standing desk is like – Kevan Christie

The young inabitants of Hawkins, Indiana, would feel right at home in the Kingdom of Fife now that the giant Mind Flayer from Stranger Things has apparently taken up residence

Stranger Things monster is behind Mossmorran flaring – Kevan Christie

It has been reported Union GMB said the workers had "continuously raised their concerns about conditions and safety on-site." picture: supplied

Mossmorran plant: Workers stage unofficial walkout over safety fears

It has been reported Union GMB said the workers had "continuously raised their concerns about conditions and safety on-site." picture: supplied

Mossmorran plant: Workers stage unofficial walkout over safety fears

The flare could be seen from Cramond. (Pic: Angela Hughes)

Huge flaring which could be seen from Edinburgh caused concern as Mossmorran che...

Protesters have picked Mossmorran petrochemical complex in Fife as the site for a five-day climate camp this summer

Climate protesters to set up camp at Fife chemical plant

Flaring at gas plant Mossmorran has been found to affect people's health.

FMQs: Mossmorran flaring effect on health could lead to compensation
Nicola Sturgeon has agreed to investigate if compensation should be paid to those who have suffered ill health as a result of pollution from the Mossmorran gas ...

The chemical plant in Mossmorran, Fife, where flaring has fuelled concerns over an explosion. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Fife leaders under fire over Mossmorran explosion risk

NHSFife maternity service gets gold baby friendly award from UNICEF

UNICEF gold award for NHS Fife maternity is Scottish first

ExxonMobil will spend 140 million to address flaring at Mossmorran

Mossmorran flaring: ExxonMobil to spend £140m to fix Fife plant

Flaring at the Mossmorran chemical plant in Fife

Mossmorran: Nearly 1,400 complaints this year over Fife chemical plant's flaring

Apprentices at Fife Ethylene Plant, Mossmorran - Ben Sharp, Kyle Petersen and, Jamie White

Trio of apprentices visit Mossmorran

Flaring has restarted at the Mossmorran site. Picture: Steve Cox/Shutterstock

Flaring restarts at Mossmorran chemical plant in Fife

Flaring at the ethylene plant Mossmorran. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Local families ‘living in fear’ that Scottish gas plant could explode

Gordon Brown, patron of Seescape (Pic: George McLuskie)

Fife charity launches appeal for trustees

Mark Ruskell MSP

MSP calls for tougher regulation on Mossmorran flaring

SEPA monitoring at Mossmorran

Mossmorran faces lengthy shutdown

The current flaring at Exxon Mobil was caused by the loss of steam generation

Unplanned Mossmorran flaring due to boiler failures

The Mossmorran chemical plant has come in for criticism in recent months over excessive flaring. Picture: PA

Fife's Mossmorran chemical plant investigated over prolonged gas leak

Unplanned flaring at Mossmorran in April (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Mossmorran flaring: Call for plant to “accept its failings”

Flaring at Exxon Mobil (Stock pic)

Mossmorran flaring: Plant returns to normal operation

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