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Posted on July 4, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
The Lindsey oil refinery in Britain may face shutdown within weeks due to limited crude storage and operational challenges, according to Wood Mackenzie.
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's insolvent Lindsey oil refinery faces shutdown within three weeks with the current 1.8 million barrels of crude it has in storage, consultancy Wood Mackenzie told Reuters on Friday.
"However, crude throughputs are likely scaled back already given yesterday's FCC (fluid catalytic cracker) shutdown, as it is operating in the less profitable hydroskimming configuration," Woodmac analyst Emma Howsham said.
She added that if the gasoline-making FCC does not restart, operations may cease in the coming days.
(Reporting by Ahmad Ghaddar, Editing by Louise Heavens)
The Lindsey oil refinery has enough crude to run for a few weeks with its current storage of 1.8 million barrels.
The refinery is likely scaling back crude throughputs due to a recent FCC shutdown and is operating in a less profitable hydroskimming configuration.
If the gasoline-making FCC does not restart, operations at the refinery may cease in the coming days.
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