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70803 arrives at Grangemouth Ineos with 6S36, 0932 from Dalston Oil Terminal. The container port provides the backdrop, the train has just crossed the Grange Burn which runs through the port complex.
November 22, 2024
The Kelpies from last night.Chosen by Scottish Canals at the inception of the project, The Kelpies name reflected the mythological transforming beasts possessing the strength and endurance of 10 horses; a quality that is analogous with the transformational change of our landscapes, endurance of our inland waterways and the strength of our communities.
www.thehelix.co.uk/things-to-do/the-kelpies/
If you visit The Kelpies take the guided tour, it costs very little and it allows you to see inside one of the structures, an amazing sight! The guides are very friendly and knowledgeable.
Post-BP Period: 2004-present[edit]
In 2004 BP decided to divest its worldwide olefins and derivatives business: the sale included the Refinery and connected petrochemicals complex (excluding the Kinneil terminal and Forties Pipeline System, which BP retained until FPS was sold to Ineos in 2017).
In 2005 the new company created to run this business was named Innovene, which later that same year was purchased by Ineos, the largest privately owned chemicals company based in the UK.
Ineos Refining, which included both the Grangemouth and Lavera (outside Marseilles, France) Refineries, in 2011 entered into a 50%/50% joint venture with the Chinese state oil company Petrochina, to form the PetroIneos company.
Grangemouth Refinery today employs around 650 people over a 700 hectare site.
Scenes from the 2013 film World War Z featuring Brad Pitt were filmed near the facility.[3] [4] [5]
In November 2020, the business announced the ”mothballing” of the oldest of the three Crude Oil Distillation Units, and its Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit, both of which had been shut down since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This would also be accompanied by the loss of up to 200 jobs, or around 1/3 of the permanent workforce.[6]
The business blamed this restructuring on the reduction in demand for road and jet fuels, a direct result of the pandemic, combined with a gradual long-term increase in the electrification of road vehicles, and a decreased reliance on fossil fuels. This would reduce the total Refinery throughput from 210,000 to 150,000 barrels per stream day.[7]
Well, after the 1300D chucked it went out and got a new camera - it's been a while. So much so that I cant find any of my accessories - cue a difficult time attaching a gorillapod SLR and trying to take these from a fence!
Some lovely cloud reflections on the River Forth at low tide today. Managed a walk over the bridge and back - about 3 km round trip. Highlight of the trip was a pair of Peregrine working the Feral Pigeons on the bridge structure. Didn't see the kill itself but one was successful. Needless to say my lens has now been repairs but has not yet been returned but these were the first shots with the repaired camera. Longannet Power Station on the left and Grangemouth straight ahead
The irregular running Grangemouth - Sinfin tanks sets off on a Sunday night arriving at Derby on a Monday morning . The return empties , 6S95 1346 Sinfin - Grangemouth has just set off from around the corner ...return unknown...
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Petrochemical complex: 1946-1975[edit]
In the 1940s the Distiller's Company Ltd were investigating synthetic processes for the production of alcohol, to replace the traditional fermentation process using molasses and so resolve issues with unreliability of supply and the associated cost fluctuations. This business need combined with BP's interest in petrochemical development resulted in 1947 in the formation of a joint company, British Hydrocarbon Chemicals Ltd. The new company located its site adjacent the existing BP Grangemouth Refinery, utilising available feedstock from the refinery byproduct streams. This petrochemical plant was commissioned in 1951, the first in Europe.
In the 1950s the refinery was connected to the Finnart Oil Terminal at Loch Long on the west coast of Scotland by a 58-mile (93 km) pipeline, to allow the import of crudes via deep-water jetty, which supported the use of larger oil tankers. The first crude oil import from Finnart was in 1952.
Later on, in the 1990s, a second line was also installed, to allow the direct supply of finished refinery products to the Finnart terminal, primarily for export to markets in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic.
In the 1960s, a pilot "proteins-from-oil" production facility was built at the refinery. It used British Petroleum's technology for feeding n-paraffins to yeast, in order to produce single cell protein for poultry and cattle feed.[2]
BP's operations at Grangemouth grew over the next twenty years to meet the growing demands for both petrochemicals and fuels.
The Grangemouth Ineos to Sinfin Sdgs tanks left Grangemouth on Sunday afternoon over three hours late at 20:20, perhaps just a loading issue. Arrival at Carlisle was even later at 23:35 nearly four hours late at which point the train was cancelled. A loco change then occurred and a VSTP was created, an 07:37 Carlisle NY to Sinfin. A chance to catch the passing train in good light opposed to the normal early morning darkness. 56078 with number scratched into the front opposed to 56302 which left Grangemouth on Sunday afternoon/ evening.
Also creeping into shot a 1950xx unit heading to Lincoln on the overbridge.
0Z83 Grangemouth Ineos to Aberdeen Waterloo. Class 70 in Colas Rail Freight livery heads north towards Aberdeen to collect the slurry tanks, that will then head south later in the afternoon.
At night the refinery can be seen from miles away casting an orange glow on the clouds overhead that flicker like a fireplace. Close up it roars like a very, very loud blowtorch and the countryside around it is bathed with a surreal, flickering, artificial daylight. Getting a decent view of it is problematic because the security at the refinery don't take kindly to people photographing it and the neighbouring hilltops are well sceened by trees.
Grangemouth represents INEOS’ largest manufacturing site by volume of products. It is also home to Petroineos, Scotland’s only crude oil refinery and produces the bulk of fuels used in Scotland. Our products are used extensively in the petrochemical industry and transformed into bottles and pipes, cabling and insulation, food packaging and are used in the pharmaceutical industry.
Grangemouth Refinery is a mature oil refinery complex located on the Firth of Forth in Grangemouth, Scotland, currently operated by Petroineos.
It is the only operating crude oil refinery in Scotland (following the cessation in 2014 of Bitumen refining activities at the Nynas AB Dundee Refinery[1]), and currently one of the six remaining UK Refineries.
It is reputedly the UK's second-oldest, supplying refined products to customers in Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland, as well as occasionally further afield.
One of the giant Kelpie sculptures in Falkirk, Central Lowlands of Scotland. The 30-metre tall horse-head sculptures were created by sculptor Andy Scott and were completed in 2013. They are located at the eastern entrance to the Forth and Clyde canal.
Painted into Maritime livery is DB Cargo 66162 on 4S99 Tees Dock - Grangemouth rounding the curve on the approach to Camelon station.
The consist was ECS, Unit 45, UBC, InterBulk and P&O Ferrymasters containers plus tanktainers
Colas locos double heading working 6S36 Dalston Oil Terminal to Grangemouth Ineos. 60095 leading 56094 are seen approaching Whifflet Station, Lanarkshire. Funny that the Colas logo on the 60 differs from that on the 56 with the hat band being tilted at about 30 degrees from the horizontal, Never noticed that before but I try very hard not to study this awful livery too closely without sunglasses!
Credit to Tim Moran for correcting my original headcode of 620M - much appreciated advice.
The diverted Sinfin to Grangemouth tanks (6S69) pass Swinton, S. Yorkshire with Colas Rail Class 56s Nos. 56302 and 56113 plus Class 60 No. 60056 on 21st January 2016.
Colas Rail 70807 has just left Dalston Oil Terminal and is passing along The River Caldew with the 3rd trip working of the day comprising of 6 tanks. 70807 is working the 6S36 Dalston Oil Terminal to Grangemouth working where it will stop at Carlisle yard and attach the other 2 rakes of 6 tanks to form a rake of 18 back to Scotland.
This photo and location was inspired by Dave McDigital.
56090 passes Greenhill Lower junction with 6N47 aviation fuel empties from Prestwick to Grangemouth.
6S36 Dalston - Grangemouth tanks at Grangemouth Ineos, the 70 has detached and will run off round the curve on the left as the sun sets.
A big thank you to Flickr user nathan.francis49 www.flickr.com/photos/112548098@N06/ for giving me the opportunity to own one of these beautiful LEGO prototype bricks!
Colas grid 56087 is seen passing Moorthorpe with 6S95 1342 Sinfin to Grangemouth tanks. 14th September 2020.
70811 about to pass underneath the A904 at Grangemouth with 6S36 0932 Dalston Oil Terminal to Grangemouth Ineos empties. The disused line to the container faciliy at Grange Dock is to the right of the train; further to the right, the now lifted dock lines and the site of the station.
The bi-annual community warning alarms had been tested not long before the arrival of the train, very loud wailing sirens that lasted for several minutes. A surreal experience.
December 6th, 2024
Grangemouth Refinery from Kincardine on a misty and foggy morning.
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View of Grangemouth refinery from Culross across the Forth.During the 16th and 17th centuries, Culross was a centre of the coal mining industry. Sir George Bruce of Carnock, who built the splendid 'Palace' of Culross and whose elaborate family monument stands in the north transept of the Abbey church, established at Culross, the first coal mine in the world to extend under the sea, in 1575. The mine worked what is now known as the Upper Hirst coal seam, with ingenious contrivances to drain the constant leakage from above. This mine was considered one of the marvels of the British Isles in the early 17th century, until it was destroyed in a storm, in 1625.The remnants are shown above.
As seen beyond the meanders of the River Forth from the summit of Dumyat. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumyat