EET Fuels has appointed Toyo Engineering India to spearhead the front-end engineering for its £1.2 billion carbon capture project at the Stanlow Refinery, aiming to reduce emissions by 95 percent by 2030
EET Fuels, the owner and operator of the UK’s Stanlow oil refinery, has taken a significant step towards its ambitious decarbonisation goals by appointing Toyo Engineering India Pvt Ltd to lead the front-end engineering design (FEED) for its industrial carbon capture (ICC) project. The company is investing $1.2 billion over the next five years to transform the Stanlow refinery, targeting a 95 percent reduction in emissions by 2030 through energy efficiency, carbon capture, and fuel switching.
In a statement released, EET Fuels announced that Toyo-India, a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corporation, Japan, will manage the FEED phase—an essential part of the project management process. Toyo-India’s responsibilities include completing the design, de-risking the project, conducting detailed cost analysis, and performing other critical tasks. Completion of the FEED phase will enable EET Fuels to make a final investment decision (FID) on the ICC project.
The ICC project, expected to be completed in 2028, will capture carbon dioxide from the Stanlow refinery's full-residue fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit—one of the largest in Europe. The captured carbon dioxide will then be transported using a repurposed gas network and permanently sequestered in depleted gas fields in Liverpool Bay as part of the HyNet industrial decarbonisation cluster in North West England.
Once operational, the ICC project is projected to capture approximately 1 million tonnes of CO2 annually, reducing around 45 percent of the refinery's total emissions. EET Fuels has applied to negotiate a revenue support mechanism with the UK Government under the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero's Track One expansion programme in the carbon capture, usage, and storage (CCUS) cluster sequencing process. The date for the final investment decision will be confirmed as part of this process.
This latest announcement follows EET Fuels’ earlier appointment of Wood to conduct the FEED for its hydrogen fuel switching project at Stanlow. The progression of both these initiatives underscores the company's commitment to reducing CO2 emissions at the Stanlow refinery by 95 percent by 2030 and establishing the site as the UK's leading energy transition hub.
The Stanlow Refinery, one of the UK's largest and most complex refineries, processes approximately 10 million tonnes of crude oil annually, supplying a significant portion of the UK’s road transport fuels, including petrol, diesel, and jet fuel. Additionally, Stanlow plays a vital role in Britain’s petrochemical industry by providing essential feedstocks.
EET Fuels initially announced its £360 million carbon capture plant at Stanlow in 2022, designed to capture carbon dioxide from the FCC unit.
This carbon dioxide will be permanently sequestered in Liverpool Bay's depleted gas fields as part of the HyNet cluster infrastructure. Once complete in 2028, the plant will eliminate 1 million tonnes of CO2 per year, removing approximately 45 percent of all Stanlow emissions.