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Grangemouth oil refinery to close by end of June, putting 500 jobs at risk

Owners confirm site will become fuel import terminal and distribution hub, in blow to Scotland’s industrial base

The owners of the Grangemouth oil refinery have confirmed it will shut by the end of June next year, in a blow to Scotland’s industrial base and the site’s 500 employees.

Britain’s oldest refinery will close in the second quarter of 2025 to become a fuels import terminal and distribution hub, according to Petroineos, a joint venture between the Chinese state-owned oil firm PetroChina and Ineos, the petrochemicals empire of the British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

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