EET Fuels

What EET Fuels does

EET Fuels (trading name of Essar Oil (UK) Limited, company number 07071400) operates the 10 MTPA Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire—one of only four UK refineries that manufacture and deliver fuel to UK forecourts—producing roughly 16% of the UK's road transport fuels, 9 billion litres of fuel per annum (4.4 bn L diesel, 3 bn L petrol, 2 bn L jet fuel), and petrochemical feedstocks including propylene, propane, ethylbenzene, toluene and chemical-grade benzene. Core technology is anchored by a £200 million catalytic cracker complex with Western Europe's largest power recovery train (21 MW), a hydrodesulphuriser plant, a platinum-catalytic reformer, and the UK's first hydrogen-ready furnace, all integrated via the Stanlow Terminals infrastructure, the UK Oil Pipeline (UKOP), the Manchester Ship Canal, Tranmere Terminal, and JV/owned terminals at Kingsbury (JV with Shell) and Northampton.

Revenue is generated through five streams: (1) bulk wholesale of refined road fuels and petrochemicals to resellers, industry & transport customers and international oil companies (transaction-fee, quote-based B2B pricing); (2) direct aviation fuel supply to 25+ airlines across 10 UK airports (Manchester, Birmingham, London Stansted, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, Cardiff, Newcastle, Bristol, Glasgow, Edinburgh) via pipeline, rail and road; (3) Specialities (refinery blend components, intermediate streams, niche chemicals) sold from jetty, gantry, ship, pipeline or road; (4) Essar Retail forecourt revenue across 55+ company-operated and DODO forecourts, with 47 additional Harvest Energy sites added in October 2025; and (5) Stanlow Terminals bulk storage and throughput services for third-party hydrocarbon and chemical customers. The go-to-market combines dedicated enterprise account teams (Commercial, Aviation, Industry & Transport, Specialities, Reseller) with a self-service customer portal and a DODO/lease channel partner model for retail growth.

EET Fuels is a privately held UK subsidiary of Essar Energy Transition (EET), itself ultimately owned by Essar Global Fund Limited, and is executing a US$3.6 billion decarbonisation programme (US$2.4 billion UK) to transform Stanlow into the world's first low carbon process refinery by 2030, anchored on low-carbon hydrogen (EET Hydrogen's HPP1 350 MW and HPP2 1,000 MW plants), Industrial Carbon Capture (~1 Mt CO2/yr on the FCC unit), a hydrogen-ready CHP plant (EET Hydrogen Power, Europe's first), and a Methanol-to-Jet SAF hub (up to 200,000 tpa) supported by a £2.5 million UK Government Advanced Fuels Fund award. Headcount is 501-1,000 employees (over 700 direct at Stanlow, 6,700 direct and indirect), with a CIO-led digital transformation programme running on a SAP ECC 6.0 ERP backbone.

Name

EET Fuels

Legal name

Essar Oil (UK) Limited

Website

https://eetfuels.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

EET Fuels operates the 10 MTPA Stanlow refinery in Ellesmere Port, one of only four UK refineries supplying forecourts and ~16% of UK road transport fuels. It produces 9 billion litres of diesel, petrol, jet fuel and petrochemicals annually for B2B resellers, 25+ airlines across 10 airports, and 55+ Essar-branded retail sites.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ellesmere Port

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Refined product wholesale (road fuels & petrochemicals): Bulk wholesale of diesel, petrol, jet fuel, LPG, propylene, propane, ethylbenzene and toluene to resellers, industrial & transport customers, and international oil companies via the Stanlow terminal, UKOP pipeline and Manchester Ship Canal.
2. Aviation fuel supply (B2B): Direct supply of ~2 billion litres/year of jet fuel to commercial airlines and UK airports (Manchester, Leeds Bradford, Birmingham, Liverpool, London Stansted, Cardiff, Newcastle, Bristol, Glasgow, Edinburgh) via pipeline (e.g. Manchester Jet Line), rail and road.
3. Specialities (refinery blend components & chemicals): Sale of refinery blend components, intermediate streams, chemicals and niche products, available directly from jetty and gantry or delivered via ship, pipeline or road, in collaboration with the International Supply & Trading (IST) team.
4. Essar Retail forecourts (DODO & company-operated): Consumer-facing retail revenues from a growing network of 55+ Essar-branded forecourts through dealer-owned/dealer-operated (DODO) supply agreements (e.g. Harvest 47-site deal), company-operated sites, and lease/contract management partnerships.
5. Terminal storage & infrastructure services: Bulk liquid storage and throughput services via Stanlow Terminals Limited (Kingsbury JV with Shell, Northampton, Stanlow and Tranmere terminals) for third-party hydrocarbon and chemical customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

EET Fuels refines crude oil at the 10 MTPA Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port, producing approximately 9 billion litres of transport fuels per year (4.4 bn L diesel, 3 bn L petrol, 2 bn L jet fuel) — roughly 16% of the UK's road transport fuels — alongside petrochemical feedstocks (propylene, propane, ethylbenzene, toluene, benzene). The company sells these refined products wholesale to commercial resellers, industry and transport customers, specialities buyers, and aviation customers (25+ airlines across 9–10 UK airports), and operates a growing Essar-branded retail forecourt network (55+ sites). EET Fuels is also developing a Methanol-to-Jet Sustainable Aviation Fuel hub, an Industrial Carbon Capture project, and a hydrogen fuel switching programme as part of its 95%-by-2030 decarbonisation roadmap.

Product overview

EET Fuels operates a unified refinery-led product portfolio centred on the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, a single 10 MTPA strategic refinery producing refined transport fuels (Diesel, Petrol, Jet Fuel) and Petrochemicals (propylene, propane, ethylbenzene, toluene, benzene). This core manufacturing platform feeds three distinct go-to-market channels: (1) bulk supply to commercial resellers and industry/transport customers; (2) a Specialities line covering refinery blend components, intermediate streams and niche chemicals; and (3) the Essar Retail forecourt network for consumer-facing distribution. EET Fuels also operates the Stanlow Terminals marine and road distribution infrastructure (Tranmere Terminal, Kingsbury Terminal, Northampton Terminal, UK Oil Pipeline connection) as an integrated logistics backbone. On the decarbonisation roadmap, EET Fuels is developing a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Methanol-to-Jet production hub at Stanlow with UK Government backing, alongside an Industrial Carbon Capture project and a hydrogen fuel switching programme enabled by the hydrogen-ready furnace. The Stanlow refinery is one of only four UK refineries manufacturing and delivering fuel to UK forecourts, supplying approximately 16% of the nation's road transport fuels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EET Hydrogen: Division of Essar Energy Transition developing first large scale, low carbon hydrogen production hubs in the UK at Stanlow (HPP1 and HPP2).
• EET Hydrogen Power
• EET Industrial Carbon Capture
• EET Retail (Essar Energy Transition Retail)
• Stanlow Terminals Limited
• Essar

Products and services

• Diesel Fuel EET Fuels produces approximately 4.4 billion litres of diesel annually at Stanlow, supplied to retail forecourts, commercial transport, logistics, rail and public transport customers across the UK.
• Petrol (Gasoline) EET Fuels produces approximately 3 billion litres of petrol annually at Stanlow, supplied to retail forecourts and commercial customers across the UK.
• Jet Fuel (Aviation Fuel) EET Fuels produces approximately 2 billion litres of jet fuel annually at Stanlow, supplying nine major UK airports (Manchester, Leeds Bradford, Birmingham, Liverpool, London Stansted, Cardiff, Newcastle, Bristol, Glasgow and Edinburgh) via pipeline, rail and road.
• Petrochemicals (Propylene, Propane, Ethylbenzene, Toluene, Benzene) Stanlow produces petrochemical feedstocks including propylene (fed via pipeline to LyondellBasell's polypropylene plant at Carrington), propane, ethylbenzene, toluene, and chemical-grade benzene from the catalytic reformer and platformer units.
• Speciality Products (Refinery Blend Components and Intermediate Streams) EET Fuels' Specialities business supplies refinery blend components, intermediate streams, chemicals and niche products. Products are available for purchase directly from the jetty and gantry, or delivered via ship, pipeline, or road transport.
• Essar Retail (Forecourt Network) Essar-branded forecourt network of dealer and company-owned service stations across the UK. Operates over 55 Essar-branded retail outlets with expansion via leasing, dealer and contract management opportunities. Now expanding under agreement with Harvest Energy for 47 additional forecourts.
• Stanlow Terminal Operations (Marine, Pipeline and Road Distribution) EET Fuels operates an integrated terminal and marine facility at Stanlow and Tranmere, with six berths on the Manchester Ship Canal handling c.600 ships annually and a Terminal Automated Loading System (TAS) with 17 loading gantries at the road terminal. Connects to UK Oil Pipeline, Manchester Airport and regional distribution hubs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 22% reduction in CO2 emissions at Stanlow since 2011, on the path to a 95% reduction by 2030.
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability1 record

Feature8 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Harvest Energy (Dealerships) LimitedcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 8 October 2025Agreement signed in October 2025 under which EET Retail (EET Fuels' retail division) assumes responsibility for delivering all relevant fuels to 47 of Harvest's dealer-owned, dealer-operated (DODO) forecourts across the UK, following the closure of Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery. Strengthens EET Retail's partnership-led growth strategy.
• UK Department for Transport (Advanced Fuels Fund)flagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 22 July 2025UK Government (DfT) awarded £2.5 million under its Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF) third window to develop Stanlow's Methanol-to-Jet SAF hub. Funding supports pre-FEED and development milestones toward FID; additional support is anticipated from AFF beyond March 2026, alongside a UK Revenue Certainty Mechanism.
• ENI (Liverpool Bay CCS / HyNet CO2 transport and storage)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 April 2025ENI and the UK Government achieved financial close on the core CO2 transport and storage project underpinning the HyNet Cluster (Liverpool Bay CCS). EET Hydrogen's HPP1 is one of four initial projects supplying CO2 to this infrastructure for permanent storage, enabling EET Fuels' wider decarbonisation programme.
• Toyo Engineering India Pvt. Ltd. (Toyo-India)flagshipImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 2 September 2024Toyo-India, a 100% subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corporation Japan, was appointed in September 2024 to conduct the front-end engineering design (FEED) stage of EET Fuels' Industrial Carbon Capture project on Stanlow's FCC unit, covering design completion, project de-risking and detailed costing.
• WoodflagshipImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 27 August 2024Wood was appointed in August 2024 to progress EET Fuels' Hydrogen Fuel Switching Project to the front-end engineering design (FEED) stage, supporting the company's plan to switch refinery fuel to low carbon hydrogen.
• EET HydrogenflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company within Essar Energy Transition, EET Hydrogen is developing 1.35+ GW of blue/green hydrogen at Stanlow (HPP1 350 MW, HPP2 1,000 MW, with 4,000 MW+ target by 2030). HPP1 will supply low carbon hydrogen to EET Fuels' Stanlow refinery as part of the hydrogen fuel switching programme, removing ~600,000 t CO2/yr (equivalent to 125,000 cars). Construction of HPP1 expected to start in 2025 with first hydrogen production by 2028.
• EET Hydrogen PowerflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company under Essar Energy Transition; EET Hydrogen Power is developing Europe's first 100% hydrogen-fuelled combined heat and power plant (CHP) at Stanlow, expected to be operating by 2027, supplying power and steam to EET Fuels' refinery. To be developed in two phases to 125 MW power with 6,000 t/day of steam, reducing 740,000 t CO2/yr versus hydrocarbon-fired boilers.
• EET Industrial Carbon Capture (EET ICC)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister EET business delivering the Industrial Carbon Capture project on Stanlow's full-residue FCC unit, capturing ~1 million tonnes of CO2/yr (~45% of Stanlow emissions) for permanent sequestration in Liverpool Bay depleted gas fields via the HyNet transport and storage infrastructure. Targeted removal of 860,000 tonnes of CO2.
• Stanlow Terminals Limited (STL)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerUK's largest independent bulk liquid storage terminal; operates the Manchester Ship Canal berths at Stanlow and Tranmere, will provide critical import and storage capabilities for the planned Methanol-to-Jet SAF hub (including large-scale renewable methanol imports and SAF storage), and supports biofuels and new energies infrastructure.
• HyNet North West ClusterflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerEET Fuels is a central pillar of the UK Government-selected HyNet North West industrial decarbonisation cluster, with the CO2 and hydrogen pipelines centred on Stanlow. HyNet Track-1 status underpins EET Hydrogen's HPP1 and the ICC project, and supports decarbonisation of major North West manufacturers.
• Essar Future EnergiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEssar Future Energies' e-methanol project in Gujarat, India, is named as a renewable methanol feedstock source for EET's planned Methanol-to-Jet SAF hub at Stanlow, supporting the ~550,000 tpa methanol requirement.
• Shell UK LimitedcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerShell UK Limited is the JV partner with Essar Midland Limited (EML) in the Kingsbury Terminal joint venture (14 tanks, 101m L storage) and is a fellow shareholder in the UK Oil Pipeline (UKOP) alongside EET Fuels, BP, Valero and Total.
• British Pipeline Agency (BPA)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBPA operates and maintains the UK Oil Pipeline (UKOP) system on behalf of its five shareholders (Essar Midlands Limited, BP, Shell, Valero and Total), transporting 9.5 billion litres of product annually.
• px GroupminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partnerpx Group operates the Northampton Fuel Terminal on behalf of Infrastructure North Limited (INL), providing innovative operations management, engineering services and energy management solutions.
• LyondellBasellcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLyondellBasell operates the polypropylene facility at Carrington on the Manchester Ship Canal, fed by propylene from EET Fuels' catalytic cracker via pipeline with an alternative marine supply route via the Carrington common-user jetty.
• Cheshire Wildlife TrustminorOthersCheshire Wildlife Trust manages Gowy Meadows (160+ hectares of biodiversity space between Stanlow and the M56) on behalf of EET Fuels and delivers environmental education activities from Holly Bank House.
• Fuels Industry UK (process safety leadership network)minorOthersA representative from EET Fuels chairs the Fuels Industry UK process safety leadership network, and the company participates in industry/regulatory working groups to develop best practices.

Scale indicators33 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Direct peers

• Petroineos: Operates the Grangemouth refinery in Scotland, one of the few remaining UK refineries producing road fuels, jet fuel and petrochemicals for the UK market, directly competing with Stanlow for refining customers and feedstock supply.
• Esso Petroleum (ExxonMobil): Operates the Fawley refinery near Southampton, the UK's largest refinery and a direct competitor to Stanlow in supplying UK road fuels, jet fuel and petrochemical feedstocks to nationwide B2B and retail customers.
• Valero Energy: Operates the Pembroke refinery in Wales, a major UK refinery directly competing with EET Fuels in the UK road fuels and middle distillates market, with similar wholesale and reseller distribution models.
• Phillips 66: Operates the Humber refinery in Immingham, one of the four remaining UK refineries producing road fuels and jet fuel, competing head-to-head with Stanlow for UK customers and feedstock imports.

Broad incumbents

• Shell: Global integrated energy major and former owner of Stanlow, currently a JV partner with EET Fuels at Kingsbury Terminal and a fellow UKOP shareholder; competes broadly across refining, trading, retail and increasingly low-carbon fuels in the UK.
• BP: Global integrated energy major and fellow UKOP shareholder alongside EET Fuels, with significant UK refining, retail and increasingly hydrogen/CCS activities that overlap with EET Fuels' value chain.
• TotalEnergies: Global integrated energy major with European refining assets and a UK fuel retail presence; a broad incumbent in refining, petrochemicals and renewables that competes for the same UK customer base.
• Repsol: Integrated European energy major with significant Spanish and broader European refining capacity and an emerging low-carbon/renewable fuels portfolio; comparable to EET Fuels in scale of refining and decarbonisation roadmap ambition.

Emerging players

• Eni: Italian integrated energy major and the operator of the Liverpool Bay CCS infrastructure underpinning the HyNet cluster; both a partner to EET Fuels' decarbonisation programme and a comparable European refiner investing heavily in biofuels and CCS.
• INEOS Energy: INEOS Energy operates refining and petrochemical assets in Europe (including trading and crude supply), with a comparable UK/European downstream footprint to EET Fuels' Specialities and petrochemical businesses.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EETFuels
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eet-fuels

Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors4 records

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M&A

Investments

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