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\n 29 March 2011<\/span>
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Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to sell Stanlow refinery, the UK’s second-biggest oil refinery, to India’s Essar Energy in a deal worth $1.3bn (\u00a3814m).<\/p>\n

The Stanlow plant near Ellesmere Port employs 960 people and accounts for about 15% of total production from the UK’s oil refineries.<\/p>\n

Essar said it had no plans to make any redundancies at the plant, which refines 270,000 barrels of oil a day.<\/p>\n

The deal is expected to be completed in the second half of this year.<\/p>\n

‘Regional benefit’<\/span><\/p>\n

Shell said the deal was part of its drive to focus on larger assets.<\/p>\n

“On completion, [the sale] means we will have reduced our global refining exposure through a combination of asset sales and closures by a total of 1.6 million barrels since 2002,” said Mark Williams, the company’s downstream director.<\/p>\n

Frank Willsdon, general manager of Stanlow, said the deal served the refinery’s future well.<\/p>\n

“It can only benefit staff, business partners and the local community and region,” he said.<\/p>\n

“After many years with Shell, we now look forward to a smooth transition and moving forward with Essar.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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