Stanlow oil refinery adds two more airports to its growing UK supply chain

Essar’s Stanlow oil refinery has signed deals to supply aviation fuel to two more airports.

The Cheshire site currently provides fuel to seven UK airports, Manchester, Birmingham, London Stansted, Newcastle, Liverpool, Cardiff, and Leeds airports.

However, Essar Energy Transition’s EET Fuels – the trading name of Essar Oil (UK) – declined to identify the two new airport customers.

Deepak Maheshwari, EET Fuels CEO, said: “This milestone underscores EET Fuels’ commitment to strengthening the UK’s aviation fuel network while advancing our energy transition strategy.

“By expanding our supply footprint to nine key airports, we are not only enhancing fuel security and reliability for our airline partners but also reinforcing our role as a leader in the UK’s journey towards a low-carbon future.”

Ellese Munnerley, aviation account manager of EET Fuels, said: “This expansion brings our EET Fuels supply network of UK airports to nine, reinforcing our commitment to delivering reliable, high quality fuel solutions to our airline partners.

“It allows us to extend our network coverage to our valuable airline customers while the positioning of the airports also shows our ability to deliver a resilient fuel supply across the UK.”

Operating from the Stanlow Refinery in Ellesmere Port, EET Fuels is one of the UK’s largest producers of jet fuel, also supplying approximately 16% of the nation’s road transport fuels and playing a pivotal role in the North West’s aviation industry.

EET Fuels said, with a legacy of reliability and innovation, it continues to strengthen its partnerships with leading commercial airlines, ensuring seamless wing-tip supply and operational excellence.

The company serves some of the most prominent names in global aviation – from short haul trips to Europe to large international carriers, and some of the largest cargo carriers in the world.

Essar Energy Transition is investing heavily in low-carbon solutions. These efforts are part of a £1.86bn investment in the Stanlow site, with plans to become the leading low carbon process refinery, through the delivery of a 95% reduction in carbon emissions, and to develop Stanlow into an energy transition hub, including industrial carbon capture, low carbon hydrogen production and Europe’s first hydrogen-fuelled combined heat and power plant.