Shell UK’s Braefoot Bay terminal was cordoned off following a gas leak in the early hours of Friday morning. Emergency services spent several hours at the plant near Dalgety Bay. A release of propane gas was discovered and the alarm raised at around 3am. The marine terminal is part of the Shell Fife Natural Gas […]
Exxon Mobil : Payout call over chemicals plant – Auto Republish
RESIDENTS blighted by air pollution and noise from a petrochemical plant are set for payouts from an oil giant after councillors backed a motion seeking compensation. In a debate in Fife Council on the future of the Fife Ethylene Plant at Mossmorran, run by ExxonMobil, councillors from all parties condemned the six-day spate of unplanned […]
Emails from MSP Annabelle Ewing
The following emails are the correspondence from MSP Annabelle Ewing and our Chair James Glen, in response to our invitation to attend the MAG public meeting being held on the 17th May 2019 at Lochgelly Town Hall starting from 7pm Email 1 of 8 Invitation to Mossmorran Public Meeting James Glen [EMAIL ADDRESS REDACTED] 8 […]
Science family fun day at Aberdour – Auto Republish
THE Shell Mossmorran gas plant is holding a family fun day in Aberdour next month in collaboration with Aberdeen Science Centre. The free event for communities near the plant aims to encourage and inspire young children to explore and question science through hands-on experiments and interactive fun in easy workshops and entertaining shows. The science […]
Watt’s delight as council agrees to seek impact study – Auto Republish
COWDENBEATH councillor Darren Watt has urged the people of the area to go next Friday’s public meeting and air their experiences from the week long flaring episode which occurred at the Fife Ethylene Plant starting on Easter Sunday. The meeting, at Lochgelly Town Hall, starting at 7pm, has been called by the Mossmorran Action Group […]
ExxonMobil stops unplanned flaring at UK plant – News – Auto Republish
@CllrDarrenWatt Flaring at ExxonMobil’s Fife Ethylene Plant at Mossmorran, in Fife, UK EXXONMOBIL has announced that it has ceased unplanned flaring at its Fife Ethylene Plant (FEP) at Mossmorran, in Fife, UK. The flaring lasted six days and led to record levels of complaints from those living nearby. The flaring began on 21 April and […]
Fife councillors call for report on decommissioning Mossmorran – Auto Republish
Fife Council has called for a report to look at decommissioning Mossmorran. At a meeting on Thursday, councillors voted for an independent report which would look at the long term viability of closing the plant. In a joint Labour and Conservative motion, councillors voted to “seek discussions with the UK and Scottish governments regarding the […]
Community Anger Rising Over Flaring at ExxonMobil’s Mossmorran Plant – Auto Republish
Representatives of ExxonMobil’s Fife Ethylene Plant have apologised after unexpected flaring sent black smoke high into the skies across Fife for most of the past week. But the community remains furious at what it sees as regulatory failure and corporate evasion from ExxonMobil. The flare at the giant petrochemical plant at Mossmorran could be seen for miles […]
Day of protest at Fife House
Mossmorran Action Group is organising a protest at Fife House as it urges councillors to put aside party political differences and support a motion calling for an independent investigation into the environmental, health and social impacts of Mossmorran’s operations. The Group is asking demonstrators to wear gas masks and to meet outside Fife House from […]
