Category: Media Coverage

A MAJOR investment will be made to extend the operational life of the jetty at the Braefoot Bay Marine Terminal. The facility, which handles the shipping of ethylene from the Fife Ethylene Plant (FEP) at Mossmorran to ports in mainland Europe, is situated between Aberdour and Dalgety Bay. A team of six specialists from Asset […]

THE packed public meeting on Friday night at Lochgelly Town Hall called by the Mossmorran Action Group showed the strength of concern that the events of the Easter weekend and days that followed really did pose real concerns in the minds of people living in the Cowdenbeath-Lochgelly area. Occasional flaring from the petrochemical plants has […]

COWDENBEATH MSP Annabelle Ewing is meeting with representative of ExxonMobil today to follow up Friday’s public meeting held at Lochgelly Town Hall. Ms Ewing attended the public meeting organised by the Mossmorran Action Group in the Town Hall and speaking today, Ms Ewing said: “I was pleased to be able to attend the meeting organised […]

BOSSES of a controversial chemical plant have been condemned for “boycotting” a public meeting held to highlight fears over pollution. ExxonMobil chiefs have come under fire for failing to attend the forum in Lochgelly called to address concerns about the Fife Ethylene Plant at Mossmorran. James Glen, chair of Mossmorran Action Group, said ExxonMobil had […]

OVER 200 people packed into Lochgelly Town Hall last night unhappy at what was underlined as ‘a lack of trust’ in ExxonMobil and Shell who run the Mossmorran petro-chemical site. The meeting was called by the Mossmorran Action Group, following the session of flaring at Exxon’s Fife Ethylene Plant which started on Easter Sunday and […]

THE management team at the Fife Ethylene Plant have re-iterated the opportunity to welcome members of the Mossmorran Action Group to be involved in discussions at the gas plant, although they confirmed that they would not be attending tonight’s meeting at Lochgelly Town Hall. Jacob McAlister, plant manager at ExxonMobil’s Fife Ethylene Plant (FEP), said […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]