August 4, 2026: Essar Group celebrates 15 years of ownership and stewardship of the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex this week.

The global conglomerate, which operates across the energy, infrastructure, metals and mining, technology, and retail sectors with over five decades of operational experience, acquired the UK refining asset in 2011 and committed to a long-term modernisation strategy.

Our GBP 4.3 billion investment pipeline represents a significant growth opportunity for the UK, supporting the country's energy transition, generating massive long-term economic value, and creating thousands of highly skilled jobs built on the site's proud industrial heritage," Ruia added.

Over the past 15 years, Essar invested GBP 1 billion into the facility to preserve its position as a critical asset. Major structural upgrades included reconfiguring the site to a single-train operation to increase yields of higher-value products, expanding the range of crude grades processed, and upgrading the catalytic cracker.

(Source: ANI)