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Grangemouth oil refinery confirmed to close next year
Petroineos said the closure of Grangemouth was due to it being unable to compete with more modern sites.
BBC News
Grangemouth is a town in the Falkirk council area in the central belt of Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Falkirk, 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Bo'ness and 13 miles (20.9 km) south-east of Stirling. Grangemouth had a resident population of 17,906 according to the 2001 Census. Preliminary figures from the 2011 census reported the number as 17,373.
Petroineos said the closure of Grangemouth was due to it being unable to compete with more modern sites.
Petroineos said the closure of Grangemouth was due to it being unable to compete with more modern foreign sites.