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Mossmorran and Braefoot Bay Complexes

Mossmorran is situated near Cowdenbeath, 20km north of Edinburgh. The Mossmorran complex consists of two neighbouring plants: the Fife Natural Gas Liquids (FNGL) Plant operated by Shell U.K. Limited and the Fife Ethylene Plant (FEP) operated by ExxonMobil Chemical Limited.

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Community Notice - Shell Fife NGL Plant

Date published: 15 November 2024

The following community notice has been shared with SEPA regarding planned works at the ExxonMobil UK Fife Ethylene Plant (FEP).

"I'm writing to let you know that we will be taking a planned steam outage at the Fife NGL plant from Monday 18 to Friday 22 November.

The steam outage allows us to carry out maintenance work to enhance and improve our steam pipelines across our infrastructure.

Steam, which is used to minimise smoke and ensure the full combustion of the flare, will be unavailable while we complete this work.

I would like to assure the community that we have planned carefully for this steam outage and do not plan to use our elevated flare at this time, but in the unlikely case that we do, it may be smoky.

I apologise in case this may lead to any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

We have informed the regulator SEPA of this planned work.

Please contact us if you have any questions or comment. Our notices and contact details are also on the plant website.

Kind regards,

Tyne Bradley, Plant Manager" 

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What we have done

We continue to monitor air quality and noise in community locations. Communities around the Mossmorran Complex are now able to see the air quality in their area in close to real time, with the launch of our new monitoring network.

It follows on from community participation in the design of a new air quality monitoring network, and a refreshed online regulatory hub designed to make it easier than ever to find information about our regulation of the Fife Natural Gas Liquids Plant and Fife Ethylene Plant. 

Find out more about our new monitoring network on our air quality monitoring page.

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