ExxonMobil Chemical Limited fined £176,000 for six days of flaring that sounded like a jet engine

28 October 2025

ExxonMobil Chemical Limited was fined £176,000 at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court today (28th October 2025) after pleading guilty to breaching its environmental permit during six days of continuous flaring at its Cowdenbeath site in April 2019.

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