Both of our refineries have benefited from substantial investments to bring their units into compliance with European Union clean fuels specifications. Clean fuels are low-polluting transport fuels which are capable of replacing ordinary gasoline and diesel, including unleaded, low benzene, low sulphur gasoline and low sulphur diesel.

Both of our refineries are able to produce clean fuels meeting current European Union specifications (50ppm sulphur). Grangemouth is also able to manufacture clean fuels in accordance with the stricter rules currently applicable in certain parts of the US and the even more stringent specifications that are expected to become applicable in the European Union in 2009 (10ppm). Lavéra is compliant with current European Union specifications, and has made further investments in the refinery to achieve compliance with the expected 2009 European Union specifications.