Hundreds of jobs to be created as Immingham becomes home for aviation fuel refinery
Hundreds of jobs will be created by work to establish a new aviation fuel refinery.
ETFuels has chosen Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Immingham as the location for Project King's Road, an advanced fuels refinery that will establish a new manufacturing industry in the Humber.
A spokesman said: “The project represents a significant investment in Greater Lincolnshire and the Humber, creating at least 500 construction jobs and 50 permanent engineering, operations and manufacturing roles while strengthening Britain's energy security and industrial competitiveness.”
Project King's Road will convert renewable e-methanol into sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) for supply into the UK's aviation fuel network and for export into international markets.
The spokesman said the facility will benefit from direct access to the Humber's fuel storage, pipeline and distribution infrastructure, providing connections into the UK's aviation fuel supply network. The statement added: “Combined with Immingham's deep-water port facilities and established industrial ecosystem, this creates one of the most attractive locations in Europe for large-scale advanced fuels production.”
Lara Naqushbandi, CEO of ETFuels, said: "Project King's Road represents a major vote of confidence in the Humber and in Britain's industrial future. The Humber is already one of the UK's most important energy and logistics hubs. We believe it can also become the country's leading hub for next-generation fuels production.
“What attracted us to Immingham was the combination of outstanding infrastructure, a highly skilled industrial workforce and direct access to one of the largest fuel distribution networks in the country. Combined with access to some of the world's most competitive renewable fuel feedstocks from our Texas platform, it gives Britain a genuine opportunity to build an advanced fuels industry capable of competing with the best projects anywhere in the world.
“This is about much more than a single facility. It’s about creating a new advanced manufacturing capability for Britain, attracting investment into the Humber and establishing a strategic industry that can deliver jobs and growth for decades to come. We named this project after the road it sits on. That's deliberate, we're not building a facility that happens to be in Immingham; we're building something that belongs here."
Andrew Dawes, Regional Director of the Humber ports for Associated British Ports said: “Immingham is already Britain’s largest port by tonnage.
"Project King’s Road is exactly the kind of long‑term, high‑value industrial partnership that brings these priorities together.”