Tycoon Jim Ratcliffe's expansionist streak sends his firm Ineos to bag yet another North Sea asset
A combination of aggressive acquisitions and expansion initiatives have transformed the petrochemical company in a matter of years.
Tycoon Jim Ratcliffe's outfit Ineos to buy Lausanne Football Club
Petrochemicals firm set to add a football club to its cacophonic asset sheet.
Ineos takes control of Forties Pipeline System from BP
The 235-mile pipeline system, which delivers almost 40% of the UK's North Sea oil and gas production, has been sold by BP in a $250m (£188m) deal.
New 'King of Scotland': Jim Ratcliffe, the English tycoon who'll soon control vast chunks of North Sea oil
Atop gas fields and Grangemouth refinery, Ratcliffe's Ineos will soon manipulate infrastructure that delivers 40% of North Sea oil and gas.
BP to sell Forties Pipeline System to tycoon Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos
Oil major and petrochemicals firm ink £200m deal giving the latter access to 40% of British crude production.
Scotland's energy minister announces block on all fracking operations
Scotland's moratorium on fracking applications welcomed by environmental campaigners.
Who Is Ed Miliband's Secret Santa With a Sackful of Cash?
Labour needs to raise cash for the election campaign and Andrew Rosenfeld is the man to help
Union Claims Hundreds of Job Losses Planned at Grangemouth
Unite says Ineos needs to 'come clean over job losses' and has betrayed workers.
Grangemouth: A Game Changer for Unions and Governments?
Petroplus Holdings AG (Switzerland) was, not so long ago, Europe's largest independent refiner. In January 2012, the company defaulted on its senior notes and filed for bankruptcy. In the UK, its centre of operations was the Coryton Refinery in Essex which it had bought from BP in 2007 and which was able to handle tankers up to 250,000 deadweight tons (dwt). The refinery had a capacity of 11 million tonnes per year and had been running at about 88 per cent capacity shortly before its demis...
Oil Futures Drop on US Inventory and Jobs Data
Record US crude production and seasonal refinery maintenance boost stocks.
Grangemouth Rescue Deal Saves Thousands of Jobs
Thousands of workers faced losing their jobs at Scotland's biggest refinery and petrochemical plant.
Grangemouth Boss Calum MacLean 'Smiled' as he Laid Off 800 Workers
Workers lament 'shocking' decision by Ineos to shut huge Grangemouth plant after major financial losses.