Lindsey oil refinery owner Prax falls into administration as ministers urged to intervene

<p>Fears over fuel supplies and jobs as Lincolnshire facility handles nearly a tenth of total UK capacity</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/29/grangemouth-refinery-closure-jobs-politics-reform-uk">‘It breaks my heart’: how a refinery closure is hitting jobs and politics</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/jun/30/uk-economic-growth-confirmed-07-first-quarter-household-saving-ratio-falls-mortgage-approvals-trade-deal-tariffs-business-live">Business live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>One of the UK’s largest oil refineries – and the only big one owned by a British company – has collapsed into administration, prompting calls for the government to intervene urgently to protect fuel supplies and jobs.</p><p>State Oil, which owns the Prax Lindsey refinery in north Lincolnshire, called in administrators on Monday, Sky News reported first, prompting concern from the trade union, Unite.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/30/lindsey-oil-refinery-prax-group-administration">Continue reading...</a>