Question follow-through · 70837
Oil: Refineries
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with the Official Receiver on the inability to find a buyer for the Prax Lindsey oil refinery.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with the Official Receiver on the inability to find a buyer for the Prax Lindsey oil refinery.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Official Receiver (OR) decided to cease refining operations at Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery on 21 July 2025. However, the sales process continued to be run in parallel, and the OR has received a range of proposals - from specific asset acquisition to acq...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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