By Capella

From Google AI:

Before ending crude oil processing in April 2025, the Grangemouth Refinery supplied about 65% of all petrol, diesel, and jet fuel used in Scotland. For aviation fuel specifically, it accounted for up to 97% of Scotland’s supply, fueling major airports like Edinburgh and Glasgow. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Note - the source numbers will cleverly, for TuS, take you right out of here, so maybe click on them after you've read the whole thing?

Supply Breakdown

• Overall Refined Products: Roughly 65% of Scotland’s total petroleum consumption.
• Jet Fuel / Aviation Kerosene: Approximately 97% of Scotland’s aviation fuel demand.
• Diesel & Petrol: A major share of ground transport fuels, contributing heavily to the regional supply across the Central Belt and wider Scotland alongside overall refinery output shares of about 15% to 24% of specific distillate metrics

Because of the war in the Middle east, in which Westminster participates through Akrotiri in Cyprus (home of bambi bucket bearing Chinooks which we can’t have), the price of diesel and jet fuel is soaring on the world market. So instead of using our own from Grangemouth, refining oil from the North Sea, we have to import it at vastly inflated prices.

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