Overview

• Administrators have halted crude intake and are selling refined stocks while seeking buyers for individual assets such as storage tanks and distribution networks.
• Energy minister Michael Shanks said workers would retain pay and jobs over coming months and benefit from a government-funded training guarantee.
• The Insolvency Service has launched an investigation into former owners Sanjeev and Arany Soosaipillai over the circumstances of the collapse.
• Lindsey’s shutdown reduces the UK’s active refinery count to four and threatens about 10% of the nation’s fuel supply.
• Local petitions and union-backed rallies are underway to press for government action on site redevelopment and alternative employment.