Heat exchanger repairs at Grangemouth
Heat exchanger repairs at Grangemouth cover the terminal, chemical plant and industry along the Forth. Send the nameplate and what has happened, and a specialist who works on that type will come back to you. Coverage is UK wide.
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Common heat exchanger problems at Grangemouth
It has failed or is leaking
Fluids mixing, a leak at the unit, or one that will not hold pressure.
Emergency repair →Losing dutyPerformance has dropped
Higher pressure drop, a wider approach temperature, or a duty it no longer reaches.
Cleaning options →PlannedA service or shutdown is coming
Planned maintenance, an outage window, or a spare that needs to be ready.
Servicing options →UnsureNot sure what is wrong
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Send the details →Industrial plant at Grangemouth
Heat exchanger repairs at Grangemouth serve Scotland's industrial centre on the Forth, now working through the largest change to its plant population in decades.
- Refining ended in April 2025
- Petroineos ceased crude processing at Grangemouth and converted the site to an import terminal, bringing in petrol, diesel and aviation fuel through the Firth of Forth. Around fifty million pounds went into that conversion. Checked 1 September 2026.
- A much smaller workforce on that site
- Headcount at the refinery fell from roughly 475 to around 75 through the transition. A terminal is not a refinery, and the exchanger population on that particular site is a fraction of what it was.
- Terminal and tank farm duties remain
- Import terminals still carry heat transfer plant. Product heating, utility duties and the exchangers behind pumping and storage operations do not disappear because refining has, though they are fewer and generally smaller.
- The wider Forth industrial area continues
- Grangemouth sits in a broader industrial belt, and the site's own future options under assessment include a biorefinery, sustainable aviation fuel and low carbon hydrogen. Any of those would bring new heat transfer plant with it.
Heat exchangers used at Grangemouth
- Terminal product heaters and utility exchangers
- Plate exchangers on closed cooling water, glycol and hot water duties
- Shell and tube units on the remaining process and utility services
- Steam and condensate plant behind the site utilities
Grangemouth questions
Is there still heat exchanger work at Grangemouth?
Less than there was, and it would be misleading to say otherwise. Refining stopped in April 2025 and the site now operates as an import terminal, so the population of process exchangers on it has reduced substantially. Terminal, storage and utility duties continue, and the wider Forth industrial area is unaffected by the refinery decision.
What happens if the site is redeveloped?
The options being assessed include a biorefinery, sustainable aviation fuel and low carbon hydrogen. Each of those brings heat transfer plant of its own, and new plant needs maintaining from the day it is commissioned. None of it is committed yet, so it is a prospect rather than a plan.