Government admits there could be jet fuel problems.They should fix them

By johnredwood on May 4, 2026

At last government Ministers agree there could be shortages of jet fuel in the summer holiday season. They should know, because their high taxes, high energy prices and carbon tax policies have closed two refineries leaving us only 4. Both Lindsey and Grangemouth were important suppliers of jet fuel to UK airports. The government in its mad net zero way wanted to stop that and import it instead, taking its production out of our CO 2 figures to put into another country. Now it is getting difficult to get hold of imports that doesn’t look so smart.

Ministers say they are talking to remaining refiners to see if they can get more jet fuel fractions out of the oil they are processing. They should open negotiations with the new owners of Lindsey and the owners of Grangemouth to see what changes to carbon taxes and general taxes would get them to restart their works before they set about demolishing or re purposing. The UK needs these refineries. It would add employment, some extra tax revenue and some more reliable fuel supplies if they did a deal. They also need to lighten the tax and price load on the remaining 4 refineries as they could close as well if they get into heavy losses.

It would also be a good idea to add to our oil production at the same time and encourage UK supply contracts to UK refineries to add further to security of supply.

How many more times do we have to warn them of the huge damage they are doing to UK industry and to UK national security?