Project Willow report on future of Grangemouth available this month, MSPs told

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A £1.5 million report into the future of Scotland’s last remaining oil refinery will be available by the end of the month, the Scottish Energy Secretary has said. I have done nothing since my tenure as energy minister but engage in this with the previous UK government, with Petroineos itself, and with the current UK Government Gillian Martin, Scottish Energy Secretary “But more than that we are teeing up potential investors to see the report as well. “We’ve had considerable interest in what Frederick Willow will bring up and I am feeling hopeful, although I would like to see the refinery continuing, I would like to see Petroineos, their shareholders make a different decision about the closure of the refinery so we can get Project Willow and investors involved in the future of the site.” The PA news agency understands the report will not be publicly available until shortly after Petroineos and the Scottish and UK governments receive it. “I have engaged in very good faith with the UK Government in our joint offers to fund work into the future of the site, and I am doing what I can with our enterprise agencies, with my officials and other partners in the Cabinet to encourage investment in the site.” A UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero spokesperson said: “We know this is a concerning time for workers and their families, and we are leaving no stone unturned to find a viable long-term future for Grangemouth.