Salt End
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 Chemical plant cooling tower seen from Paull Haven |
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| Salt End shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | TA165289 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HULL |
| Postcode district | HU12 |
| Dialling code | 01482 |
| Police | Humberside |
| Fire | Humberside |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | |
Salt End or Saltend is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated on the north bank of the Humber just outside the Hull eastern boundary on the A1033 road. It forms part of the civil parish of Preston.
Salt End is dominated by a BP chemical works and a gas-fired power station owned by International Power.
The BP Chemical works at Salt End produces about 600,000 tonnes of acetic acid per year, the largest manufacturer in Europe; and about 150,000 tonnes of acetic anhydride per year. Acetic acid is used in VAM, PTA esters and other intermediates and acetic anhydride is used in cellulose acetate and chemical derivatives.
INEOS, which is a third party company operating on the BP Salt End site also produces vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) which is used in paints, adhesives, floor coverings and clothing. Ethyl acetate (ETAC) is used in printing inks, glues, paints, packaging, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
It was in March 2007 when BP announced the sale of VAM and ETAC which were bought by INEOS.
Vivergo Fuels is a joint venture between British Sugar and DuPont, with a 330,000 t/year wheat-to-bioethanol plant at Saltend. After completion in 2012 the unit was intended to be the largest such plant in the UK and the 5th largest in Europe. Bioethanol would be blended into petrol.
Vivergo was the subject of industrial action in March–April 2011 resulting from the termination of a contract with Redhall Engineering. Construction was delayed for several months, but in August 2011 it restarted. Protests at the gate of the Saltend site were heavily policed owing to severe disruption of the site and the road network to the east of Kingston upon Hull.
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