Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact on (a) security and (b) the environment of increasing oil imports to Finnart oil terminal.

Finnart oil terminal is already used for the import of crude oil and export of oil products in considerable volumes. The announcement by Petroineos that they are developing a plan to facilitate the import of products at Finnart is designed to provide them with greater operational flexibility and allow them to continue supplying fuel products to customers.

Any assessment of environmental impacts as a result of changing functions of the oil terminal is a matter for the company to consider with the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency.