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Key priorities for the downstream oil industry
Last Friday (21st October) the UK Petroleum Industry Association published its latest report – Fuelling the UK’s Economic Engine. The report sets out the key priorities for the downstream oil sector for a new relationship with the European Union and for a meaningful industrial and energy strategy that works for the whole UK.
The report outlines the challenges ahead for the sector and the potential policy solutions that will enable the creation of an environment where industry can deliver and thrive.
“Essential to achieving a meaningful strategy for the future will be the creation of an environment where industry can deliver and thrive,” said Chris Hunt, director general of UKPIA.
“This involves getting the nation’s energy policy right, recognising the strategic value of the downstream oil sector, today and in years to come, and realising a secure energy future through a clear, stable and well-designed legal, fiscal and regulatory framework.”
Read the report at http://bit.ly/2ep9lQ4
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FPS gets ready for winter
The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers has once again launched a campaign to encourage the 1.25m homeowners who use heating oil to be prepared for winter and order heating oil while prices are low.
It now costs just £750 per annum (pa) to heat a typical three-bedroom home with a condensing oil boiler according to the latest figures from Sutherland Tables, the independent provider of comparative home heating costs.
“Even with a conventional boiler, that’s nearly half the cost of the nearest alternative,” said Mark Askew, FPS chief executive.
“If you use LPG the average per annum cost is £1386, electricity is £1600 and traditional gas heating £967. This means that an oil condensing boiler is also substantially cheaper to run than any renewable heating option – wood pellets cost £1339 and air source heat pump radiators £1453.”
Now in its fourth year, the campaign, which is run in conjunction with the government, Citizens Advice Bureau and Action with Communities in Rural England, urges householders to check oil tanks and heating equipment before the weather turns colder and journeys can become more problematic.
“Heating oil is the cheapest form of energy right now and has been since January 2015. FPS is keen for consumers to make the most of oil prices by buying before winter arrives and to plan for ways to reduce energy costs during the colder months,” added Mark.
The campaign advices using an OFTEC registered technician to fix any problems as soon as possible.
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Spearheading a new energy evolution
Deputy first minister opens the Lyell Centre at Heriot-Watt University
Energy supply and security will be among the major issues to be tackled at the Lyell Centre, a pioneering global research facility based at Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University.
In a merger with the British Geological Survey, Heriot-Watt is the first university in the UK to make a financial investment in tackling energy issues where actual deep ocean floor drilling is mirrored within the research laboratories of the campus, supported by new, cutting edge analytical facilities including the largest, most advanced research aquarium in the UK.
Officially opened last week by Scotland’s deputy first minister John Swinney, world leading academics and scientists are already looking at solutions to critical global problems.
Welcoming the vast potential the Lyell Centre will bring, Mr Swinney, who is also cabinet secretary for education and skills, said:
“The Lyell Centre provides Scotland with a strong platform for solving complex challenges and aims to be at the frontline of delivering future energy needs. That is why I am proud this government, through the Scottish Funding Council, has provided £3.5 million towards the Centre which will contribute not just to Scotland’s needs but those of the wider world as well.”www.bgs.ac.uk/contacts/sites/edinburgh/home.html
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Certas Energy – a ground breaking event and a new diesel report
Work has already started on a new 24hr HGV refuelling station at Peel Ports Liverpool, detailed on the last Fuel Oil News e-newsletter.
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Prax Petroleum goes pink
Fully embracing the pink theme, staff at Prax Petroleum tucked into platefuls of pink goodies
Last Friday was Wear it pink day – supporting the cancer awareness charity’s day with a cake morning, the staff at Prax Petroleum’s Weybridge office were certainly in the pink!Wear it pink has been going for 14/15 years and has raised a total of £28.9 million the past 14 years. Last year they raised £1.9 million just on ‘wear it pink’ day.
“Jessica Tregar from the Prax Petroleum logistics team has raised over £750 on her Just Giving page,” said director Neil Robertson.
“And, of that just over £130 of that amount was raised here on Friday!”www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Jessica-Tregar
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A shooting star in Huddersfield
Mark Binns (r) receives the award from Chris Lee, managing director of Lucas Lee & Partners
In the wake of the announcement of a major new contract with BP, HOYER UK has won a local Shooting Stars Award in recognition of its contribution to the community around its headquarters in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
The Shooting Stars Award, run in association with chartered surveyors Lucas Lee & Partners and Huddersfield Town Football Club, recognises businesses in the region that are making a difference to the local community, whether through a new contract award, the creation of new jobs or through the longevity of a successful business.
This popular award is now in its fourth year with an award winner selected each month.
HOYER has run operations in the UK since 1974 and established itself as the market leader in nationwide fuel distribution with significant domestic and international operations for customers in the bitumen, chemicals, foodstuffs and air gas markets. From its Huddersfield head office, HOYER directs some 1000 people and 470 vehicles deployed across 35 locations throughout the UK.
HOYER announced last month that it had entered into a long term agreement with BP to provide bulk fuel transport and logistics services throughout the UK. As part of the contract, HOYER Petrolog UK is set to take on responsibility for order taking, stock management, scheduling, despatch, physical execution and reconciliation of all retail fuels in the UK as well as aviation fuels in Northern Ireland.
“HOYER Petrolog UK is really pleased to have been awarded the Shooting Stars award – the whole team here and around the UK will appreciate this recognition for the hard work that was put in to winning the high profile contract with BP,” said managing director Mark Binns.
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Streamlining the UK’s downstream infrastructure
THE JULY 2016 ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BP INTENDED TO SELL ITS BELFAST, HAMBLE AND NORTHAMPTON TERMINALS TOGETHER WITH ITS 50% SHARE OF ITS KINSGBURY FACILITY (WITH SHELL), AND A THIRD SHARE OF THE UKOP SYSTEM, IS PART OF A RATIONALISATION PROCESS WHICH HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR 40 YEARS
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Breach of the Mainline Pipeline – Valero update
Following the breach of Mainline Pipeline on 4th October near Nantycaws, Carmarthenshire, booms remain in place on Nant Pibwr to recover kerosene from the pipeline leak.
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Certas Energy and Peel Ports to open new HGV refuelling site
An artist impression of the new HGV refuelling site to be built in the Port of Liverpool in a joint venture between Certas Energy and Peel Ports
Planning permission has been granted for a new 24-hour HGV refuelling facility at the Port of Liverpool, one of the largest, busiest and most diverse ports in the UK.