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A feeling of insecurity?
...oil, gas and coal exporter to Europe. In the oil industry, EU-Russia cooperation has been growing over recent years with European companies active in Russian exploration and production, while Russian...
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Market Report
The impact of the Red Sea crisis and why expansion to the north could be catastrophic
...Aden was a key coaling (refuelling) station for ships voyaging between Europe and India, via the Suez Canal (built in 1869). Fuel oil took over from coal as the “bunker”...
Opinion
Like-for-like comparisons key to investment in future marine fuels
SEA-LNG, the multi-sector industry coalition established to demonstrate the benefits of the LNG fuel pathway for shipping decarbonisation, has released a framework for comparing the emissions and cost implications of...
News
New vehicles at DJ Davies Fuels
...only supplies domestic heating oil, industrial, commercial and agricultural fuel oils, but also premium solid fuels, including smokeless coal, multi-fuel briquettes and firewood logs. The Canter is now undertaking local...
Insight
Liquid fuel industry and heat pump lobbyists in agreement over ‘unfair’ new oil boiler ban
...with the vast majority in rural areas relying on oil, coal and LPG for home energy. Tory MPs have raised concerns that the ban, which was proposed as part of...
Insight
Downstream Norway: Leading the way in decarbonisation
...The country relies almost equally on fossil fuels and non-fossil fuels for its sources of energy, as follows: Coal 3% Gas 17% Oil 32% Biofuels and waste 7% Electricity 41%...
News
A third retail site for Essar
...at Middleton in Lancashire. The first Essar branded site to open was Coalville in Leicestershire followed by Walkden in Manchester in December 2015. Essar has extensive experience in the Indian...
Knowledge
Safeguard the future with effective succession planning
...industry may be daunting, such as: adopting new fuel types e.g., HVO and other future fuels new legislative regimes e.g., red diesel, coal usage adopting new technology e.g., adapting software...
News
Raising awareness – carbon monoxide and fossil fuels
...and just 40% for coal. “It’s very important that householders understand the importance of checking their home heating systems annually,” said OFTEC Ireland manager David Blevings. “An oil boiler should...
Insight
Key challenges and opportunities facing the fuel distributor
...coal deliveries and evolved to being suppliers of petroleum and other energy products, servicing a substantial, diverse portfolio of customers. Further, they have been eager adopters of new technology and...
Insight
Industry impacts of the reset of government net zero policy
...British public engaged with the process. Among the announcements he included: Existing plans to ban the installation of oil and LPG boilers, and new coal heating, in off-grid homes will...
Interview
Holding steady in challenging times
...business which has grown over the last few years,” said Adrian. “We also sell solid fuel in the form of coal and briquettes which has proved to be a good...
News
Welsh distributor goes with the wind
...coal, biomass and wind; a new turbine was recently erected beside the company’s Ammanford depot. The company’s first turbine was erected in December 2014 and now supplies power to 400...
Insight
COP26 FON Blog 5: Downstream challenges
...has made progress in areas of policy that don’t directly relate to downstream. 104 countries committed to reducing methane. 40 countries to phase out coal, and 110 countries to stopping...
Insight
The energy sector: COP27 takeaways and future challenges and prospects
...according to the IEA, it will have the effect of accelerating the peak in global fossil fuel consumption, with gas demand now projected to join oil and coal in reaching...
News
More opportunities for fossil fuel producers
...intensity that cannot come from electricity alone. “These are areas that are not, on the whole, locked into a coal-driven system. There is the potential for them to shift more...
Interview
Northern Energy: fuelling communities for 90 years
...grew. “My father soon realised the waste of bringing back empty trucks,” Muriel continues, “so he began to bring back coal from the city to sell to the many local...
Analysis
Fuelling progress: future fuels for transport decarbonisation
...by 2030 – almost the same amount as 33 coal-fired power stations would produce in a year.” Currently up to 10% of the E10 petrol at the pumps is biofuel,...