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OGUK appoints new health, safety & environment director

...Most recently, Mr Stapleton led OGUK’s response to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak as Chair of the OGUK Pandemic Steering Group, formed to ensure effective and coherent responses to COVID-19 across...

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Solving the industry recruitment challenge

Industries across the world are experiencing a coronavirus paralysis. Even the oil industry, which for many has been able to continue in relatively normal terms has had to adjust day...

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StocExpo postponed to March 2022

...consultation with the industry and due to the ongoing unforeseeable, unavoidable and unprecedented global scope of the Coronavirus pandemic. This has led to the Government implementing ongoing measures to maintain...

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CILT’s 21-point plan to achieve net-zero by 2050

...chief executive, CILT(UK), says: “Transport accounts for 28% of UK carbon emissions and, despite the downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic, transport emissions will grow with recovery unless action is...

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Rix Petroleum supports the local community

...why during the coronavirus outbreak, the company has gone out of its way to provide help and resources to local businesses and organisations hit by the pandemic, and those fighting...

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Industry body sees transition as the solution

...the coronavirus pandemic and a 20 year low in oil prices. A proposed three-stage framework to support the sector in dealing with the immediate crisis while positioning it to play...

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Essar donates £3,000 to provide dementia support

...people affected by dementia have been hit hard by the Coronavirus pandemic. From the high death rate in care homes, to the significant cognitive decline for people who live in...

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Amendments to certification are welcomed by Logistics UK

...learning” or “remote learning” which has been deployed as part of the emergency response to the Coronavirus outbreak. DVSA has indicated that it will next examine the continued use of...

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British manufacturer offers to help fight Covid-19

...Coronavirus. Despite a healthy order book for gas analysers, Signal Group has responded positively; formally expressing a willingness to help. “As a developer and manufacturer of precision gas analysis equipment,...

Opinion

Highs and lows of the oil price drop

...fuelled by heating oil. As the first wave of the Coronavirus spread across the globe, forcing the majority of the world into lockdown, the demand for fuel fell off a...

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Fears for future of Stanlow oil refinery

...not a levered business and currently we do not have any short term or long-term bank debt on the company, other than working capital lines. “Prior to coronavirus, we were...

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Fuel supplier completes MBO during lockdown

In planning prior to the Coronavirus lockdown, North Yorkshire-based independent fuel oil supplier, Kettlewell Fuels has now completed a management buyout (MBO) by its senior leadership team. Managed by Janet...