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Alpeco – Intake Cabinet
Alpeco has launched its latest range of MF400 and MF800 truck metering systems. The new multifunctional two and three inch systems see the original DMX ...
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Showcasing oil heating’s future
There are two million off-grid homes in the UK and Ireland. Over the next 20 years, these homes will slowly but surely need to decarbonise.
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Waste oil – where are we in 2011
Roger Creswell, director of the Oil Recycling Association (ORA) writes: “Never far from the environmental scene, and despite its wide utility, oil is a word ...
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Biofuels – an uncertain future
In December 2009, as the legislative framework shaping biofuels was about to change, FON reported on problems and issues affecting the industry. Two years on, we ...
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Future energy – a vital topic
Now chairman of Climate Change Capital, Vivienne Cox, who retired from BP in 2009 after 28 years, was guest speaker in the Vital Topics series at the ...
Interview
Morrow Fuels – goes the extra mile
Next year, the Morrow family celebrates 100 years of oil retailing in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. And throughout the decades, the business, which eventually became Morrow Fuels, ...
Interview
Thompson Fuels – providing service with a smile
With a company slogan, “more smiles per gallon”, Northern Ireland based Thompson Fuels has established a reputation as a happy and helpful team, willing to ...
Interview
Doherty Oils – fail to plan, plan to fail
Last winter’s weather conditions throughout the island of Ireland were unprecedented with sudden and long-lasting frozen spells – accompanied by thick snow and treacherous road ...
Analysis
BP – making a wholesale commitment
As majors continue to withdraw from the downstream market, Fuel Oil News was keen to quiz BP about its position within the UK’s wholesale ...
Analysis
Greenergy – liquid problem solving
Founded in 1993 by Andrew Owens, Greenergy is now both a manufacturer and a terminal operator with a ‘hugely productive’ supply chain. The company sold 9.9 ...
Analysis
Harvest Energy – change, challenge and opportunity
Harvest Energy, which has been operating in the UK as a supplier, blender and marketer of road fuels since 1995, has an annual turnover in excess ...
Analysis
Prax – a fast track wholesaler
Weybridge-based Prax Petroleum has been in existence for 10 years. In less than a decade, the company has risen to become one of the largest independent ...
Analysis
Mabanaft – majoring in innovative independence
After serving the majority of his years in the industry working for oil majors, Mark Rolph joined Mabanaft in 2008, becoming the company’s managing director ...
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World Fuel Services – spreading the word
“As the oil majors move more upstream, opportunities are opening up downstream for new refiners and suppliers like ourselves,” said Craig Roberts, managing director of ...
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BWOC – a business with character
Weston-super-Mare based BWOC was founded in 1982 by Bob Wayne, a family man who had spent all his working life at different levels within the ...
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Monument Fuels – a monumental undertaking
Last summer, a new distributor emerged in the south west – Monument Fuels. Several months on, FON spoke to co-owner, Trevor Rolph, to find out more ...
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WCF Fuels – A brief encounter
Nestled in the heart of the Lancashire countryside, a mere stone’s throw from Carnforth station, which famously provided the setting for the 1945 film, Brief ...
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Moorland Fuels – Becoming part of the landscape
Dartmoor has a harsh, unyielding landscape which is intersected by narrow roads and small country lanes connecting houses and communities together. Deliveries on ...