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Unveiled at this year’s industry EXPO, Barton Petroleum created a replica of the Wellingborough-headquartered distributor’s first ever tanker to celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary in 2022

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Barton Petroleum celebrates 50th anniversary with special tanker

Unveiled at this year’s EXPO, Barton Petroleum has created something memorable and unforgettable to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2022 – a replica of the Wellingborough-headquartered distributor’s first ever tanker!...

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Funded ADR courses available now for HGV drivers to upskill

...& Petroleum Passport courses for those wanting to transport hazardous goods and drive fuel tankers. The Government-funded training courses, called Skills Bootcamps, are available through the Driver Academy Group, a...
A look at the UK refinery network past, present and future

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The UK’s refineries: past, present and future

...have any UK refining presence. We will now take a brief look at the existing network and highlight the roles which they play in supplying refined petroleum products to the...

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35 years of tanker loading and process metering solutions

...solutions for clients. “In 1987 petroleum fuels were all top loaded into tankers and operator and environmental safety was not necessarily always at the top of the agenda.” Kiran went...

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Rix Petroleum takes on Ben Nevis

Employees of Grangemouth based Rix Petroleum will begin the eight-mile-long climb and descent of Ben Nevis on Saturday 3rd July, raising £2000 for the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation. The foundation...

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Peter Turner

Peter Turner It is with great sadness that Fuel Oil News reports the passing of Peter Turner, former managing director of Rix Petroleum, on the evening of Friday 22nd January...
The current millennium has witnessed changes in the downstream oil sector in Ireland of a scale and extent that far exceeded anything that occurred in the 50 or so years prior. We consider how in Ireland the process has been characterised by consolidation in the competitive landscape accompanied by rationalisation of logistics arrangements.

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The downstream oil market landscape of Ireland in the 2020s

...Irish Petroleum Company Ltd. (IPCL) to US company, Tosco Corporation, which was acquired shortly after by Phillips Petroleum which, in turn, merged with Conoco in 2002. ConocoPhillips demerged into separate...

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Storage – reducing fire risk

...fires at installations that process and store crude oil, petroleum, intermediates and refined products The updated EI Model Code of Safe Practice Part 19: Fire precautions at petroleum refineries and...

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A new App for the fuel distributor

...can immediately make updates, synchronising data and limiting unnecessary paperwork. The software platform is already used by Guernsey Petroleum Distributors, Petroleum Distributors (Jersey) and Gas 4 Wales together with new client...

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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...