Interview
In Conversation with Bangor Fuels
...sense of pride. Damian takes us back: “Most local people will recall Rayker Fuels, a coal business. Well, I managed them from 1994 and, after a few years there, I...
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News
Family driven
...Family values From early roots in milk and coal after the Second World War to scrap metal in the early 1970s, Alan and Jack Ford founded the fuel business in...
Market Report
Portland Market Report – A spectacular own goal or a pivotal act of unknown agents?
...as a bridging fuel towards a lower carbon future (specifically to replace coal). Huge amounts of money were ploughed not only into the development of gas fields, but also into...
Insight
The growth of natural gas in Ireland
...with the distribution network being owned and operated by the latter. By bringing gas to Strabane, Omagh, Enniskillen, Derrylin, Dungannon, Coalisland, Cookstown and Magherafelt, up to 40,000 new domestic customers...
Analysis
Greening the sector: Dover Fueling Solutions considers the future for fuels
...with 9.05 euros for diesel and 11.74 euros for petrol. Being a cleaner fossil fuel, LNG is another strong alternative, producing 40% less CO2 than coal and 30% less than...
News
OptiMate is the key to MechTronic success in Ireland
...oil operatives invest in OptiMate In 2018, Lissan Coal Company (LCC Oil) was the first fuel oil operative in Northern Ireland to purchase four OptiMate systems closely followed by Murphy...
Opinion
Will rising fuel prices accelerate the switch to renewables?
...with some areas returning to coal as an alternative energy source. Islands that rely on diesel to generate electricity are seeing massively increased costs that are being passed down the...
News
Industry partnership will deliver low-carbon LPG replacement plant
...to a net zero economy. It also has the potential to achieve negative CO2 emissions and replace more carbon intensive fuels, such as coal and heating oil.” Ed Hartley, Commercial...
News
Isuzu first for Darch Oil
...with 10 vehicles handling coal transportation. Supplied by Ferndown Commercials at Wimborne, this new tanker will cover approximately 40,000 miles a year over a working life of up to 12...
News
Adler and Allan’s new brand
...so we wouldn’t just throw something away that is still usable.” Adler and Allan started trading as coal and coke merchants in London back in 1926 and since then, through...
News
Multimodal logistics training centre
...ports complex which, for decades, has supported a growing trade in coal, cars, food, freight, passengers and petroleum,” said Sam Whitaker, vice-principal for strategic projects at the Grimsby Institute and...
Opinion
Energy security and emission reduction: the role of downstream
...zero future, but it is worth reflecting on how we have got to where we are today, so we can see where we are heading. Energy security “Under the coalition...
Interview
A proud tanker driver
...leave money out for the coal man – there was a huge amount of trust – I see myself as the modern day equivalent.” Taking it a step further Alex...
News
Essar opens fourth UK retail site
...network in the coming months. Essar entered the sector in November 2015 with its first branded site at Coalville, Leicestershire and subsequently unveiled stations at Walkden, Manchester and Middleton, Lancashire....
News
Stanlow refinery could be target of Just Stop Oil disruption
...disruption in the area around the site as part of a protest against the oil sector. The group, who calls itself ‘Just Stop Oil’, is ‘a coalition of groups working...
News
OPEC+ continues oil production cut in uncertain market
...by the EU of most Russian oil, and a price cap of $60 (£49) on every barrel of its crude imposed by the G7 coalition of leading world economies come...
News
Bristol-based fuel distributor appoints new company directors
...George Ford borrowed £25 to invest in a horse and cart to begin supplying milk and coal to the villages near Bath. Now, the 4th generation of the Ford family...
News
Burning oil? Call to make CO alarms law
...fuel. Whether oil, gas, coal or wood, the campaigners want the installation of a CO alarm to be mandatory with the use of any appliance. A recent House of Commons...