Interview
Crown Oil – delivering carbon neutrality as it celebrates 75 years
...to help businesses meet increasing emission reduction targets 2020 – We won the Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year Award for our brand new, first of its kind, HVO...
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News
OFTEC calls on new government to be ‘more realistic’
...a whole year the number of installations required each month for DECC to meet its ambitious 2020 carbon reduction targets, says OFTEC which calculates that around 10,800 installations would be...
Analysis
An industry acquiring
Since the first impacts of Covid-19 back in early 2020, we, at Fuel Oil News, have closely followed the sector as it has adapted in the face of increasing challenges....
News
High standards at Prince Petroleum
The Leicestershire-based independent and family-owned distributor, now in its 60th year, has recently been approved for two prestigious accreditations following a project that was first implemented in late 2020. With...
News
New report highlights Scotland’s strengths in clean hydrogen
...to becoming a global leader in the emerging clean hydrogen market. Global hydrogen demand in 2020 was 70 million tonnes, and The Hydrogen Council estimates demand could be as high...
Case Study
A BWOC initiative: first aid for mental ill health
...compelled to share it with our teams. Was this the inception of the internal MHFA team? Following our September 2020 course, an official MHFA Team was introduced within the group...
Opinion
Call for 10,000 temporary visas to address driver crisis
...year to June 2020, and only 600 have returned in the past year (by Q2 2021). A gaping hole As Alex Veitch, general manager of Public Policy at Logistics UK...
News
Driver awareness increases demand for hand protection
...With 86% of drivers now actively looking for hand protection, forecourt owners are being advised that failing to provide suitable hand protection could impact business. Conducted in October 2020, the...
Opinion
The billion barrel blow and why it may mean more pivoting in the fuel sector
...in 2020, two words became ubiquitous as the dreadful pandemic ran rampant throughout the globe. The two words were ‘unprecedented’ and ‘pivot’. Unprecedented speaks for itself, but ‘pivot’ needs a...
Opinion
UKIFDA submits views on Scottish Commission’s work plan
Ahead of the set-up of Consumer Scotland in late 2021, UKIFDA has submitted its views on the Scottish Government consultation on the Energy Consumers Commission’s first work plan covering 2020-2021....
News
Logistics industry concerns over sulphur surcharge
...to the cost of adaptation measures to comply with the new sulphur oxides targets entering into force worldwide from 1 January 2020. Mandated by the United Nations regulatory body for...
News
Certas plans for new fuel depot on Isle of Wight
...in August 2020. The parent company for Isle of Wight Fuels (IOWF), Motor Fuel Group, carried out staff consultations and a detailed examination of the trading options before deciding to...
Interview
In conversation with George Eustice MP
...Cornwall in 2020. With George coming on board in 2022, the campaign accelerated eventually resulting in the Government putting forward the Energy Bill amendment in September 2023. It has not...
Opinion
The future of oil heating debate – watch the video
...government decides to ban oil heating altogether! In 2001, kerosene sales were at 2639 kilotonne (kmt), last year this was down to 1973kmt. The government predicts that by 2020, 500,000...
News
Five new renewable biomethane refuelling stations
...Bio-CNG supplied by the company will reduce UK haulage GHG emissions by more than 35,000 tons, with a multiple of this expected for 2020. The John Lewis Partnership already has...
Opinion
CILT’s 21-point plan to achieve net-zero by 2050
...Routes to Net-Zero 2050: 2020 Year End Summary. The report includes 21 recommendations for action covering all transport modes and activities. At the end of a year of study, debate...
News
Spreading Christmas cheer in Glasgow
...and their customers, and we hope that we can build upon this in 2020,” said Matthew Bellamy, head of company-owned and operated retail at Certas Energy Staff from Certas Energy visited the...
Insight
The UK’s refineries: past, present and future
...and ethylbenzene. Grangemouth: Rationalisation measures, initiated in late 2020, comprised the closure of a distillation unit, reducing overall capacity from around 10.2 million tonnes per year to 7.3 million tonnes,...