Analysis
A deep dive into fuel distribution industry data
Industry trade body, UKIFDA, takes a detailed look at latest sector data in this annual review. Our members UKIFDA represents 121 distributors who, in turn, deliver c90% of the UK’s...
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Knowledge
Safeguard the future with effective succession planning
As the world continues to evolve, the fuel distribution industry needs to steer itself towards new products, methods and technology to ensure customer and wider stakeholder expectations can still be...
News
£2.6m fuel distributor acquisition supports NWF expansion strategy
...Counties Fuels, NWF’s Kent-based commercial fuel distribution operation’, the acquisition supports the group’s development in the South East. Expansion strategy With a growth strategy for the fuel distribution business, in...
Insight
The latest industry updates in UKIFDA’s Downstream
...Oil News, and fuel distribution industry trade body UKIFDA the new Downstream section features in the magazine each quarter to share the vital communications of industry trade body UKIFDA with...
Knowledge
Prioritising people to keep fuel systems running smoothly
...their operations. “We keep fuel storage and distribution systems running smoothly to support our clients’ success!” Achieving first-time fixes “We also focus on minimising downtime with our First-Time Fix objective...
Opinion
The community speaks
How would you summarise 2023? The fuel distribution community looks back over the year. Asked for ‘3 words or phrases that sum up working in fuel distribution in 2023’ our...
Analysis
Fuelling success: a distributor overcoming talent and driver shortages
...over the past decade. With expansion came the pressing need to attract and retain top talent as Caroline Ellinor, distribution manager at WP Group, explained: “It has been an incredible...
Interview
Celebrating 50 golden years of Peak Oil
Peak Oil is a family operated distribution business covering Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, and Nottinghamshire. Formed in 1972 by Tom Pearson, Peak Oil has just celebrated its 50th anniversary in business....
News
A unique contribution wins Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year 2022
...of others: “Thank you to all the suppliers and the engineers on the shop floor for our continued success.” In such a vital sector as energy distribution, getting the product...
Interview
DCC on ambitions for Ireland and energy transition
...A business is always about the people and what they’re doing. “NEVER BE AFRAID TO ASK THE STUPID QUESTION.” “In a distribution business like ours, everything is simpler if you...
News
Kelly Mcloughlin – Barton Petroleum’s first female depot manager
The fuel oil distribution sector is heavily male dominated with noticeably few women in a depot manager role. Claudia Weeks, content editor for Fuel Oil News, was delighted to meet...
News
Smart solutions
Keen to grow in the fuel distribution sector, managing director Steve Spelman says MHT has products for everyone right down to the smallest depot Keen to find out more about...
Analysis
An industry acquiring
...the entire Irish energy distribution channel.” Elaborating further on how these acquisitions fit into Dublin-based DCC’s company strategy, Daire continued: “The retail & oil division operates across eight European countries....
News
Hydrogen transport and storage think tank launched by UK trade body
...distribution, explain how these will accelerate deployment in the UK, as well as producing a timeline for the roll-out of storage and distribution to align with energy security ambitions, overall...
Insight
The Humber refinery – a key indigenous source of supply
...the closest substantial market. A series of independent fuel marketing and distribution companies were acquired in the early/mid 1960s in Germany, Italy, Belgium, Sweden, Ireland and, in the UK, Jet...
Insight
The emergence and growth of Puma Energy
...in the marketing and distribution of crude oil and its products across the country. Over the ensuing 20 years CGC built up its network of Puma filling stations across Argentina...
Interview
Could improving gender diversity be an answer to the driver shortage problem?
The fuel oil distribution business is heavily male dominated with very few women driving tankers. When Fuel Oil News caught up with a new distribution business, Bedford Fuels, for our...
Opinion
The billion barrel blow and why it may mean more pivoting in the fuel sector
As we leave behind the challenges of 2022 and look ahead to what 2023 may bring to those in the fuel distribution sector, James Shenton, managing director of Tuffa Tanks...