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New UK Global Tariff gets positive response

...UK Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA), Stephen Marcos Jones said; “It is encouraging that government has listened to industry. We hope to see reciprocal tariffs delivered through Free Trade Agreements, particularly...

News

Introducing E10 – ‘a welcome development’  

UKPIA has welcomed the Department for Transport’s recent announcement that they are consulting on proposals to introduce petrol blended with 10% bioethanol, otherwise known as E10. Whilst this is a...

News

Highlighting the importance of the downstream oil sector

UKPIA director general, Stephen Marcos Jones, attended the annual reception for the UK downstream oil industry where Martin Vickers MP acknowledged the sector to ‘be a valuable and strategic asset...

Analysis

Fuelling progress: future fuels for transport decarbonisation

...perceptible changes for the majority of consumers,” says Stephen Marcos Jones, director-general UKPIA. “This is a perfect example of a progressive measure to reduce emissions until a greater uptake of...

Opinion

Industry responds to CCC Sixth Carbon Budget

...already playing a significant role in meeting societal targets for decarbonisation, and UKPIA launched its report – “Transition, Transformation, and Innovation: Our role in the Net-Zero Challenge” in October, which sets...

Insight

Live from COP26: FON blog part 1 on SAF

...significant changes to reduce  emissions and to respond to the urgent global need to address climate change. Stephen Marcos Jones, director-general UKPIA, writes exclusively for Fuel Oil News from COP26...

Insight

COP26 Blog 3: A just energy transition

Continuing with his exclusive blog for Fuel Oil News, live from COP26, Stephen Marcos Jones, director-general UKPIA, shares his thoughts on the role that people will play in delivering a...

Insight

Key challenges and opportunities facing the fuel distributor

...and managing the transition away from fossil fuels’. Two particular issues present themselves: In its ‘Future Vision’, published in July 2019, the primary physical suppliers’ trade association, UKPIA, stated a...

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Banning the internal combustion engine

...many concerns were raised. UKPIA “The government’s plans to bring forward an end to the sale of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles from 2040 to 2035 threatens the opportunity to pursue...