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Industry champions sought as award nominations open

...Scotland, Friday, 8 November 2019 OGUK Awards 2019 Picture by Abermedia / Michal Wachucik This important industry annual ceremony celebrates the outstanding achievements of businesses and individuals across the sector...

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UK road fuels – competition is ‘working well’

...will consider taking action. For example, we’ve recently opened an investigation into the supply of road fuel in the Western Isles of Scotland.’  www.oft.gov.uk To return to the newsletter click here....

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National Grid targets off-grid fuel poverty  

...of £33m is now being awarded to 35 local authorities and social landlords representing partnerships across England, Scotland and Wales.  The money will be used to provide new heating systems for...

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Three major new projects at INEOS

...at Grangemouth in Scotland and Rafnes in Norway to over one million tonnes each. The cracker expansions will add up to 900,000 tonnes of ethylene to overall production capacity. “These...
Ken's Corner February

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No one likes a ban, but everyone likes an EXPO! 

...unpopular. In Scotland, the Deposit Return Scheme and the marine conservation orders are two. But even more in general day-to-day life – banning something like a book or a song...

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On the right route – Phillips 66

...for forecourts and distributors has recently been unveiled.  Phillips 66’s heartland remains in the north of England, Scotland, London, the south east and the Midlands.  With the company looking to...

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Biofuels for heat, transport and electricity

...of 12% electricity consumption from renewable sources by 2012 was exceeded during the year, while in Scotland an update on plans in October included a new interim target to meet...

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Transforming Grangemouth

...an important day for Grangemouth. It takes us one step nearer our goal of importing US ethane to Scotland and putting Grangemouth back into the premier league of petrochemical plants,”...

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Fuel for thought…

...environmental legislation in England and Scotland, which required tens of thousands of tanks to be replaced.  As a result, the commercial tank population is unusually young, and I would expect...

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Watson Fuels opens state-of-the-art Kent depot

...In the last 18 months, the distributor has opened a new facility in Grangemouth – the first Watson depot in Scotland – and a new operational location in East London,...

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The growth of large retail dealer groups

...Torq own brand has been developed for some outlets in Scotland. MFG Started under venture capital ownership in 2007, in late 2014 MFG acquired Murco’s fromer 228 owned/leased sites along...

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Site acquisitions at Certas Energy

...change as the existing portfolio of sites run by Certas forecourt staff are all located in Scotland. “Year on year we have been growing our business across the UK and...
MechTronic: celebrating 20 years

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MechTronic: celebrating 20 years

...darts – it’s a great way for the team to socialise and build relationships as some of our engineers who are based in Scotland or further South wouldn’t normally see...

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Further growth for JET

...during the past couple of months. The new sites have added a combined volume of more than 13 mlpa to the JET network. In Scotland, JET has welcomed Restalrig Road...

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Streamlining the UK’s downstream infrastructure

...Esso (Belfast), Texaco (Carrickfergus) and Shell (Londonderry) SCOTLAND Around 70% of requirements are sourced from Petroineos’ Grangemouth refinery (formerly BP) with other points being the adjacent NuStar terminal and another...