Analysis
Climate Challenge: Drawing the line in the sand
...going on.” But some challenged us to go further: to step outside the echo chamber, to amplify demand-side voices, and to be a more forceful advocate for the industry in...
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News
Distributor diaries December 2023: updates from our distributor community
...announced its recent award success. TEC Industrial won the ‘Best Small Business’ award at the South County Dublin Chamber Awards 2023. Simon van Lonkhuyzen, Managing Director, said: “This recognition is...
Interview
TEC: driving forward through innovation
...winners! Huge congratulations to Simon and the team at TEC on recently being named ‘The Best Small Business’ at the South County Dublin Chamber Awards as Simon shares: “The South...
Analysis
Industry reinforces commitment to genuine sustainability as BBC discusses HVO feedstock concerns
...sustainability of HVO, particularly regarding feedstock sources. A recent BBC article highlighted specific issues surrounding the inclusion of waste products from palm oil production—such as palm oil mill effluent (POME)—a...
Case Study
Manx Petroleum chooses Touchstar’s Fuelstar software to future proof operations
Established nearly 100 years ago, in 1926, Manx Petroleum is a privately owned company operating in the Isle of Man. As a leading supplier of fuel products to a unique...
Analysis
ACTION – changing health & safety culture from the ground up
...genuinely fanatical about service and that includes being safe out on the road. So, it’s giving our drivers the tools to report issues and ensuring that we feed back to...
News
Honeywell revolutionises ethanol-to-jet fuel technology in response to SAF supply concerns
...lifecycle basis, compared to petroleum-based jet fuel. Limited supplies of SAF Demand for SAF continues to grow, yet the aviation industry is challenged by limited supplies of traditional SAF feedstocks...
Case Study
The benefits of finding the right software solution
An interview with Howard Marriott, Barton Petroleum, “The top benefit of introducing DreamTec Systems is the transparency of knowing where the vehicles are, what sort of stage they are through...
News
Par Petroleum’s charity tanker hits the road to raise funds
A specially branded tanker, created by Par Petroleum, has taken to the road to raise money and awareness for a local heart charity. Joining forces with the Red Sky Foundation,...
Interview
How Phillips 66 is driving the industry evolution to future fuels
...sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), a replacement for jet fuel produced from a sustainable waste feedstock – another exciting milestone for our Emerging Energy initiatives and a huge company accomplishment. “The...
Knowledge
HVO – The issue of sustainability
...centres on the sustainability of their provenance (what feedstocks are used) and there are genuine questions for those who, in doing a ‘right’ thing, wish to avoid unintentionally also doing...
News
The ‘perfect fit for Rix’
Now part of the Rix Petroleum Group, managing director Duncan Lambert beside a Stones Fuel Oils tanker A ‘much-loved family fuel company’ at Malton in North Yorkshire has been sold...
Case Study
A new fuel distribution system for Rix Petroleum
About Rix Petroleum Rix dates back to 1873 when a sea Captain and merchant adventurer called Robert Rix traded out of the Port of Hull. Robert Rix started in business...
Interview
Avioxx: innovating processes to deliver price parity for sustainable aviation fuel
...even leading to things we may not have thought of yet.” Feedstocks The provenance of feedstocks for biofuel is a key issue and something that Chris wanted to highlight: “The...
Knowledge
Data: the UKIFDA databank
...the RTFO in 2022, 3.3bn litres of RLFs were supplied into the UK. These fuels include multiple types, using multiple feedstocks from nearly 100 countries. 8% was HVO: Fifty feedstocks...
Insight
The downstream oil market landscape of Ireland in the 2020s
...Irish Petroleum Company Ltd. (IPCL) to US company, Tosco Corporation, which was acquired shortly after by Phillips Petroleum which, in turn, merged with Conoco in 2002. ConocoPhillips demerged into separate...
Opinion
What is the best Christmas present for a fuel distributor?
...it was ‘minus 10C with no snow’ for Peter Bamber at Henty Oil; and up north ‘a long, hard winter at a constant minus 5C with no more than an...
News
Fuel supplier achieves business-enhancing Earned Recognition status
...supported by its sister company, Petroleum Fleet Services Ltd, in achieving this accreditation. With its high standards of maintenance and reporting systems, Petroleum Fleet Services was instrumental in supplying data...