Opinion
Ken’s Corner – A managed transition?
...closure was preceded in 2008 by the Climate Change Act and in 2015, Amber Rudd, the UK’s Energy and Climate Change Secretary, announced the UK would close all coal-fired power...
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Insight
Refining operations
...Crude oil and feed stocks are imported by pipeline from the Associated Petroleum Terminal (APT) situated 5 miles away at Immingham Dock and jointly owned with the Phillips 66. The...
Insight
Driver training: starting out on the right foot
...Zero – and trade unions. As part of its early collaborative work, in 2014, the DFDF launched the Petroleum Driver Passport (PDP) Scheme, a voluntary industry scheme, supported by government,...
Interview
In Conversation with Phillips 66 Limited
...leading role, not least in the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing chain. Humber Refinery is the only European facility capable of manufacturing premium grade graphite petroleum coke which forms a critical...
News
Barton Petroleum improves fleet safety and driver performance with Mircolise
Barton Petroleum has deployed the Microlise Fleet Performance solution to improve safety and driver performance and deliver increased efficiencies across its fleet. The Microlise fleet tracking and utilisation solution will...
News
Standard Fuel Oils acquires Solo Petroleum to expand fuel distribution reach
Liverpool-based Standard Fuel Oils Ltd, an independent, family-run fuel distributor, has announced the strategic acquisition of Solo Petroleum Ltd. Headquartered in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, family-owned Solo Petroleum has built a...
News
Stable oil prices mean a fall in Group revenue for J.R. Rix & Sons
A return to stable oil prices in the wake of recent global turmoil led to a fall in Group revenue for J.R. Rix & Sons Ltd in 2023. Rix Petroleum...
News
Strategic acquisition completes Rix Petroleum’s energy provision for domestic customers
Rix Petroleum has extended its services to domestic customers with the acquisition of a gas heating engineering business. Rix, which is part of J.R. Rix & Sons Ltd, acquired Phoenix...
Analysis
UK Downstream: bringing in the next generation
...to Morgan Webb, assistant depot supervisor at Barton Petroleum: “Being in the oil and fuel industry isn’t your everyday job. Every day is different and comes with different challenges and...
News
Kelly Mcloughlin – Barton Petroleum’s first female depot manager
...Kelly Mcloughlin, Barton Petroleum’s first female depot manager, at the UKIFDA Expo in Liverpool in April, and was fascinated to hear about Kelly’s journey from joining the distributor in a...
Analysis
A year in the wholesale markets
...company’s marketing manager. “We have always been committed to understanding what our customers want. We have just completed a new feedback survey to ensure that we continue to recognise our...
News
Oil prices fuel record financial performance for J.R. Rix & Sons Ltd
...Rix Petroleum alongside an 83% growth in turnover for Victory Leisure Homes, the Group’s holiday home and lodge maker, saw Group turnover reach £756.1m – the highest in the company’s...
News
Distributor diaries April 23: the latest updates from our distributor community
...the 1878 Business Club, Barton Petroleum’s branding will be visible around the ground. “I’m really excited by this partnership,” Barton Petroleum depot manager Charles Wootton commented. With two of our...
Interview
A proud tanker driver
...Already a regular Dragon Petroleum customer, Alex sold his beloved motorbike to pay for his ADR training. Once qualified, he worked on a voluntary basis for Dragon Petroleum until a...
News
New fleet investment by Hoyer Petrolog
...upgrade to its petroleum, bitumen and fuel oils fleets. The new fleet additions include 185 MANs and 68 Scanias on a mixture of three, five and seven year leases. The...
News
Shortlisted proposal would see UK village swap from natural gas to hydrogen in 2025
...place expected to be made next year Kent, a leading engineering company in oil and gas and Hydrogen (H2) technologies, has been appointed as the FEED Contractor for aspects of...
News
EET Fuels appoints Toyo-India for ICC project
EET Fuels, which plans to create the world’s leading low carbon process refinery, has progressed to the front-end engineering design (FEED) stage of its industrial carbon capture (ICC) project. The...
Opinion
“A solution to plastic pollution that makes business sense.”
...biofuel feedstock requirements have led to widespread deforestation and impacted wildlife conservation and carbon absorption strategies. Use of feedstocks like corn has driven up the cost of food worldwide, harming...