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Barton Petroleum celebrates 50th anniversary with special tanker

Unveiled at this year’s EXPO, Barton Petroleum has created something memorable and unforgettable to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2022 – a replica of the Wellingborough-headquartered distributor’s first ever tanker!...

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Funded ADR courses available now for HGV drivers to upskill

...& Petroleum Passport courses for those wanting to transport hazardous goods and drive fuel tankers. The Government-funded training courses, called Skills Bootcamps, are available through the Driver Academy Group, a...
Rix Petroleum tanker at teddy bear's picnic

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Distributor diaries August 2025

...The Domestic Sales Team for the Managing Director’s Award Rix Petroleum East Anglia supports The Great Ellingham Teddy Bear Festival  Demonstrating its ongoing commitment to supporting local communities, Rix Petroleum...

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35 years of tanker loading and process metering solutions

...solutions for clients. “In 1987 petroleum fuels were all top loaded into tankers and operator and environmental safety was not necessarily always at the top of the agenda.” Kiran went...

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Rix Petroleum takes on Ben Nevis

Employees of Grangemouth based Rix Petroleum will begin the eight-mile-long climb and descent of Ben Nevis on Saturday 3rd July, raising £2000 for the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation. The foundation...

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Peter Turner

Peter Turner It is with great sadness that Fuel Oil News reports the passing of Peter Turner, former managing director of Rix Petroleum, on the evening of Friday 22nd January...

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Simon – investing in our infrastructure

...Humber, the latter specialising in petroleum coke for export. The Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Immingham Dock & Grimsby Ports receive between 55-60m tonnes of cargo a year, of which approximately...

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Storage – reducing fire risk

...fires at installations that process and store crude oil, petroleum, intermediates and refined products The updated EI Model Code of Safe Practice Part 19: Fire precautions at petroleum refineries and...

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A new App for the fuel distributor

...can immediately make updates, synchronising data and limiting unnecessary paperwork. The software platform is already used by Guernsey Petroleum Distributors, Petroleum Distributors (Jersey) and Gas 4 Wales together with new client...

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Prax Petroleum goes pink

Fully embracing the pink theme, staff at Prax Petroleum tucked into platefuls of pink goodies Last Friday was Wear it pink day – supporting the cancer awareness charity’s day with...

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Major Rix order for Alpeco’s new register system

...largest order to date for their new TE550 Truck III electronic register system from Hull-based Rix Petroleum. Rix Petroleum appointed Alpeco as the preferred equipment supplier for 17 new trucks...

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Tanker driver passports exceed 5,800

The Downstream Oil Industry Distribution Forum (DODF) has announced that more than 5,800 Petroleum Driver Passports have now been issued by the scheme manager, Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). Once all...