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Nicholl Fuel Oils achieves a fuel first
...of the Nicholl Auto 365 forecourts as well as available for bulk purchase in 2021/2022. HVO fuel is a bio-based fuel made from renewable and sustainable sources such as oils,...
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Market Report
Vehicle batteries: An alternative approach that REDUCES the infrastructure challenge
...robotised automation which, when added to heavy duty cooling requirements (to stop over-heating) and fire safety obligations, means both the initial capital investment and ongoing operating costs are substantial. It...
News
Tank inspection robot in development
Phillips 66 and Square Robot have teamed up together to develop an autonomous robot that would enable petroleum storage tanks to remain in service for tank floor inspections. The robot...
Market Report
Why a lack of both infrastructure and green production leaves hydrogen-fuelled vehicles a ‘grey’ area
10 years ago this month, Toyota launched their first mass-produced hydrogen car at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The Toyota Mirai was powered by a hydrogen fuel cell stack that...
News
Radar reversing system from Sentinel promotes vehicle safety
...searches for hazards. If a hazard is detected the system automatically applies the brakes if the vehicle gets too close to the hazard. The full brake application is available via...
Interview
Jay Nair of Mabanaft: transition, inclusion and diversity
...paradigm shift in the way energy distribution has evolved. From being a market with information asymmetry 10 years back, information is now equally available to traders, wholesalers and household customers,...
News
StocExpo 2015 Set to Break Records
...event anywhere in the world and a must attend event for Europe’s terminal operators, oil companies, traders and regulators. We don’t take this position lightly. That’s why we have worked...
Interview
Goals, ambitions and strategies: The expansion of the EET retail network
...handling large projects with refineries and petrochemicals. I’ve spent time in corporate planning, been an oil trader, worked on the business-to-business side. In my time at Reliance Industries Ltd, I...
News
Thin cover for winter?
...that western Europe’s automotive market will not begin to grow again until at least 2019. That said, demand figures for the first half of 2013 were mixed. In much of...
Opinion
Preparing for a new oil world
...for the future? Invest in automation and technology For several years, it’s been widely accepted that investment in technology is the way forward for oil and gas. Due to the...
News
Ben appeal sees £0.5m pledged
Automotive charity, Ben, received pledges worth around £0.5m following its recent rallying cry to industry leaders. Companies got creative with ideas such as donating Christmas party funds, ‘Charity of the...
News
Ben Ball 2020 Cancelled
...support more and more automotive industry people with their health and wellbeing during this challenging time. Now, more than ever before, automotive people need the support of Ben to help...
News
Industry charity struggles to support record demand
Ben, the charity dedicated to supporting the people of the automotive industry, is making an urgent ‘rallying cry’ in a letter to industry leaders as it faces a 50% increase...
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Slicker Recycling scoops Servicesure Autocentre award
...collects and re-refines over 80 million litres of used lubricating oil annually, was presented with the 2023 Servicesure Autocentre ‘Supplier of the Year’ Award at a ceremony in Warwickshire. Slicker...
Opinion
Solving the industry recruitment challenge
...in areas like automation and data science according to Skills Landscape 2019 – 2025 report from industry training body OPITO. Globally, technological solutions are being applied across all oil operations...
News
Motorsport UK grant enables Coryton Fuels to add sustainable fuel option to Formula Student
...commented: “The 2023 Formula Student competition is a fantastic opportunity for the automotive and motorsport engineers of the future to experience and deploy leading edge technologies in a stimulating motorsport...
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Jardine Motors Group achieves a carbon-cutting, UK first in waste oil management
Working with resource management company Veolia, the leading automotive retail group becomes the first of the UK’s top ten dealership groups to take decisive carbon-cutting by recycling 100% of its...
Knowledge
Questions remain as alternative fuel payments commence to heating oil users
...gas (LPG) oil wood solid fuel Most homes that are eligible for this payment will get it automatically as a credit on their electricity bills from February 2023. The payment...