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The future of liquid fuel heating
CEO Paul Rose – OFTEC is looking to introduce a low carbon liquid fuel as a replacement to kerosene from 2022 On Tuesday 20th June OFTEC will officially launch its...
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UKIFDA announces new chief executive
...across a number of energy sectors including nuclear, renewables and oil and gas and will be joining from the representative body for the UK onshore oil and gas industry, UKOOG...
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Industry partnership will deliver low-carbon LPG replacement plant
SUEZ recycling and recovery UK and Circular Fuels Limited have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to deliver a sustainable liquid petroleum gas replacement from refuse derived fuel,...
Analysis
A step in the right direction
...the recognition it deserved when the Government put forward an amendment to the energy bill that grants the powers to introduce a Renewable Liquid Heating Fuel Obligation (RLHFO), similar to...
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Liquid fuel distributors working hard to deliver essential fuels
Liquid fuel distributors working hard to deliver essential heating oil & transport fuel to rural communities in the UK and Ireland The UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association (UKIFDA) distributor...
Knowledge
Optimising fuel efficiency and sustainability: The evolving role of additives in the energy transition
The global fuel industry is undergoing a transformation, with increasing investment in sustainable liquid fuels and evolving regulatory frameworks shaping the future of transportation energy. As the world moves towards...
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Innovative technology could be ‘missing link’ for cost-effective carbon capture
...to generate electricity, captured in an adjacent battery and releasing carbon dioxide (CO2) into the liquid. A ‘sticky liquid chemical’ process (currently using Monoethanolamine) then captures the CO2 while clean...
Opinion
UKIFDA encourages homeowners to begin transition to biofuels
...use of liquid biofuels. UKIFDA is working with trade associations within the liquid fuels supply chain to lobby the UK government to develop a transition that enables consumers not connected...
Opinion
The route to off-grid heating beyond kerosene
...greater investment in, and uptake of, electric vehicles which could result in less demand for liquid fuel. Investment in the production, storage and infrastructure for hydrogen-powered vehicles will similarly reduce...
Interview
In celebration of Prince Petroleum
...sectors and, while the domestic sector remains fairly static, transport and agricultural fuel sectors continue to grow. In the light of the drive to reduce fossil fuel use do you...
Opinion
New TSA charter emphasises importance of safety leadership
...support. Our aim is to ensure that these principles are embedded in all that we do as a sector.” Paul Denmead, president of the TSA, commented; “The Tank Storage Association,...
Insight
The UK’s refineries: past, present and future
...in the post-WW2 era, through the 1950s and 60s – the major growth phase of the downstream sector. As a result, by the start of the 1970s, the network comprised...
News
Inver expands sales at Cardiff
...unparallel flexibility and efficiency. A wider range of products Capitalising on recently vacated storage capacity within the terminal, Inver has expanded its product offering. The company is now selling...
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Eurotank’s futuristic tank cleaning
...a compressor. The larger machine, which gives the industrial services team an additional method for de-gassing and cleaning bulk above-ground storage tanks, is controlled from a secure container, which will...
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Premier event for the European terminal industry
Neil Madden editor of Bulk Distributor, a sister publication to Fuel Oil News, reports from StocExpo in the May 2015 issue of Fuel Oil News StocExpo 2015 brought together the...
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Taking strategic action
...into physical storage was an opportunity that we just had to take.” The Blyth terminal – wholly-owned by the Geos Group – was opened in 2015 in a port which...
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Executive chairman steps down
“It has always been a pleasure working in the bulk liquid storage industry,” says Richard Sammons who retired at the end of April After more than 30 years of dedicated...
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UM Terminals enhances customer service with roll-out of Client Central Services
...clients.” UM Terminals currently has a capacity of over 300,000 cubic metres of bulk liquid storage across 280 tanks of varying sizes. The plan is to grow this to over...