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Clever chemistry fuels business
...grade feedstock led to badly made biodiesel, quality issues and fuel degradation whilst a DIY biofuels market grew up with carte blanche to make a little bit of diesel without...
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Opinion
E10 to fuel UK’s journey to net zero
...offers farmers a market for lower-grade wheat that can’t be used for milling and a local source of protein feed, meaning less soy-based feed needs to be imported from South...
News
Energy Institute seeks industry feedback
...is now available for review and the EI calls for industry stakeholders to feedback on its technical content before 4 January 2013. EI/JIG 1530 is intended to provide a standard...
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More couplings now available
...release more variants in 2015. “The voice of our customers is a critical point of our development process,” said principal engineer Sam Blackmore. “We listened to our clients’ feedback seeking...
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Firefly first to benefit from Boeing and Clear Sky aviation decarbonisation partnership
...and advancing Firefly Green Fuels’ cutting-edge technology to increase sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production in the UK. Firefly transforms sewage waste feedstock into SAF through hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL). This process...
News
Is the case for HVO strong enough?
...quantities/scale will/can it be produced, physically and cost effectively from new bio-refineries, co-processing at existing oil refineries? Is there sufficient availability of the requisite feedstocks (such as residues, waste, etc.)...
Interview
Virgin Atlantic Flight100 – a flying start for future fuels
...and Boeing have played a huge part in all of this. What are your thoughts on feedstocks for SAF/biofuel? How can businesses ensure that the provenance is truthful and not...
News
Industry partnership will deliver low-carbon LPG replacement plant
...the plant that will produce over 50,000 tonnes of DME, a liquid petroleum gas (LPG) replacement fuel. Supply some of the c.250,000 tonnes of RDF feedstock required each year to...
Interview
A Day in the Life…Helen Rawsthorne
...Put the kettle on to have my one and only coffee of the day. We also have an adorable Black Patterdale Terrier called Meg to feed and walk. I am...
Interview
UM Group: Goals, ambitions and plans for the energy transition
...storage facilities to the food, industrial, feed and energy sectors in the UK. . What is the ambition for the UM Group? The UM Group is a diverse business, with...
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Fuel and food continue to deliver for NWF
NWF Group plc, specialist distributor of fuel, food and feed across the UK, is reporting strong half yearly results, with a significant contribution from a strong fuels division. Overall results...
Insight
A critical role for Stanlow
...in metric tonnes pa Petrol – 3 million Diesel – 3.5 million Jet A-1/kerosene – 2 million LPG/ petrochemical feedstocks – 1.5 million Fuel oil – 1 million The refinery...
Interview
Green Fuels: fighting climate change with sewage sludge
...it’s at the end of its treatment process; it has no value. In the UK, from the material that’s available, we can make 380 million litres of fuel.” Feedstocks for...
News
Biofuels – an uncertain future
...reduce conflict with feedstock users and gives better GHG saving performance. The very latest technology has been optimised to ensure the plant delivers maximum yield, minimum waste streams and low...
News
A Wild Wednesday at the Fuel Oil News Distributor Debate
...fold, and Karen McBride and Richard Billington from Certas Energy. Instructing the audience on the impact of issues in the wider oil world was Mystic Mog the Portland cat. James...
News
A clear vision for the future of our industry
...ExxonMobil, Petroineos, Philips 66, Shell, Total and Valero with associate members Certas Energy, CLH, Dragon LNG, Local Fuel, National Grid and Puma Energy. “UKPIA has set out to paint a...
Insight
Downstream Norway: Leading the way in decarbonisation
...in the North Sea. The country’s only other refinery, the Esso 110,000BD plant at Slagen (on the south coast) ceased crude oil / feedstock processing last year and is now...
Interview
Industry voice – Rupert Turner MD UK Marketing Phillips 66
...as potential feedstocks for lower carbon liquid fuels. With increasing demand for used cooking oil (UCO) we are able to research other options such as tyre pyrolysis oil (TPO), where...