Opinion
Terminals ready for liquid fuel transition
...“While our business is diverse in the range of products we store for our customers, we keep a close watch on market trends so that we are positioned to be...
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A&M Renewables collaborates with QM Recycled Energy to produce oil from plastic waste
...of materials at high temperatures. A chemical reaction takes place in the absence of oxygen breaking down the hydrocarbon chains – the building blocks that make plastic – in a...
Opinion
In the light of the Purvin & Gertz report discussed in FON’s July issue, are you worried about the UK’s refining resilience?
...providing a reliable, resilient and secure source of this fuel in the future as well as providing feedstocks for other industries such as polymer manufacture and synthetic chemicals. “The Purvin...
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Greenergy proposes to end production at its Immingham biodiesel plant
...energy, chemicals and an influx of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) into the UK has put severe pressure on biodiesel production margins, even turning them negative in certain scenarios. The Trade...
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Fuel industry addresses ‘minimal and patchy’ supply shortage
...anti-protest. “But we have been dealing with people who are trespassing into restricted areas holding flammable chemicals, posing dangers to themselves and others and its totally unacceptable. “Their risky behaviour...
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No deal for Coryton
...are sincere in wanting a robust European refining industry that continues to deliver quality employment, energy supply resilience and feedstocks for chemical, bitumen and other key industries, they must be...
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London launch for Eleven Recruitment
...of those 20 years. Indeed, we’ve been finding roles for people in gas & power and speciality chemicals for 19 years. “Eleven Recruitment’s focus is now on deepening the specialism...
Analysis
Products, services and developments for safer operations in fuel distribution
...the sensitive optic prism tip. The elastomer seals are flexible allowing thermal expansion and resistance to steam cleaning and petroleum chemical attack. The company’s electronic overfill systems typically consist of:...
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Tanker manufacturer opens second factory
...manufacturing facility at nearby Birdwell. RTN, which counts Shell, DHL, Tesco and Morrisons among its customers, can now offer tankers to the chemical, pharmaceutical, dairy and brewery industries. RTN, which...
Insight
Sustainable low carbon liquid fuels: perspectives and prospects
...to oxidation). 2. The hydrogenation process results in it burning cleaner than FAME biodiesel (Cetane No. @ 70+ vs. 51-65). 3. Because it has the same chemical structure as petroleum...
Insight
‘European clean energy emissions targets are reshaping the storage industry’
...achieve energy security? How can the bulk liquid industry navigate from here to balance the trilemma? “The industry is predominantly dominated by oil, fuel and chemicals. If we don’t adapt,...
News
INEOS – an important milestone
...to be built. They will provide INEOS with a flexible solution for their ethane supplies with the option of transporting LNG, LPG as well as petrochemical gases including ethylene. www.ineos.com/sites/grangemouth...
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Growing FAST
Neil Ryding, Bob Hall and Julia Mansfield With a strong research background in both a major oil company and a couple of large chemical concerns, Bob Hall founded Fuel Additive...
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Female entrepreneur joins Millers
...of non-executive chair with immediate effect and has over 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas, petrochemical and power industries. With a mechanical engineering background, she is founder and...
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Employee feedback delivers £15m fleet investment in driver comfort
...units have been delivered into service, serving customers in the fuels, general chemicals, and waste sectors in the UK. 110 more of the larger tractor units will be put into...
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Mabanaft renewable fuel partnership supports decarbonisation of Lechner Racing logistics
...CO2 emissions,” explains Volker Ebeling, senior vice president of New Energy, Chemicals & Gas at Mabanaft. “Partnering up with Lechner Racing is a way for us to show how that...
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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...
Analysis
Greenergy – liquid problem solving
...start the business that is today’s Greenergy. Formerly, an oil trader based in Geneva, he studied chemical engineering at London’s Imperial College, before spending three years with Esso at its...