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Interview

DCC on ambitions for Ireland and energy transition

...constant “In terms of my own role, as the business grew and we became more international, my job was less about driving the business and more about leading the business,...
Claudia Weeks talks to Simon van Lonkhuyzen, Managing Director at TEC.

Interview

TEC: driving forward through innovation

...family business, Simon always planned to join the company but had sporting ambitions to attend to first! He explained a little more: “After I left school, I began a business...

Analysis

Mabanaft – majoring in innovative independence

...presence of independent wholesalers continues to rise in the UK, Fuel Oil News was keen to learn more about Mabanaft’s role “I believe the change in Mabanaft’s business profile really...

News

TSA makes two senior appointments  

Adrian Jackson, chief executive of the Oil and Pipelines Agency, has been elected as the new president of the Tank Storage Association (TSA), the trade association representing all aspects of...
Peak Oil, a family operated distribution business covering Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, and Nottinghamshire and formed in 1972 by Tom Pearson, has just celebrated its 50th anniversary in business.

Interview

Celebrating 50 golden years of Peak Oil

...the business on a day-to-day basis, Tom answers: “The business is now run by Neil, our eldest son, who has worked in the business since 1987. Neil works with Helen,...

News

Stolt Tank Containers opens new depot in Scotland

...It features one segregated drive-through food bay, six fixed food bays, two drive-through chemical bays for road tankers and iso tanks, three test bays, three hot work repair bays, 12...

News

Biofuels – an uncertain future

...Clare Wenner, the Renewable Energy Association’s head of renewable transport believes: “The delay in implementing policy designed to de-carbonise the transport sector has had a negative effect on investors who...

News

SEA call for regulation welcomed by UKIFDA

Following the publication of a report by the Sustainable Energy Association (SEA) UKIFDA is looking forward to “digesting the detail” and “working with SEA on lobbying government to engage on...

News

Significant changes to the UK heating market

...Heating Engineering (CIPHE) The Energy Utilities Alliance (EUA) The Ground Source Heat Pump Association (GSHPA) The Heat Pump Association (HPA) The Oil Firing Technical Association (OFTEC) Sustainable Energy Association (SEA)...

News

New refinery manager for ExxonMobil Fawley

...450-mile network of underground pipes. The site’s integrated Chemicals operation, which manufactures a range of base chemicals, plasticisers and butyl rubber is led by plant manager Richard Henderson, another ExxonMobil...

News

Embracing change over 50 years

...the needs of local businesses, farms and homes Selling to customers in the morning, Hermon delivered in the afternoon.  Assisted by his wife Andrea, Hermon’s hands-on business approach saw the...

News

Another first for INEOS

...way in shipping ethane worldwide to meet the demands of an expanding chemicals sector. “We’re excited to work with a client such as SP Chemicals and we look forward to...

News

The renaissance of Grangemouth

...Grangemouth is the creation of a chemical cluster where INEOS will work with Scottish Enterprise to create a new home for chemical and other types of manufacturers.  Combining Scottish industry...

News

Environmentally conscious solutions for the fuel market

SulNOx, the hydrocarbon fuel emulsification specialist, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Technology Licence Agreement with Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Speciality Chemicals). “We are delighted to have...