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Streamlining the UK’s downstream infrastructure

...UK interests 1990 Amoco UK acquired by Elf 1995 Burmah’s retail operations acquired by Save – subsequently went into administration with commercial fuels interests acquired by Bayford & Co 1997...

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DCC to acquire Irish-owned fuel distributor

...can be made until May 18. Jones Oil, founded in 1984 as Jones Distribution, is an entirely Irish-owned company, headquartered in Dublin. It supplies homeheating oil and commercial fuels to...

Interview

A proud tanker driver

Alex Longman is a man with a real fiery passion for tanker driving, Fuel Oil News deputy editor, Liz Boardman went to Dragon Petroleum to meet him. Driving professionally since...

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Essar opens fourth UK retail site

“Our team is always available to discuss options and we remain keen to grow our retail network,” said SB Prasad,  Essar’s chief commercial officer, retail This month Essar Oil (UK)...

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Will refinery restructure lead to a sale?

...sale of the marketing business. “The original sale structure was unusual, splitting away primary logistics and the associated terminals along with the commercial/industrial fuels sales to distributors, direct commercial customers,...

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Fluid Oil – meeting strategic objectives

...in Norway. Commercial plants are now being planned for the UK and other key heavy oil countries. The 25-barrel per day demonstration plant conducted a number of tests including upgrading...

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A good infrastructure?

...to upgrade surplus fuel oil into petrol; then the chosen motoring fuel*.  The next two decades saw the introduction of more stringent specifications for clean fuels and a need for...
Drax coal fired power station in UK with coal stack and biofuel storage tanks

Insight

What the UK CCS announcements mean for the sector

...argue that, by putting such projects forward as a viable solution to net zero, we are just prolonging the use of fossil fuels and granting the fossil fuel industry a...

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Essar wins best oil company initiative       

Holding the award for best oil company initiative SB Prasad, chief commercial officer, retail is flanked by awards host Brian Conley (l) and Blake Gladman, research and insight director for...

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More debate on industry issues

Many questions arose at last month’s Fuel Oil News Distributor Debate including how the industry should prepare for a potential kerosene shortage.  The short answer to that question from both...

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UK refining – hunting for answers

...by 2035, the International Energy Agency expects 80% of EU transport fuel demand to still be met from oil derivatives with most demand met by ordinary fuels particularly for the...

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Handrail safety breakthrough is first shake-up in 90 years

...and other industrial and commercial premises. Scottish-based Kite Group already provides vital safe access to such premises nationally – and promises that its new breakthrough product brings major benefits not...

Interview

Centre Tank Services celebrates 35 years

...30 plus years ago! “We are also a master distributor and stockist of other industry-leading brands. One being Husky, a manufacturer of fuelling products for both forecourt and commercial, and...