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A revolutionary launch from Magnus Monitors

...for oil distributors to communicate directly with their customer base. Distributors can also use the fully managed Magnus platform with its predictive analytics, allowing operators to plan routes to avoid...

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Open to debate in Ireland

l-r From Corrib Oil in Co Galway – Tom Connolly, Gerry Mullen, Matt Stratford, Eamonn Dalton, with Neil Stewart, Stewart Oils, Co Roscommon 70% of distributors who completed the feedback...

Interview

Northern Energy: fuelling communities for 90 years

...1957, to supply to the many local houses and farms.” As Robinsons Petroleum Distributors (RPD), we became an Esso-authorised distributor, some 65 years ago now, moving to oil distribution in...

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Kerosene – supply and quality

...the fuel. A fuel line up – these samples show the variable quality of fuel which ranges from clean kerosene with a char value of 6.5mg/kg taken from a distributor’s...
UKIFDA CEO Ken Cronin shares his latest thoughts on the liquid fuel distribution sector.

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Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA: It’s customers that matter

...of this high level of competition is customers have accounts with multiple distributors because of their ability and willingness to shop around. So, giving £200 to each account holder is...

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Ensuring the new government hears FPS members

...of the largest fuel distributors in the UK. Commenting on his appointment, Duncan said: “As president I will be working closely with FPS chief executive, Mark Askew and the FPS...

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Phillips 66 – the perfect vehicle to talk

...Phillips 66 took to the road in a uniquely branded bus to do what it does best – talking, and building customer relationships Over 200 dealers and distributors turned up...
CDS: 50 years of powering customer success.

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CDS: 50 years of powering customer success  

...distributors. “By the late 1990s, the commercial adoption of the internet had happened, a development that was truly world changing! Vast improvements in communication coupled with the ability to offer...

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How does the french downstream sector compare to the UK?

...of heating after gas (10m) and electricity (8.75m).  There are three main channels of distribution – national/regional distributors such as Total, Worex SNC, Bollore Energie, Thevenin & Ducrot and Picoty;...

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Becoming UKIFDA

On 1st August 2019, the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) became the UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association (UKIFDA). Created in 1979, FPS rose from the ashes of The National...

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Petroineos GasOil and Biofuel Workshop

...answers to the problems’ Attendees included representatives from NFU Scotland, Ringlink Scotland and UKIFDA as well as distributors and their customers ensuring representation from all involved in the fuel supply chain....

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Laundering, siphoning and looting

As many fuel oil distributors and their customers have struggled in the winter floods, others have taken advantage of the situation. Nolan Oils alerted Fuel Oils News to an incident...

Opinion

The Distributor Debate

...challenge for distributors.” David Fairchild, WP Group managing director Also attending is David Fairchild, managing director of WP Group: “The industry continues to consolidate with further sector business sales and...
A “changing of the guard” in the UK fuel marking regime

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A “changing of the guard” in the UK fuel marking regime

...is over 3mg/L. Removing an upper limit enables companies to run down the previous product in their system without contravening the legislation. Stock holding and disposal issues: Distributors need to...