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The shipping news
...of companies permitted to supply fuel on the Thames. Another specialist service provided by GB Oils is the transportation of IFO grades from Eastham to every port in the UK,...
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Strategic supply from Britain’s largest refinery
...company’s substantial presence at Heathrow; an extension eastwards to the company’s Purfleet terminal was built in the 1980s. A short spur feeds Esso’s aviation fuel requirements at Gatwick. Fawley to...
Opinion
OMJ anticipates oil market movements
...lockdowns taking effect resulting in oil demand down to about 70m bpd from 100m bpd. The cuts from 1st May, agreed over the Easter weekend, will shift things in the...
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Senior board appointments for Suttons Tankers
...Gary joins the company from DX Network Services where he has worked as a regional director and operations director since 2010. Working with Steve Hassall, operations director east, Gary will be responsible for leading the business strategy,...
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Distributor diaries August 23: updates from our distributor community
...the first ever Future Fest at Boston College organised by South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership. 830 young people from local schools and academies attended on the day to find...
Opinion
What is the best Christmas present for a fuel distributor?
...Christmas present were – Richard Bates at Oakley Fuel Oils who requested ‘20 degrees of frost and some cold easterlies – 16C in November is no good to anyone!’ ;...
Interview
The young voices fuelling the industry future: Insights from UKIFDA’s Young Achievers
...the Beast from the East. “It was challenging but rewarding,” she said. Harry spoke of the chaos when every truck went offline. “That was a tough day. All of them...
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Strengths and weaknesses of Scotland’s Grangemouth refinery
...Far Eastern refining as well asIndia– all have hit European refinery margins. The weaker players with smaller capacity and the least potential for upgrading, producing products for which there is...
Interview
Future fuels: developing storage capabilities
...facility based on Canvey Island in Essex, in the South East of England. We have a storied history in the area, stretching all the way back to 1936. With a...
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Adler & Allan – Getting down to business
...Stratford in 2009 to make way for the Olympic redevelopment). A&A offers a 24/7 emergency fuel service, particularly appreciated by the south east’s banking and data centres. Located in eastLondon,...
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Fuel additive supplier proudly celebrates 20 exceptional years
...expansion of existing business we have developed in the USA, the Middle East, African and Southeast Asian markets” “SBZ is continuing to invest in manufacturing plants, laboratories, strategic bulk storage...
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Distributor diaries May 23: updates from our distributor community
...a successful charity Easter bake sale in support of Macmillan Cancer. Everyone involved got their baking gloves on, including Nadya (a member of the Ukraine family that we have proudly...
Interview
Sodbury Fuels: celebrating 10 years in business
...being such an integral part of the community. It’s been a brilliant 10 years (apart from the Beast from the East!) and we are continuing to grow and develop. We’d...
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WCF Fuels – A brief encounter
...from the Irish Sea to the Pennines, as well as Wensleydale and Swaledale); North East (which encompasses Hexham and Northumberland, as well as the Tyne, Wear and Teesside areas) and...
Insight
The integrity of the UK oil supply system
...supplied from Stanlow refinery, supplemented by two pipeline fed terminals in Manchester, a sea fed public storage facility at Eastham and a rail fed terminal near Carlisle. Yorkshire/Humberside is serviced...
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Alarm bells raised by ‘beast from the east’
“While OFTEC in principal supports government’s desire to reduce carbon emissions, this cannot be at the expense of energy security,” says Paul Rose, OFTEC chief executive The impact of the...
Opinion
Millions more UK households face hardship due to energy price crisis
...struggle to withstand the ongoing challenges in the UK energy market. The study from the University of Sheffield, the UK Energy Research Centre, and Universities of Nottingham, East Anglia and...
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Suttons Tankers strengthens partnership with Nynas
...its Eastham plant in Cheshire since first outsourcing its transport a decade ago. Since then, the partnership has gone from strength to strength. The nature of the product means there...