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Gleaner Oils owner joins board at Elgin City FC
Moray businessman Stephen Scott has been appointed a board member for Elgin City Football Club. The former commercial property lawyer was born and brought up in Elgin before his studies...
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A fleet of poppies
Paying their respects – Gleaner Oils in Elgin and Marsh Fuels in Newbury and as Fuel Oil News editor Jane Raphael was taking this poignant WW1 scene in the Cheshire...
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Distributor diaries March 23: updates from our distributor community
...fuel supplier’s sponsorship of the academy team’s new home kit. Elgin Sports Community Trust is an inclusive charity which provides health and welfare opportunities for the Moray community with top...
Interview
A heritage to be proud of: 70 years of Gleaner
Gleaner Ltd is a fuel distribution business based in Elgin, Scotland. Founded in 1954, the company is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2024! The name ‘gleaner’ has its origins in...
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Distributor Diaries January 2024 – the latest updates from our community
...Great Place to Work.” Gleaner Ltd: Raising money for worthy causes Gleaner, the Elgin-based, family-owned, fuel distributor, is very proud of Martin Goddard, Depot Manager for Inverness and Grantown, for...
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Happy 65th anniversary to Gleaner
...in Elgin, Gleaner’s supply offering includes lubricants, bulk fuel products for agriculture, domestic, industrial and marine oil, petrol, diesel and LPG, AdBlue and boiler maintenance services. Fuel Oil News sends...
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A fleet of poppies at Gleaner Oils
...to its roots, always remaining headquartered in Elgin, Moray. Neighboured by the RAF base in Lossiemouth and Army base in Kinloss. Many of Gleaners customers have links to the armed...
Interview
Highland Fuels, proud of fuel distribution heritage but future focussed
...cover Elgin, Huntly and Aberdeen. Further acquisitions added Shetland and Orkney in the late 80s and the 90s saw Highland Fuels double in size with the acquisition of Oban- based...
Interview
Transition talk with Ben Marchant of 3ti
...Each Papilio3 has an installed capacity of 19.3kWp and can produce up to 18MWh of electricity in year one, equivalent to 64,000 EV miles, saving 3.6 tCO2e. Do you believe...
Opinion
Non-energy use of oil products a huge challenge to international trade
...will peak later this decade and then fall. Transition to electricity “The transition to electricity is important for two reasons. Firstly, electricity is more efficient than gas for many applications...
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Insight
The UK’s refineries: past, present and future
...order by capacity: Fawley: Capacity was reduced in 2012, by about 20%, through closure of one of the distillation units to just over 13 million tonnes per year and it...
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Gravitricity and Arup secure £300k BEIS grant for below ground hydrogen storage
...require unique geology such as salt caverns. We believe Gravitricity’s innovation is a scalable storage method which is cost effective, extremely durable, and can be implemented everywhere.” Gravitricity managing director...
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Planning approval paves way for first phase of Aberdeen Hydrogen Hub
...position as a pioneering hydrogen city, at the forefront of the energy transition. It supports bp and Aberdeen City Council’s shared ambition to create a climate positive city that builds...
Opinion
New analysis shows UK may need to turn to coal to keep the lights on this winter
...possible options for both increasing electricity generation to meet demand and also reducing demand by incentivising customers to voluntarily flex the time when they use their electricity. Where further supply...
Market Report
Why a lack of both infrastructure and green production leaves hydrogen-fuelled vehicles a ‘grey’ area
...requirement of electrolysis is electricity and, to make the hydrogen green, that electricity must come from eco-friendly generation (e.g., wind or solar). Furthermore, the separation of hydrogen from water requires...
Insight
Refining operations
...included the addition of fluid catalytic cracking (FCC), alkylation, visbreaking and MTBE units. The FCC unit has a capacity of 49,000bpd with reforming capacity at 28,000bpd. Processing flexibility is such...
Insight
Strategic supply from Britain’s largest refinery
...a reduced total distillation capacity of 275,000 bpd. Supplying 15% of the country’s requirements As Britain’s largest refinery, Fawley now accounts for 18% of the country’s total refining capacity...
Opinion
UK HFCA urges Government to act now on nuclear-enabled hydrogen
...GHG footprint, which means electrolyser operators will need to source their electricity from renewables and/or nuclear power. “Unfortunately, it’s difficult for an electricity grid to match supply and demand by...