News
Red diesel rebate change – the unwelcome impacts and contradictions
...took his boat to his local BP garage to fill up with white diesel after his red diesel bill nearly doubled – from £80 a day to £170 a day....
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Insight
Downstream Norway: Leading the way in decarbonisation
...auto diesel, diesel for construction purposes, light heating oil, kerosene, jet A1, or marine distillates. A maximum of 40% of emergency stocks may comprise crude oil, condensate, or semi-finished products....
News
Clever chemistry fuels business
With most biodiesel currently traded through the Rotterdam barge market, one UK company has revealed ambitious plans to convince the UK that home grown biodiesel from waste is the way...
Interview
Highland Fuels, proud of fuel distribution heritage but future focussed
...that the fuel distributorship opportunity arose. Known originally as Special Traffics, the family-run fuel distributor began as an Esso distributor in Inverness in 1957 and a company name change saw...
News
MRH – competition concerns
...Esso, BP or TORQ, seeks an acceptable solution. The latter is proposing to sell its MRH Girton or Esso City site in Cambridge and its Esso Patcham site in Brighton....
Interview
Preparing for the red diesel rebate changes
...is absolutely no doubt that those forced to stop using red diesel will feel the financial strain. Jumping from 11.14 pence per litre for red diesel to 57.95 pence for...
Insight
A look at the shape of the future UK downstream oil sector landscape
... 2010 2021 Major Oil Companies BP, Esso, Shell, Total BP, Esso, Shell Mini Majors/Mid Size Refiners CoocoPhillips, Ineos, Petroplus, Chevron, Murco Phillips 66, Petrlneos, Essar, Valero, Prax Petrolium...
News
A product making a marked impact on fuel theft
...as exocet® Diesel Defender and is a liquid anti-theft marker dye for UK non- rebated fuel, typically known as white diesel, road diesel or DERV. So how does it alleviate...
Opinion
Red diesel update: Navigating the evolving fuel landscape
...examines the ripple effect of red diesel duty reform and how the rule change is steering industries in a new direction. Red diesel duty equalisation has dominated headlines since the...
Knowledge
Red diesel: What do the new rules mean for fuel distributors?
...red diesel and increased demand for white. On April 1 2022, the Government changed the rules on who is eligible to use red diesel – with the aim of taxing...
News
Phillips 66 extends renewable diesel offer to forecourts
...Renewable Diesel at two JET forecourts this summer. A high-quality alternative to conventional fossil diesel, renewable diesel sold by Phillips 66 Limited is a paraffinic fuel that is chemically very...
News
HOYER Petrolog – driver of the year
...*Total Bitumen Immingham, BP Titan, Puma Glasgow, Esso Purfleet, Shell Thames, Esso Immingham, Shell Billingham, Esso Stanlow, Petrolog Fleet Stanlow, Multifleet Immingham, Shell Killingholme, Petrolog Fleet Morley, Petrolog Fleet South...
Insight
Strategic supply from Britain’s largest refinery
...commissioned. The facility supplied just under 7% of the country’s then oil product requirements A new refinery was commissioned by Esso in 1951 with a capacity of 110,000 bpd (5.5m...
Opinion
Analysing emissions: why clean can be a dirty word
...about 20mg/km in real-world conditions. This creates a bizarre situation. Before dieselgate we were encouraged into diesel, but NOx emissions were very high. Now diesels have NOx emissions well below...
Insight
Ireland’s downstream oil infrastructure
...owned by four major suppliers – BP, Esso, Shell and Texaco, and operated by Esso, it remained under their operation until 1981,when it was deemed to be no longer viable...
News
Vessels delivering Russian diesel are ‘sailing through a loophole’
...diesel will be especially challenging since Russia supplies 8% of the UK’s oil needs but 18% of its diesel, according to government figures. As previously reported, diesel supplies were tight...
Interview
How Phillips 66 is driving the industry evolution to future fuels
...of renewable diesel both as a wholesale and retail product. “We offer renewable diesel as a wholesale product from Immingham, and have recently extended that to a retail product for...
Opinion
With petrol and diesel targets delayed, are EVs a good investment?
...extreme heat or extreme cold. Regularly driving your EV will keep it in better condition. Drive efficiently As with petrol and diesel cars, driving in an efficient way can increase...