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GB forecourts hit number one spot
...GB Oils is in eighth place in volume terms with 6.4% market share. The average fuel volume on dealer sites is 2.28mlpa, while hypermarkets are selling an average of 11.2mlpa,...
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Fuelling investment
...Agriculture (Sales) Oil Division, Wallace Oils sits alongside sister companies Johnstone Wallace and Carrs Billington Fuels. Although at the moment the companies still operate under three separate names, the plan...
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Total Butler acquisition under scrutiny
Concerned that the merger of Total Butler and GB Oils would remove a key competitor to GB Oils; the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) referred the acquisition to the Competition...
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Tincknell Lubricants acquired by GB Oils
(L-R) Kevin Knight, Andy Tout, Jamie Starr, Becky Venton, Kevin McCoy and Chris Allen Tincknell Fuels continues to operate separately as GB Oils acquires Tincknell Lubricants on 31st August. The...
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Waste oil – where are we in 2011
...oils, and those more common fuels. If something is discarded (and this has many legal meanings) it is a waste, even if that something is unused. Once a waste, it...
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Nolan Oils gets an upgrade
When designing this skid, Alpeco fully appreciated the space issues says Nolan Oils Just 15 miles from Nolan Oil’s Bicester depot, Alpeco was the preferred supplier when the Oxfordshire distributor...
Opinion
Should FPS and OFTEC move closer together?
Designed to boost the oil heating industry, the Oilsave campaign is a joint initiative between OFTEC and the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers. Should the two organisations do more together? Brian...
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Adler & Allan – Getting down to business
...and forecourt services, spill response, mechanical and electrical maintenance, waste management, fuel polishing and testing. In the midst of developing further new services, Fuel Oil News editor, Jane Hughes spoke...
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Tanker of the Year 2024 – Special Recognition
...problem-solving tanker that makes its way over hill and dale, even through fords, to get fuel where it is needed. Offering increased flexibility to reduce movements, mileage, and ultimately, carbon...
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P66 agrees UK-first sustainable fuel supply
...the continued development, adoption and scaling up of sustainable aviation fuel. “The Humber Refinery was the first in the UK to co-process waste oils to produce renewable fuels and now...
Insight
A look at the shape of the future UK downstream oil sector landscape
...Resellers/Wholesalers/Importers GB Oils, Greenergy, Harvets Energy, Mabanaft, Prax Petroleum, World Fuels Certas Energy, Greenergy, Mabanaft, Puma Energy, World Fuels The chart provides a summary of the landscape’s evolution over the...
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Putting some fire into Cold Homes Week
...A simple move like this could go a long way towards bringing down fuel bills and reducing the number of people in the UK living in fuel poverty.” www.oilsave.org.uk ...
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Octopus Energy accelerates clean air travel with investment in sustainable fuels
...forward to supporting Nordic Generation Fuels in the work towards this common objective.” Miko Pironetti, CEO, Nordic Generation Fuels, said:“We at Nordic Generation Fuels are delighted that Octopus saw the...
Interview
In conversation with George Eustice MP
...under the renewable transport fuel obligation (RTFO), so it was a choice to either seek an extension to the RTFO or to replicate it for heating oils. We chose the...
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Hunt begins for new diesel fuel marker
...opportunities for fraudsters attempting to exploit fuel supplies are reduced and illicit fuel can be detected.” Revenue Commissioner Liam Irwin said: “Fuel laundering and trading in illicit fuel represents a...
Review
The system with the intelligence to prevent conditioning downtime
...Technical Director Rob Terry, the CTS engineered Advanced Fuel Conditioner has been added to the range, as the ideal solution for keeping your customers’ stored fuel clean and usable in...
Opinion
Autumn Statement is ideal time to correct HVO duty disparity says UKIFDA and OFTEC
...fuels and kerosene when used for home heating are counterintuitive and a significant barrier to wider take up. In comparison, renewable liquid fuels and fossil fuels attract the same duty...
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Retail fuel market to face competition watchdog price probe
...fair deal for fuel across the UK,” Mr Kwarteng commented. “Healthy competition between forecourts is key to achieving this, with competition working to keep pressure on prices.” Fuel retailers facing...