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Food-based biofuels to be capped
...4.5%. Biofuels produced from oil crops can give out more carbon emissions than diesel, and cause higher food prices. Connie Hedegaard told the Guardian: “We cannot morally afford to build...
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Opinion
UKIFDA responds to government consultations
...in the future for liquid biofuel. “If oil heated households received the £4000 grant announced by Rishi Sunak recently this would cover the cost of a new liquid biofuel tank...
Insight
The UK’s refineries: past, present and future
...100% by Valero since 2012, along a 300-mile system to the company’s terminals at Kingsbury and Trafford Park, Manchester. Coaster, where products are shipped to Valero’s three sea-fed terminals in...
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New COMAH warehouse opens February 2013
Norbert Dentressangle has announced a multi-million pound investment to upgrade its Euroterminal site on Trafford Park in Manchester, creating what it calls “the UK’s safest, most modern top tier COMAH...
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Automotive charity launches Breakout for Ben – road to £1 million
...It 4 Ben fundraising programme, to help ensure no-one in automotive faces life’s toughest challenges alone. Originally an annual fundraising challenge for Ben by TrustFord, Breakout for Ben has now...
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UK refining – hunting for answers
...by 2035, the International Energy Agency expects 80% of EU transport fuel demand to still be met from oil derivatives with most demand met by ordinary fuels particularly for the...
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Regeneration at Coryton
...15 years. “It was the end of an era, but part of the site has a new life receiving fuel ships and storing fuel for the south east of England....
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Distributor diaries May 23: updates from our distributor community
...sponsored) who also judged the ‘Best Looking’ and ‘Best Tasting’ dish. “We raised a total of £341!” Exswift Fuels prioritises mental health Essex-based fuel distributor, Exswift Fuels, is prioritising the...
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UK Hydrogen Policy Commission to give UK lead on hydrogen
...hydrogen technology which can offer a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels and is seen as a key part of the solution to reducing the UK’s dependence on imported natural gas in...
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Liquid fuel industry and heat pump lobbyists in agreement over ‘unfair’ new oil boiler ban
...without government subsidy – on developing a solution, using renewable liquid fuel as a replacement fuel for kerosene. We have successfully demonstrated this solution in 150 sites across the UK,...
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Puma Energy acquires BP’s Belfast terminal
...ensure high quality, reliable fuels supply to Northern Ireland. The Belfast terminal provides storage for gasoline, distillates and aviation fuels, with road gantry loading facilities and a jetty berth capable...
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Crown Oil partners with Kao Data in another HVO first
...zero ambitions by becoming the UK’s first data centre to transition all backup generators at its Harlow campus to HVO fuel. This pioneering move, made possible by the partnership, means...
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James Smith 1925 – 2013
Pictured at last year’s FPS Expo in Harrogate, James Smith with wife Anne and Kevin Kennerley, NWF Fuels Well-known to many in the fuel oil distribution industry, James Smith started...
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Vessels delivering Russian diesel are ‘sailing through a loophole’
...The ship that delivered the fuel into Grays, Essex is the STI Comandante. Owned as it is by the US firm Scorpio Tankers and flying the flag of the Marshall...
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UK businesses pledge £3bn investment and call on PM to back British hydrogen
...low-carbon fuel in his forthcoming Net Zero speech expected this week. Members of Hydrogen Strategy Now, which combined employs around 100,000 people and has a value of £100bn in the...
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Essar strengthens leadership team with senior appointment
...worked for Jaguar Land Rover, Ford and Tata Chemicals Europe. He holds an honours degree from the University of London, together with a post-graduate diploma in personnel management. Prashant Ruia,...
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Europump Maintenance H&S recognised with gold star
...fuel island on site. While undertaking our work we had to ensure that we were protecting ourselves and the working area. Someone from Hanson came out on site with a...
Interview
A Day in the life – Tim Croughwell of Barton Petroleum
...the price of fuel and knowing many of them will not be able to afford it, especially the elderly. THE BEST PART OF MY JOB… If we are busy in...