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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...
Insight
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...
Analysis
Implications of the UK’s EV pivot in a global storm
...the transport fuel landscape. The UK’s electrification drive Historically, the UK has been at the forefront of the EV transition in line with its legal commitment to reach net-zero...
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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...
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Logistics sector report shows recovery signs
...in employment for companies which can afford them and an increase in HGV driver tests of 25.6% and three-fold increase in applications for vocational provisional licences, there is hope that...
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Progress – but is it enough?
...five speakers was that whilst the industry has come a long way, there is further to go. Useful information for Fraser Mackie, Trident Engineering Consultants, Ron Tomal, Geoff Mountford and...
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The UK’s downstream oil industry brings major economic benefits
Stephen Marcos Jones, UKPIA director-general According to a new study released earlier this week, the downstream oil sector provides major economic benefits across the UK. Independent findings in the Oxford...
Opinion
Highs and lows of the oil price drop
...fuelled by heating oil. As the first wave of the Coronavirus spread across the globe, forcing the majority of the world into lockdown, the demand for fuel fell off a...
Insight
Overcoming challenges: building a better future for the chemical supply chain
...standstill. As a result, when the supply chain faces disruption, the impact is widespread, preventing the production and supply of the goods that everyone depends upon. Fuel oil supply disruption,...