Opinion
Hydrogen and CCUS: a sector placed to deliver
...for investment decisions. A good example is Hynet North West, where hydrogen needs to be produced from fossil fuel sources, its carbon sequestrated and the fuel stored and transported to...
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Drop in oil product demand highlighted in industry review
...of 5.4 million tonnes of CO2e achieved from biofuels replacing fossil fuels. A high proportion – 69% – of UK biofuels are waste derived, largely, used cooking oil, due to...
Insight
Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA urges ‘facts before theories’
...grid connections. The committee has been much more robust in its recommendations for hybrid biofuel boilers in this circumstance (its central scenario included 0.9m hybrid biofuel boilers). “The only potential...
Insight
The downstream oil market landscape of Ireland in the 2020s
...litres per year to several hundred million litres. The five largest distributors, by tanker numbers, are: Nicholl Oils LCC Oil Bangor Fuels Carlisle Fuels Patterson Oil Two noteworthy developments in...
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Activists claim oil terminals were ‘totally blocked’ in new protests
...block of access to Kingsbury and Navigator oil terminals”. In separate protests the group also targeted three series stations on the M25 disrupting fuel availability by vandalising pumps. No fuel...
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Government confirms all new HGVs zero emission by 2040
...disappointed that low carbon fuelled vehicles will not be available for sale after 2040. “These fuels can act as effective, interim solutions while the technology for zero tailpipe emission HGVs...
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Latest Rix Group acquisition bolsters sustainable energy provision
Boosting its green credentials, J.R. Rix & Sons is continuing to invest in sustainability with its latest business acquisition. The well-known Hull group, which supplies low carbon fuels including HVO...
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Essar strengthens governance through Board appointment of Mark Palios
Essar Oil UK has announced the appointment of Mark Palios, chairman and co-owner of Tranmere Rovers FC, as an independent non-executive board director, effective from 1 October 2022. The appointment...
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Crown Oil Group delivers carbon neutrality as it celebrates 75 years
Bury-headquartered fuel supplier Crown Oil Group is celebrating achieving carbon neutral status as it marks its diamond jubilee and believes it is the first fuel company in the UK to...
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Another UK energy producer moves to low carbon hydrogen
...products that will help others reduce their emissions and play a leading role in a clean hydrogen revolution” Displacing hydrocarbon fuels for a low carbon future Viewed as the next...
Interview
In profile with Ramsay Macdonald of RM Solutions
Welcome to May’s edition of our special monthly feature which gives you the opportunity to ‘meet’ an industry figure and, hopefully, to discover another side to them beyond the well-known...
Insight
PDP Scheme acts on home heat sector concerns
...energy sources and fuels, petroleum-based fuels are not going to disappear overnight. The consensus is that the PDP Scheme still has an important role to play for many years to...
News
Terminal operations suspended due to Just Stop Oil protests
...both gates and fuel tankers. Assistant Chief Constable Rachel Nolan said: “We are working to minimise the disruption at Navigator Fuel Distribution Centre, Askew Farm Lane, and at a depot...
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Essar to invest £45m in UK’s first hydrogen refinery furnace
In a UK first, Essar Oil UK (EOUK) has announced plans to install a new £45 million furnace at Stanlow that’s capable of using hydrogen as its fuel source and,...
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Future fuel distributor sponsors conference
UKIFDA is proud to reveal the sponsor for the Future Fuels Conference to be held at the 2022 EXPO in Liverpool on April 27th & 28th as fuel supplier and...
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JCB truck engine breakthrough proves wider appeal for hydrogen combustion technology
...agricultural machines. Last year JCB revealed another industry first – a mobile hydrogen refueller which provides a quick and straightforward way to refuel machines on site. JCB’s hydrogen internal combustion...
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Firefly first to benefit from Boeing and Clear Sky aviation decarbonisation partnership
...and advancing Firefly Green Fuels’ cutting-edge technology to increase sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production in the UK. Firefly transforms sewage waste feedstock into SAF through hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL). This process...
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HART Plumbing acquisition sees Rix extend renewable offering
J.R. Rix & Sons Ltd has completed its second acquisition of 2023 in a move that further extends its offering in the renewable energy sector. The Hull family group, which...