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Rawlings Fuels – putting the customer first

...offshoot of the transport business with the acquisition of Phoenix Fuels in 1993 with Rawlings Fuels formed to supply domestic heating oil throughout the area. The fuels business grew rapidly,...

Analysis

The changing face of the fuel depot

...of our industry and, today, most fuel distributors are large companies with multi-site operations. The increased legislation affecting fuel depots could have partly fuelled this change. “In a world with...
Improving the UK’s fuel supply network

Analysis

Improving the UK’s fuel supply network   

Earlier this year, Oikos Storage and Essar Oil finalised a significant deal to expand the latter’s fuel distribution into the South East of the UK. The agreement leverages Oikos’s strategic...

Analysis

Planning for the future: Nextgen skills for the fuels sector

...with no qualifications or experience and have put them through our apprentice programmes, where they learn everything about the fuel distribution industry from stock reconciliation and taking orders on the...

Opinion

Why is fuel filter blocking still an issue?

...The taskforce has had some small wins regarding changes to fuel specifications but getting those changes into the fuel supply chain have been delayed. “Testing of fuel samples has shown...

Interview

Preparing for the red diesel rebate changes

...a result, a fuel management system is something that many will now need to consider with the anti-theft monitoring, fuel condition monitoring and fuel level monitoring such a system affords....
Our latest look at the changing downstream landscape

Insight

UK Downstream: the changing landscape

...higher in ground transport fuels (over 40%), with two particularly large players: – Greenergy, which started in 1992, is now market leader, with national distribution coverage and a particularly strong...

News

The shipping news

...High Sulphur Fuel Oil LSFO – Low Sulphur Fuel Oil LSMGO – Low Sulphur Marine Gas Oil IFO – Intermediate Fuel Oil ECUK – East Coast UK ECA – Emission...

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Phillips 66 extends renewable diesel offer to forecourts

...used to produce it. A minimum of 65% fuel life cycle GHG emissions savings compared to conventional fossil fuels is required and assured under the Renewable Fuel Assurance Scheme (RFAS)[1]...

Insight

Marine bunkering – fuel for a vital activity

...heavy fuel oil and the most commonly used, especially in the more modern engines (also known as No 6 fuel oil) IFO – intermediate fuel oil IFO 380 – a...

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Certas Energy acquires Advance Fuels

Certas Energy UK has acquired Advance Fuels, the oil distribution business of South Eastern Fuels that operates in the south east of England. South Eastern Fuels, which is owned by...
Touchstar case study

Case Study

Digital delivery: selecting a solution

...diverse set of needs including agricultural fuel, lubricants, commercial fuel and home heating oil. With the latter, an extensive depot network allows Carr’s Billington Fuels to distribute heating oil quickly...