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A lubricants package that delivers
Lee Burgess (l) and Ian Appleton With cost cutting top of many a distributor’s business agenda, Fuel Oil News asks are there any opportunities available to increase profit? Speaking to...
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Government grant for new OXCCU jet fuel project
...without the use of fossil fuels. Traditional biofuels have well-known issues with scale due to limited feedstocks. In contrast, e-fuels or synthetic fuels based on CO2 have enormous potential to scale...
Opinion
Grangemouth plans result in calls for urgent government action
...carbon future Fuels Industry UK welcomed the ambition of Project Willow, and the spotlight it places on the long-term role of liquid fuels in the UK’s decarbonisation journey. However, the...
Interview
Goals, ambitions and strategies: The expansion of the EET retail network
...community driven outlets. In the coming years, fuel and convenience will be our strength, and we will incorporate future fuels and energy at an appropriate stage of our business evolution....
Opinion
The Energy Act: One year on – where is the promised consultation?
...heating. Scorrier-based Mitchell & Webber has supplied conventional heating fuel to most of the village for years. Keen to test HVO as an alternative fuel, the distributor met with residents...
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New owner for fuel distributor as popular industry couple retires
After managing the 35-year-old, North Yorkshire based, fuel distribution business Kettlewell Fuels with their experienced team for over 25 years, Janet and Trevor Kettlewell have announced their retirement, naming one...
Interview
Nothing standard about this fuel oil distributor celebrating 10th anniversary
...offer any alternative fuels, and do you intend to add any? There’s a huge opportunity this year to grow into renewable fuels. We now offer HVO to our customers, which...
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Touchstar wins substantial Certas Energy fleet upgrade order
...utilising Android-based, in-cab tablets. Acquiring challenges Certas Energy is the largest fuel and lubricant distributor in Great Britain, with statistics to match. 2300 employees Over 33 million litres of fuel...
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Fuel distributor to close Arran depot due to ageing storage tanks
...as the cost of the investment required to replace the ageing fuel tanks would result in an unacceptable increase in the price of the fuel passing through the tanks. The...
Interview
Challenging gender stereotypes as an apprentice tanker driver
...team at Evesons Fuels, part of the NWF Fuels family, in the autumn of last year. Holidays are often a time for self-reflection and, while away with friends, Leah decided...
Interview
Raising standards in energy distribution with Standard Fuel Oils
...is not surprising given the focus that Standard Fuel Oils has had, since its beginning, on setting the standard for fuel distribution – a drive that was recognised when the...
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Sector evolution reflected in new name for the Downstream Fuel Distribution Forum
The Downstream Fuel Distribution Forum (DFDF), formerly known as the Downstream Oil Distribution Forum, has changed its name with a rebrand designed to reflect the evolution of the downstream fuel...
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NI oil stocks starting to replenish after high demand saw supplies run low
...However, this demand outstripped supply and distributors reported low levels of stock in early September. “Distributors must forecast expected demand months in advance and this unprecedented uplift in August has...
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Unprecedented demand creates temporary oil shortage in Ireland
...of oil throughout the last few months has resulted in many householders holding off despite being urged to get their winter fuel orders in both by their distributors and by...
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Distributor diaries December 2023: updates from our distributor community
...Moorland Fuels walks to challenge success! Moorland Fuels, the Devon-based fuel distributor, is extremely proud of two members of the Moorland team who recently took on a tough charity challenge....
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PDP – open for business
...out that distributors are able to register to undertake classroom and/or the practical training for themselves: “This could be a real opportunity for smaller distributors to save money as it...
Interview
DCC on ambitions for Ireland and energy transition
...and commercial fuels, heating oils, biofuel and renewable solutions and related products and services in Europe. Claudia Weeks, content editor of Fuel Oil News, speaks with Eddie O’Brien, managing director...
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Submëtrika brings easy and economical diesel and Adblue tank monitoring to the UK
Submëtrika is a Spanish technology-based company that develops hardware and software for fuel distributors. Having developed its own economical tank monitoring solution, the company has now entered the UK market...