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Analysis

UK biofuel industry faces existential threat

...American bioethanol. But in doing so, it opened the floodgates to cheaper US biofuel imports, undermining the viability of domestic production. The collapse in confidence Biofuel producers have been warning...

Knowledge

HVO – The issue of sustainability

...supplying the fuel that it is committing to when applying for Road Transport Fuel Certificates (RTFCs). Without this, a biofuel would not be a commercially viable option for end users.”...

Insight

Security of oil supply in the fuel distribution sector

...be as follows: Enabling the Government to direct companies to take necessary action to ensure resilience and security of fuel supply, if necessary. Ensuring that new owners of critical fuel...

News

UKPIA welcomes FuelsEurope climate neutrality pathway

A FuelsEurope pathway describing how low-carbon liquid fuels could enable the transport sector to contribute to EU’s climate neutrality objective by 2050, has been welcomed by UKPIA. The ‘Clean Fuels...
Female team members at New Era Energy

Interview

Breaking barriers and challenging the industry

...in sustainability. We were one of the first fuel distributors to distribute and champion Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) in the UK, a renewable fuel that can reduce carbon emissions by...

News

Biofuels – an uncertain future

...“ says Mabanaft’s biofuels’ manager, Robin Lloyd  The legal background The Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO) came into force in April 2008, placing an obligation on fuel suppliers to ensure...

News

Family driven

Following the recent acquisition of Countrywide’s fuels division, deputy editor Liz Boardman travelled down to Ford Fuel Oils’ Farrington head office to find out more about the family firm  ...

Analysis

World Fuel Services – spreading the word

...marine fuels and heavy products. World Fuel secured storage at Newcastle in December 2009 and at NuStar’s Grays terminal in April 2010.  “We now import fuels in cargo lots,” Roberts...
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Analysis

What price oil? Q3 2025 in review

...in Lincolnshire was entering administration. The news came as a surprise to UK oil markets and risked domestic supply. By the contract expiry on 10th July, the ICE Gas Oil...
Oil prices

Insight

What price oil? 2024 In review

...how fuel prices have varied through 2024. For the first time we present data for HVO diesel alongside the Brent crude data. With data supplied by The Oil Market Journal,...