Analysis
Prax – a fast track wholesaler
...always follow price. As fuel prices have rocketed, customers are hitting credit limits that much quicker – they’re looking for good service from a wholesaler who’s willing to listen and...
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Opinion
Consequences of IMO 2020
...Given the impacts of the virus, lockdown, oil prices and environmental imperatives on the whole fuel market and the implications for strategic planning and buying relationships we speak with Brian Coyne,...
Opinion
Creating a low carbon energy system
...Prices over the last 10 years have fluctuated between 55p and 70p per litre and were significantly lower during the pandemic (30p) when aviation fuel demand dropped. “UKIFDA members collect...
Opinion
CIA President speaks out against the UK Government’s lack of energy policy
...UK consumers at the mercy of foreign producers and causes massive volatility in prices, pushing yet more people into fuel poverty. To give you a feel for the impact of this,...
News
Success despite oil demand & price slump
...average of five per cent less fuel by volume in 2020 compared to the year before, although demand in the retail and commercial and road fuel sectors fell significantly further...
News
The ‘perfect fit for Rix’
Now part of the Rix Petroleum Group, managing director Duncan Lambert beside a Stones Fuel Oils tanker A ‘much-loved family fuel company’ at Malton in North Yorkshire has been sold...
News
Suspected illicit fuel seized
...year. Joe Hendry, assistant director, Fraud Investigation Service, HMRC, said: “Fuel laundering is unregulated and dangerous. Illicit fuel is sold at reduced prices and motorists may think they are getting...
News
FPS warns of the dangers of making early technology decisions for heating
...not only heating oil for homes and businesses but also fuel for agriculture, construction, road transport, marine fuels and importantly fuel for back-up generators for hospitals, schools, care homes and...
News
Honeywell revolutionises ethanol-to-jet fuel technology in response to SAF supply concerns
Honeywell has announced the launch of its ethanol-to-jet fuel (ETJ) processing technology with this innovative, ready-now solution allowing ethanol producers or transportation fuel producers to convert corn-based, cellulosic, or sugar-based...
Interview
In conversation with Dave Walmsley: enthusiastic for NWF Fuels expansion
...positions at Palletways and Lyreco. Margaret Major, managing editor of Fuel Oil News, caught up with Dave to find out how fuel distribution differs from his previous roles and what...
News
In Conversation with Klass Oil: a class act in energy distribution
...series of acquisitions, bringing a number of well-established local brands together under its ownership, expanding both the geographical reach and size of the business. Margaret Major, Fuel Oil News Editor,...
News
NI Oil in Reserve Force exercise with Royal Logistics Corps (North Irish) Regiment
...they identified and established a Bulk Fuel Installation where fuel would be stored prior to onward transportation as required. From this Bulk Fuel Installation, fuel (diesel) was moved to various...
News
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
Penshurst Fuels: a fuel distributor with community at its heart
Penshurst Fuels was founded in 2021 and is a relatively new, independent fuel distribution business based in the picturesque village of Penshurst, Kent. Both owners of the business, James Robinson...
News
Certa doubles number of HVO-ready forecourts
...fuel station when it made the fuel available at the pumps in its forecourt in Liffey Valley in October of last year. Škoda Ireland partnership The latest expansion comes as...
Opinion
Fuel crisis proves that supply trust is vital
...of fuel at the pumps amidst panic buying and delivery issues. Difficulties in transporting fuel to the pumps has led to long queues at stations up and down the country,...
News
Excitement builds for UKIFDA EXPO 2021
...company makes Fuel Conditioner that is used in all carbon-based fuels to reduce harmful emissions from diesel engines and oil burners, by reducing CO2 by 30% and boosting fuel efficiency...
News
Winner of UKIFDA Innovation Award announced
Cornwall-based liquid fuel distributor for the South-West Mitchell & Webber has won the UKIFDA Innovation Award for being at the forefront of the sector’s Future Fuels campaign and for making...