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
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
The next generation of fuel distributors
...New Era Fuels core values, which attracted me to the position. New Era Fuels was undergoing a growth phase and required a full-time human resources manager. I felt very excited...
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...
News
An industry creating its own new dawn – liquid biofuel trials in the UK
...a key step in the process of bringing the fuel to market. It also enables industry to learn about the characteristics of the new fuel and to prepare the guidance...
News
Formula Student to use all sustainable fuels in 2024
...Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) is delighted to extend its partnership with Motorsport UK, in its role as key sustainability partner, and Coryton Fuels, to provide sustainable fuels to all...
Interview
Touchstar Technologies: planning for world domination
Liz Boardman, of Fuel Oil News, chats to Gordon Hyland, sales director at Touchstar Technologies, about software solutions, world domination and why the fuel distribution industry is such a great...
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
Transportable lighting in the fuel industry
Ken Eddleston, senior lighting specialist at Chalmit, the market-leading manufacturer of lighting for industrial and harsh and hazardous environments, explains to Fuel Oil News why he believes that the fuel...
News
Level of illicit fuel is ‘alarming’
...number of border area fuel laundering plants and filling stations selling illicit fuel is ‘alarming’. Seamus Leheny, FTA’s policy & membership relations manager for Northern Ireland, said: “Every effort must...