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Essar – fuelling growth ambitions in the UK

...its downstream integration, with a highly successful and award-winning entry into the UK fuel retail market.  With 67 Essar branded UK retail sites already operational across England and Wales, the...

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INEOS extends portfolio with BP acquisition

...(Purified Terephthalic Acid) and PX (Paraxylene) technology with 6 sites and supplies the global polyester business which includes polyester fibre, film and PET packaging. INEOS Acetyls produces acetic acid and...

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Backing a certainty

Paul Vian – ambitious plans for Certas Energy In November 1999, I interviewed my very first fuel distributor at Carlton Fuels which had just been listed among the north-west’s top...
3ti

Interview

Transition talk with Ben Marchant of 3ti

...embodied in 3ti’s motto to ‘Leave Something Better Behind®’. A core principle for the 3ti team is altering EV drivers’ mindsets to move away from the traditional forecourt refuel ‘stop...

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Key Jet site near refinery is transformed

...in the UK and has been rolling out its new JET branding across its 300+ sites nationwide. As the industry continues to diversify many retail sites are following suit and...

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Celebrating 40-year Valero anniversary

Fuel retailer Usman Patel recently celebrated 40 years of selling Texaco branded fuel at his three service stations in Greater Manchester. Usman owns the Mabco Group sites: Caroline Service Station,...

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Online – the cookie crumbles

From May, the EU will be introducing changes that will affect the majority of live websites. Not only will companies be unable to set cookies (the little files set on...

Interview

A better strategy for Irish distributors

...UK distributors would agree with this logic! Scraping the bottom of the barrel Another distributor has found a niche market in selling 20ltr drums at its retail sites. Absolutely brilliant...
Lhyfe announces plans for UK green hydrogen plant

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Lhyfe announces plans for UK green hydrogen plant

...multinational’s first plant in Pays de la Loire, Western France, has been operational since the second half of 2021, with two more sites inaugurated in the Occitanie and Brittany regions...
Elizabeth de Jong, CEO of UKPIA, considers hydrogen and CCUS as part of the energy transition.

Opinion

Hydrogen and CCUS: a sector placed to deliver

...for investment decisions. A good example is Hynet North West, where hydrogen needs to be produced from fossil fuel sources, its carbon sequestrated and the fuel stored and transported to...