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UM Terminals makes senior appointment
...metres of bulk liquid storage, but the plan is to grow this to over 400,000 cubic metres. Product solutions include vegetable oils, industrial, food and feed, chemical, fertiliser, fuels, biofuels...
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New OCRS report
...report altogether. Following representations by FTA, VOSA recognised that it had removed a useful compliance too and agreed to develop a bespoke report. At the workshop operators gave feedback on...
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Trade body name change reflects move towards more sustainable fuels
...low carbon fuels such as renewable diesel, biofuels and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), which use non-petroleum feedstocks.” Representing eight manufacturing, supply and marketing companies that operate the six major oil...
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The best forecourt in Scotland
Certas Energy retail director, Ramsay MacDonald and cluster manager Senga Mulrine with TV comedian Alexander Armstrong Gulf-branded Carronvale Service Station has received top prize in the Best Forecourt in Scotland...
Opinion
Is there a market for building vehicles to run on alternative fuels?
...biofuels – and, results have been both clear and encouraging. Feedback tells us that cost savings of up to 20% are available, with conversion payback times on investment around 24...
Analysis
Cyber Love: Innovation & advances in fuel distribution technology
...web integration. With our integrated solution, customers can place an order on a distributor’s website, and this will feed into the back-office software, be scheduled and transferred to the in-cab...
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DECC proposes excluding biofuels from domestic RHI
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published consultation documents for the introduction of the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive. The new proposals all but rule out the inclusion of B30K Bioheating Oil,...
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UM Terminals invests millions in its Liverpool terminal
...oils, fertiliser and key growth areas of biofuels and biofuel feed stocks. The company is also underway transferring across to low carbon tank heating technology, part of the wider UM...
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Driving academy launch solves distributor driver shortage
...feedback from our first cohort to see how we can further enhance the excellent training and support we already provide. “Our aim is to reduce the need for external recruitment...
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Open to debate in Ireland
l-r From Corrib Oil in Co Galway – Tom Connolly, Gerry Mullen, Matt Stratford, Eamonn Dalton, with Neil Stewart, Stewart Oils, Co Roscommon 70% of distributors who completed the feedback...
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QM Recycled Energy unveils new HQ
QM Recycled Energy (QMRE) has taken over new Kent premises to function jointly as an HQ for all nationwide operations and a main test and development location for its plastic...
Opinion
Emissions: how harmful are they?
The January issue of Fuel Oil News considered the key takeaways from COP27 as well as energy sector challenges and opportunities. It also took a closer look at the subject...
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A clear vision for the future of our industry
...ExxonMobil, Petroineos, Philips 66, Shell, Total and Valero with associate members Certas Energy, CLH, Dragon LNG, Local Fuel, National Grid and Puma Energy. “UKPIA has set out to paint a...
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Aston University to train UK’s next-gen decarbonisation experts
...the conversion of feedstock into alternative energy, improving conversion processes and measuring how the new technologies will impact the economy. Supported by a range of relevant industrial, academic and policy...
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February 2016 update
...feed, heat and transport. And if demand is looking a little more patchy, it is still growing – and most definitely growing in China. OK, the Chinese Stock Market seems...
Insight
Security of oil supply in the fuel distribution sector
...(which, effectively, encompasses the full refined products slate, as well as crude oil, feed stocks and NGLs) . Assessment of risks and mitigation measures In 2013, consulting firm, Purvin &...
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Ambitious low carbon investments
The UK Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA) has welcomed the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) funding towards hydrogen projects at Essar’s Stanlow oil refinery and a renewable hydrogen...
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US$40M investment supports Velocys’ SAF ambition
...platform provide a scalable, flexible solution particularly suitable for projects that produce SAF. Velocys’ Fischer-Tropsch technology is compatible with multiple project types employing diverse feedstocks, including municipal solid waste, woody...