Interview
A Day in the Life with Kelly McLoughlin of Barton Petroleum
Welcome to our feature where people from many different roles in this industry will take you through a typical day in their working life. This month, Fuel Oil News speaks...
search | green-fuel/feed
News
Live demonstrations at your depot
To book MechTronic’s no-obligation demo, email brad@mechtronic.ltd.uk After positive feedback at this year’s FPS show, MechTronic has commissioned a new van – a mobile showcase – which can now bring...
News
Argent Energy to end production at Scottish biodiesel plant
...and our mission to displace as much fossil fuel as possible continues.” External conditions The main external conditions that have substantially weakened the environment for European and UK biodiesel production...
Opinion
FETSA responds to European Commission’s climate recommendation
...of Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin (RFNBOs), advanced biofuels as well as feedstocks used for the decarbonisation of industry, such as ammonia. Storage infrastructure used for carbon capture, usage and...
Opinion
Logistics operators report escalating costs as fuel prices soar
Sharp increases in fuel costs coupled with global supply chain pressures are resulting in a dramatic escalation in cost for UK logistics companies with the economy affected by the resultant...
News
Major investment at ExxonMobil jetty
...produced at Fife Ethylene Plant, using feedstock from the North Sea. Located on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth, between Dalgety Bay and Aberdour in Fife, Braefoot Bay...
News
Essar introduces cost efficiency initiatives at Stanlow
...33% gasoline, 57% kerosene and diesel and 3% fuel oil, with crude and feedstock throughput reducing from 75 to 71 million barrels per annum. This is the latest in a...
News
Essar selects tech partner for Stanlow carbon capture facility
...a producer of low carbon fuels. Deepak Maheshwari, CEO of Essar Oil UK, said: “We are ready to move into the next phase of Essar Oil UK’s decarbonisation strategy. “With...
Insight
The future for tankers
...alternative fuels for vehicle certification When reading submissions for Tanker of the Year, it was interesting to see several tankers not only built to transport alternative fuels but also fuelled...
News
Europump Maintenance H&S recognised with gold star
...fuel island on site. While undertaking our work we had to ensure that we were protecting ourselves and the working area. Someone from Hanson came out on site with a...
News
WCF Fuels – A brief encounter
...and Cumbria fuels division. Fuel Oil News recently met up with finance director, Jo Ritzema, North West general manager, Dave Spencer and commercial manager, Lynn Casson, at the company’s Carnforth...
Market Report
Prices and predictions: how are we faring?
...the sale price of its refined products (e.g., petrol, diesel, jet fuel) minus the buying price of its crude feedstock. The first point to note is that a $35 refining...
Insight
Can Northern Ireland lead the way for sustainable liquid fuels?
...is around £24,000. A switch to a blended heating product would cost little (minor adaptations to burner and a biofuel compatible fuel line) if government introduced a Renewable Liquid Heating...
Insight
Live from COP26: FON blog part 1 on SAF
...be mixed with traditional aviation fuel to ensure quality and efficiency but in future, I believe we could see an aviation sector that sources all of its fuel as SAFs....
Opinion
UKPIA welcomes Government’s E10 announcement
...added to petrol to reduce the fuel’s carbon emissions. The introduction of E10 is a practical step that increases renewable fuel use in the UK now and UKPIA looks forward...
Knowledge
Creating business value through a clear roadmap
...of the changes in the industry, like the adoption of future fuels and some of the challenges around recruitment etc., conversations very clearly centred around two topics: either Business Growth...
Opinion
Biomass Strategy acknowledges off-grid challenges and role for HVO
The Government’s Biomass Strategy delivers a greater acknowledgement of the unique challenges facing rural off-grid homeowners but a frustrating lack of detail. Recognising renewable liquid fuels as a pathway to...
News
New look JET forecourt design – a welcome improvement
JET’s new forecourt design has received an overwhelmingly positive response from consumers and dealers alike. Feedback was gathered during a recent 12-site pilot of the new forecourt design. The pilot...