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Downstream chief executive Tufan Erginbilgic to leave BP

BP has announced that Tufan Erginbilgic, chief executive of BP’s Downstream segment, has decided to leave the company at the end of March 2020. Tufan Erginbilgic has been BP’s Downstream...

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RHI target – an unrealistic goal?

...around 750,000 renewable heat installations by 2020 – that is approximately 10,800 new accreditations per month. Latest figures from OFGEM show that since the RHI was launched in April, 5,158...
SUSTAIN survey

Insight

Motorists call for broader sustainable strategy

...Back in 2020, the UK Government announced the phase-out of new petrol and diesel models from 2030. However, in September 2023, former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delayed this deadline for...
mental health at work

Interview

Mental health initiatives: a Mabanaft priority

...content, and to achieve this aim, in 2020, we formed a Global Mental Health and Wellbeing Team. All of our practitioners completed their Mental Health First Aid training through the...

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Recognition for lead on fuel transition

...leading by example and not only has Crown Oil been involved in trialling HVO as a heating fuel since winter 2020 and our Future Fuels initiative, but they are a...

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Adler and Allan restructure to deliver growth strategy

...financial partner, Sun European Partners, and is the continuation of a period of growth for the company, which had a strong performance in 2020 despite the global pandemic.    ...

Interview

Kevin McPartlan of Fuels for Ireland

...itself in August 2020 after a period considering what the industry body is, in fact, all about. Kevin McPartlan joined the then Irish Petroleum Industry Association as CEO in 2018....

Opinion

Preparing for a new oil world

...on global oil markets for the best part of 2020. Companies should use this time to bring together the myriad learnings from the pandemic, identify the challenges and energy needs...

News

Banning the internal combustion engine

...society.” The Institution of Mechanical Engineers felt it was imperative to reinforce its findings on Accelerating Road Transport Decarbonisation which was published on 28th January 2020. “In our report, we...

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Essar Oil UK reports positive progress on financings

...calendar quarter of 2021 (which compares to negative US$18 million in the corresponding quarter of 2020). The company will also benefit further from the anticipated recovery in aviation fuel demand...

Opinion

Red diesel update: Navigating the evolving fuel landscape

...Spring Budget Announcement in March 2020, with the deadline day finally coming to pass earlier this month.   The banning of red diesel use for certain industries and applications has had...

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Association lobbies for delay on carbon tax increase

...and are already worried about 2020 crops. Again, any increase will have to be passed onto consumers which means consumers will see food prices increase as well as energy costs....

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Driver shortages create barrier

...at least 30,000 driving tests that were postponed due to Covid-19 between March and December 2020; this has left thousands of potential HGV drivers waiting in the wings when the...