News
Credit where it’s due
...incurring bad debt losses caused by the insolvency of their customers From being a relatively specialist area of the insurance market that rarely hit the headlines, credit insurance was promoted...
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Analysis
What price oil? Q1 2025 in review
...repositioning on Russia/Ukraine, ARA stock build and US recession fears. After early rapid gains, Q1 brought sharp losses to oil, the US dollar and stock markets, amid extreme trade and...
Knowledge
Optimising fuel efficiency and sustainability: The evolving role of additives in the energy transition
...emissions, and improve fuel economy. Clean engines operate more efficiently by reducing friction losses and ensuring complete combustion, which in turn minimises harmful emissions and optimises fuel utilisation. By using...
News
Lindsey refinery collapse sparks urgent industry and government response
The Lindsey oil refinery entered administration on 30 June, prompting immediate action from government and industry bodies amid concerns over fuel supply, energy resilience and job losses. The collapse of...
News
Brobot – successful but ‘remaining vigilant’
...as to the stock losses that they suffered, the credit terms of their suppliers (including the security that suppliers required over their assets) are all relevant. Powell explains: “The judge...
Insight
A review of COP 26: the key ‘take-aways’
...Rover signed up, VW, BMW and Toyota declined. Loss / damage: A proposal for a damages fund to assist poorer countries with losses arising from severe weather events, rising seas...
Insight
Sector legislation: Government strategy, incentives and progress for heat pumps
...This is being reviewed inside the Ministry, potentially in parallel with discussions on options for a “rural uplift” that would acknowledge the average higher heat losses and greater land availability...
News
A feeling of insecurity?
...capacity reduced by a third from October, citing ongoing losses on site. For some years Murphy Oil has been seeking a buyer for its Murco facilities in the UK which...
Opinion
How we can use hydrogen to achieve net zero
...of green electricity generated from renewable sources will always be more efficient than hydrogen, as energy losses occur during the conversion of electricity to hydrogen, its transportation, storage, and reconversion...
Interview
The Cobo fuel distributor conference – tankers, tours and tapas
...Joby Clark, sales and project engineer at Cobo, to find out what makes the Spain trip such a highlight of the year for the community: “On the 20th of April...
Interview
The Cobo Conference 2024
...heavily involved; the business is now managed by Don Federico Cobo and Don Fernando Gomis. The Cobo Conference Claudia Weeks, and Margaret Major, Fuel Oil News, caught up with Joby...
Interview
In Profile with Joby Clark of Cobo Tankers and Services
...chat with with Joby Clark, sales and project engineer at Cobo Tankers and Services. “COMMUNICATION IS KEY TO GETTING IT RIGHT.” Joby Clark Please give your career history in 25...
Opinion
Grangemouth plans result in calls for urgent government action
...that without firm government backing, the opportunity could slip away, putting skilled jobs and national energy security at risk. Backed by £1.5 million in public funding, Project Willow sets out...
News
First veteran begins HGV driver job thanks to Asda charity investment
...start a new job as an HGV driver with Asda, thanks to the supermarket’s £40,000 funding for veterans’ charity, Veterans into Logistics. Asda Logistics Services has a two-year established partnership...
Insight
What the UK CCS announcements mean for the sector
...industry with the certainty required to deploy CCUS at pace and at scale. Here we consider the implications, for both the energy transition and sector jobs, of this commitment to...
News
North East wins new funding to spearhead development of hydrogen transport hub
...see the creation of thousands of skilled jobs. Today’s funding also marks the continued growth of the UK’s only Hydrogen Transport Hub, attracting even more innovation, investment and jobs to...
Interview
A Day in the Life with Jack Popplewell of Dice Fuels
...OF MY JOB… I couldn’t pinpoint a part of my job that is the worst. My job is fulfilling and challenging and keeps me on the ball, I wouldn’t change...
Interview
A Day in the Life – Dawn Shakespeare of UKIFDA
...applied for this job over 9 years ago, I was told that working for a trade association was different to any other job I would have known because although you...