Interview
Sodbury Fuels: celebrating 10 years in business
...Nolan, of Nolan Oils, to form a new fuel distribution business. The business has been a huge success, and was set up as a limited company in its own right...
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Lubricants rally to testing conditions
...a helicopter to support the three cars out in Africa. “We need a slightly heavier engine oil and slightly better gear and differential oils for this long distance rally. Morris...
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Introducing the combined density and viscosity meter from Anton Paar
Do you need to measure the density of fuels and oils according to ASTM D4052 for transfer? Are you interested in enhancing the accuracy and reliability of your test records?...
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Oil reclamation stepped up on Teesside
The new tank farm at CSG’s Middlesbrough oil reclamation facility “Our plan is to recover substantial quantities of useful lubricating oils, fuels and other hydrocarbon products from waste oils brought...
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Volvo Trucks – synthetic diesel for all engines
Volvo Trucks has now approved the use of hydrotreated vegetable oils (HVO) in all its Euro-5 engines with unchanged service intervals. In September 2015, there will be a global type-approval...
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Alpeco updates Caldo Oils’ main depot
Recently installed – Caldo’s new Alpeco skid Alpeco has recently installed a new bottom loading skid at Caldo Oils’ St Helen’s depot. The company’s main depot was originally fitted with...
News
A fleet of poppies
Paying their respects – Gleaner Oils in Elgin and Marsh Fuels in Newbury and as Fuel Oil News editor Jane Raphael was taking this poignant WW1 scene in the Cheshire...
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Major business win for Maxol
Maxol Lubricants is now supplying Ireland’s Defence Forces with high quality lubrication oils In mid December Maxol Lubricants secured a contract to be sole supplier of lubrication oil to the...
Knowledge
Data: the UKIFDA databank
...of primary oils fell to 8.5 million tonnes, a near record low, and dropped by 13% in Q2 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. There has been a...
News
Changes at Simon Storage
...including oils, chemicals, biofuels and waste oils at the coastal ports of Immingham, Teesside and Tyneside in the United Kingdom and on the Shannon estuary in Ireland. Inter Terminals will...
Opinion
Terminals ready for liquid fuel transition
...sense commercially, operationally and environmentally.” Increased capacity planned UM Terminals deliberately maintains a wide portfolio of around 40 products that it stores including vegetable oils, industrial, food and feed, chemical,...
News
Fluctuating oil price fuels growth
...Oils at the end of 2017, and Wynnstay Fuels, which the company bought in mid-2018. However, despite last year’s long, cold winter, like-for-like volumes rose just 3.3%, mainly as a...
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Ribble raises cash
Members of the team at Preston-based Ribble Fuel Oils took to their bikes for a Grand Day Out in Cumbria. “The event, which took place on 16th January, was organised...
Analysis
Review of the UK & Ireland fuel tanker market 2024
...the background is vital to Klass Oils choice of metering system. Richard shares how they have always run with Alpeco on their tankers suggesting that “fitting the new TEX system...
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New MD for UM Terminals to deliver storage and portfolio growth
...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 and...
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Grand designs
Ingoe’s brand new Tasca tanker Although still a young company, Rochdale-based Ingoe Oils has big ambitions. Liz Boardman spoke to managing director and company owner, Jordan Ingoe about establishing the...
News
Rural energy grid launched in Cornwall with Community Buying unLimited
...Kevin Bennetts, owner of Consols Oils, said: “Community Buying unLimited claims to be about to revolutionise oil sales and sort out dishonest inefficient oil suppliers. But to deliver oil you...
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Fire destroys three tankers at Ukay Fuels depot
...a personal attack on ourselves or GB Oils, because there was another attack on an ordinary vehicle one or two nights before the incident.” He added: “We have managed to...