Interview
TEC: driving forward through innovation
...also developed two new oil reeling hoses specifically for the oil distribution industry – TECOIL and FUELTEC. FUELTEC is now a market leader and TECOIL entered the market in mid-2022...
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Insight
A critical role for Stanlow
A key source of supply – the Stanlow refinery – supplies approximately 15% of the Uk’s transport fuel requirements It also has 1.8 million metric tonnes (mt) of catalytic reforming...
News
Making light work of heavy oil
The V25 Test Rig at the Trondheim, SINTEF Research Institute Using environmentally friendly methods to process crude and dirty oils, Fluid Oil has commissioned its first heavy to light oil...
News
Ministers urged to secure future oil refining capacity
...up to £1bn. A number of distributors have told Fuel Oil News that the closure is having severe consequences on supply in the South East. Neil Flynn, Linton Fuel Oils,...
News
There ain’t no party like a Fuel Oil News and Portland party!
The fuel distribution industry is one famous for its strength of community, for the progress it makes in overcoming challenges when it comes together, and for its love of a...
Interview
Negotiating the swings and roundabouts of fuel distribution
...from Donall O’Connor, Value Oils in last month’s Fuel Oil News) Numerous consumers now keep a couple of drums and refill these at forecourt kerosene pumps for a minimal premium...
Analysis
BP – making a wholesale commitment
As majors continue to withdraw from the downstream market, Fuel Oil News was keen to quiz BP about its position within the UK’s wholesale market. To this end, FON recently...
News
Oiling longevity at Morris Lubricants
...efficient operation and improved fuel economy, as well as ensuring critical components are protected from wear under the most arduous conditions, including extended oil drain regimes. Pentons’ late founder, Roy...
Opinion
Are there benefits for distributors in offering an online sales channel?
Robert Taylor, Butler Fuels “Yes, an online service can offer benefits in that customers can place orders and email us with any queries, whenever it suits them. However, we do...
News
UKIFDA announces EXPO sponsors
...over 25 confirmed exhibitors already. These include longstanding exhibitors such as Phillips 66 Ltd, Cobo Tankers and Services Ltd, Dunraven Systems Ltd, Greenergy, Fuelsoft, Williams Tanker Services, Maygar SA, Oilshield...
News
Nominate your Tanker Driver of the Year 2023
...will be supporting the Young Person of the Year Award, Oilshield the Green Award and Fuel Oil News will, once again, be sponsoring the Innovation Award. An entry form for...
News
RAC introduces HVO to reduce recovery truck emissions
As part of its strategy to reduce carbon emissions, the RAC is trialling 100% renewable hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) as an alternative fuel to power its recovery trucks. The RAC...
News
Jail sentences for sellers of illicit fuel
Five people, including the former owners of a Sussex petrol station have been sentenced for distributing and selling an estimated 4.8 million litres of illicit fuel to unsuspecting motorists, including...
Sponsored
The portable meter that delivers on-site fuel measurements with lab accuracy
...its special housing, also resistant to biodiesel and petroleum diesel mixtures as well as pure diesel fuel. Prefect traceability When measuring multiple fuel samples, it is essential to be able...
News
Honeywell technology to be used by BP to increase its worldwide SAF production
...for renewable fuels, including SAF. In addition to UOP Ecofining, Honeywell’s renewable fuels portfolio includes Ethanol to Jet technology and the recently announced Honeywell UOP eFining™, which converts green hydrogen...
News
John Alton – 52 years in the lubricants industry
...the company forward during his time as chief executive. He joined the family-owned oil blenders in 1989 from Silkolene Oils in Belper, Derbyshire, where he was sales and marketing director...
News
ESL Fuels hits one billion litre sales for Ultra 35
Established in 1999, initially as one of the first commercial pioneers of biodiesel, ESL Fuels is a blender and supplier that specialises in the manufacture of innovative fuel products such...
Interview
Darch Oil tanker driver Chris Eke on life on the road
...offer the best standards of service. Following our chat with Lee and Ryan at Ribble Fuel Oils (March issue), Claudia Weeks, content editor for Fuel Oil News, caught up with...