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More diesel laundering sites discovered
Two men from Great Yarmouth were arrested last week after HMRC dismantled a diesel laundering plant, capable of evading over £1.3 million in duty and taxes a year. Storage tanks,...
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Industry award recognises impact of innovative fuel technology
...time, and certainly not by 2030. HGVs and vans are responsible for a staggering 35 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in the UK alone. “Whilst further developments are...
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TomTom passes landmark milestone with online fleet management system
TomTom has passed the 200,000 milestone for vehicles managed in its online fleet management system, Webfleet, optimising road operations for more than 16,500 businesses. “Our advanced off-the-shelf solution, offering a...
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ReFuels enters into fixed price Bio-CNG agreement with major UK logistics operator
...reaching an annual dispensing capacity of over 780 million kilograms of biomethane. This is equivalent to 2 million tonnes of CO# savings per year compared to diesel. Image credit: ReFuels...
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ABB wins major project to relocate refinery
Having ceased production in November 2014, approximately 60% of Milford Haven’s refinery’s process units will be dismantled and rebuilt at an existing facility located outside the UK. Site relocation is...
Insight
Task force to take action on UK refining and fuel import issues
...recently published review into refining and fuel imports. Oil demand will reduce in the coming decades, but by 2030 the UK is still expected to consume some 50 million tonnes...
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Foundations laid at Tyseley for world-leading ammonia to hydrogen facility
Consortium partners gathered at Tyseley Energy Park (TEP) last Wednesday (17 May) to mark the construction milestone for a facility which, once commissioned, will deliver 200kg per day of transport-grade...
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Lloyds Bank fuels north Essex supplier’s growth
New Era is set to generate a turnover of £100 million in the next three years and expand its international footprint, after securing a £2m funding package from Lloyds Bank...
Interview
Bedford Fuels: fuel distribution one year on
...at the pumps and a mild winter, rapidly followed by an extremely volatile market and oil price spikes triggered by the invasion of Ukraine.” “The high prices continued through the...
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Watson Fuels partners with Esso on premium grade diesel
...well as to enhance the performance of heavy-duty and light-duty on-road fleets. In independent testing, carried out at premier UK vehicle testing site Millbrook Proving Ground, Esso Diesel Efficient™ fuel...
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Family driven
...Family values From early roots in milk and coal after the Second World War to scrap metal in the early 1970s, Alan and Jack Ford founded the fuel business in...
Insight
Sector decarbonisation: The future transport energy mix
...global capacity is currently probably no more than around 2-3 million Mt/year. This must be seen in the context of global jetfuel demand of around 270 million Mt in 2021...
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April 2024 – latest updates from our distributor community
...congratulations on reaching this incredible milestone. She’s made WCF bigger and stronger than it was when she took over as MD, and we’ve absolutely no doubt she’ll continue to achieve...
Analysis
What price oil? Q2 2025 in review
...and the Middle East. Prices rapidly recovered losses made since Liberation Day, amid fresh geopolitical risks. On 1st June, Ukraine launched an audacious drone attack on Russian military airports and...
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Essar Oil UK rebrands on route to become first low carbon process UK refinery
...associated with its production processes by 2030. That is two million tonnes of carbon emissions per year – 12.5% of all of the North West’s carbon emissions, thereby making a...
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Five years of proof: Rural community takes HVO case to Westminster
...decarbonisation solutions for the UK’s 1.7 million off-grid homes. On Wednesday, the UK Government unveiled its long-awaited Warm Homes plan, outlining a £15 billion funding strategy to upgrade homes and...
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Essar chooses final tech partner for carbon capture facility
...million tons of CO2. Hydrogen fuel switching involves switching from natural gas and other refinery fuel sources to hydrogen as a fuel, resulting in an annual reduction of ~1 million...
Opinion
USA turn from fossil fuel ‘more direct, more fierce and quicker’ than expected
...the estimated one million leaking oil and gas wells whilst millions of ‘prevailing wage’ jobs will be created in line with the plan is to build 1.5 million energy-efficient homes...