News
Super growth for State Oil
Members of the State Oil team attended the event which took place at Mercedes-Benz World in Weybridge The State Oil Group – parent of Harvest Energy and Prax Petroleum –...
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Insight
A vertically challenged market
...wholesalers such as Greenergy, Harvest Energy, Mabanaft, Prax Petroleum and World Fuel Services. Collectively this group now supplies approximately a quarter of the UK’s inland oil products market and around...
Opinion
Will my supplier be putting FAME in my gas oil?
...for the foreseeable future.” Neil Robertson, sales director, Prax Petroleum “We have no immediate plans to include FAME in our gas oil. Market forces will ultimately be the deciding...
Interview
In Profile with Ben Duckworth of Craggs Energy Group
...emergency! Who would you most like to ask these questions of? J R R Tolkien or George Lucas, but more to have the chance to meet the creators of two...
News
Trafigura to acquire Greenergy’s Canadian operations
...higher percentage biodiesel blends from its rail-fed terminals in Ontario and British Columbia. Ben Luckock, Global Head of Oil at Trafigura, said: “Greenergy’s Canadian business has strong commercial synergies with...
Case Study
Driving customer satisfaction through digitalisation
...been a game changer for customer convenience. The experience Lucy Jenkin from NWF Fuels shared: “At NWF Fuels, we utilise the products and services provided by FoxInsights to enhance our...
Interview
A Day in the Life … Matthew Terry
...of Lucozade…The latter I will not be mentioning at my next group medical! MY TYPICAL DAY I arrive at the Sutton Coldfield CTS offices, have a walk around, and talk...
Interview
A Day in the Life – James Johnson, National Sales Manager
...WORK BY… Luckily, my social life is just as packed as my work life. I believe heavily in a work-life balance, a fact my colleagues will vouch for! I play...
Insight
Key challenges and opportunities facing the fuel distributor
...and potentially lucrative, revenue streams for distributors. Author, Rod Prowse, worked for 30 years across the full spectrum of the downstream oil sector, in both the UK and USA, which...
Opinion
Are you liable for missed deliveries?
...lack of haulage capacity is putting intense pressure on some supply chains, with conditions predicted to worsen in the run up to Christmas. Partners Lucy Pringle and Jonny Gribben at law...
News
Driven to succeed
...the difference – that’s why we have such a strong focus on training and development.” It’s this focus that has won the company a lucrative contact in the Middle East....
News
Gulf Retail wins global award
Launched this week via Facebook – Gulf’s Big Christmas Giveaway has 100 items of Gulf branded merchandise on offer to lucky winners nationwide. The initiative runs until the end of...
Interview
In Conversation with United Fuels
...my team to challenge my ideas and to share their ideas collaboratively which always makes for an interesting debate in the office! I’m lucky to be surrounded by such a...
Interview
Value Oils: leader in online fuel distribution
...update these as required to obtain lucrative orders. • ValueOils.com processes the customers payments, so there is no credit risk and, importantly, no card processing or banking fees to be...
News
Distributor diaries March 23: updates from our distributor community
...Tate Oil family and 8 brave warriors stepped forward.” Good luck on July 1st! WCF Fuels North West bringing values to life WCF Fuels North West, is bringing its values...
News
Trafigura set to expand into biofuels sector with Greenergy acquisition
...oil and oil products. While the company transported over a million tons of biofuels in 2023, its crude oil shipments exceeded 136 million tons. Ben Luckock, Global Head of Oil...
Interview
In profile with Adam Franklin of Greenergy Flexigrid
...me. Describe your dream job (if you weren’t doing this?) Running an endurance motorcycle racing team at Le Mans, Spa etc. – which I was lucky enough to be involved...
Analysis
Bio-CNG supplier ReFuels announces first profitable quarter
...selection, planning and construction can take up to two years “if you’re lucky” – or more, as one still unbuilt site shows after eight years in development. Philip stresses that...