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Liquid fuel distribution sector to benefit from new format event in 2023
...still want to attend an annual event – hence the tailoring of the new one-day event in line with delegate and exhibitor feedback. And in 2024, we will be back...
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New OCRS report
...report altogether. Following representations by FTA, VOSA recognised that it had removed a useful compliance too and agreed to develop a bespoke report. At the workshop operators gave feedback on...
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Trade body name change reflects move towards more sustainable fuels
...low carbon fuels such as renewable diesel, biofuels and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), which use non-petroleum feedstocks.” Representing eight manufacturing, supply and marketing companies that operate the six major oil...
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Greenergy – additional biodiesel production
...manufactured and quality assured in our own facilities. “There are great opportunities to improve further the performance of both manufacturing sites by making best use of feedstock, through technology transfer...
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The best forecourt in Scotland
Certas Energy retail director, Ramsay MacDonald and cluster manager Senga Mulrine with TV comedian Alexander Armstrong Gulf-branded Carronvale Service Station has received top prize in the Best Forecourt in Scotland...
Opinion
Is there a market for building vehicles to run on alternative fuels?
...biofuels – and, results have been both clear and encouraging. Feedback tells us that cost savings of up to 20% are available, with conversion payback times on investment around 24...
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DECC proposes excluding biofuels from domestic RHI
...heat usage • Tariff levels set to provide a better return for householders living off the gas grid • Budget management system similar to one introduced for the Feed-in Tariffs...
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Greenergy backs Amsterdam, as UK policy falters
...to waste oil feedstocks and expanding capacity. Expansion in 2024 boosted output by 25% and broadened the range of waste oils the facility can process to meet rising demand for...
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Open to debate in Ireland
l-r From Corrib Oil in Co Galway – Tom Connolly, Gerry Mullen, Matt Stratford, Eamonn Dalton, with Neil Stewart, Stewart Oils, Co Roscommon 70% of distributors who completed the feedback...
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QM Recycled Energy unveils new HQ
...plastic in lieu of using feedstocks from fossil fuels. Tim StClair-Pearce, QMRE CEO, said: “This is a highly significant chapter in the development of QMRE’s nationwide network of plastic waste-2-oil...
Opinion
Emissions: how harmful are they?
...is difficult to justify extensive usage of any derived from agricultural crops meaning that feedstock options to scale up production are limited. New carbon neutral or carbon negative fuels may...
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A clear vision for the future of our industry
...vivid picture of the range of possibilities on offer for the refining and fuel marketing industries,” said Stephen Marcos Jones, UKPIA director-general. “We also outline the opportunities available through innovation...
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Aston University to train UK’s next-gen decarbonisation experts
...the conversion of feedstock into alternative energy, improving conversion processes and measuring how the new technologies will impact the economy. Supported by a range of relevant industrial, academic and policy...
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February 2016 update
...feed, heat and transport. And if demand is looking a little more patchy, it is still growing – and most definitely growing in China. OK, the Chinese Stock Market seems...
Insight
Security of oil supply in the fuel distribution sector
...(which, effectively, encompasses the full refined products slate, as well as crude oil, feed stocks and NGLs) . Assessment of risks and mitigation measures In 2013, consulting firm, Purvin &...
Insight
A look at the shape of the future UK downstream oil sector landscape
...for LPG , accounting for around two thirds of demand, is as a petrochemical feed stock for steam cracking to produce olefins- ethylene, propylene and butadiene- which are key building...
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Ambitious low carbon investments
...store over 95% of carbon used in the process. The funding will also support a front-end engineering design (FEED) study for a new hydrogen-fired combined heat and power (CHP) at...
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US$40M investment supports Velocys’ SAF ambition
...platform provide a scalable, flexible solution particularly suitable for projects that produce SAF. Velocys’ Fischer-Tropsch technology is compatible with multiple project types employing diverse feedstocks, including municipal solid waste, woody...