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HVO – The issue of sustainability
...centres on the sustainability of their provenance (what feedstocks are used) and there are genuine questions for those who, in doing a ‘right’ thing, wish to avoid unintentionally also doing...
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Fuel industry people moves September 2024
...Plant has been appointed Managing Director for Supply Plus Limited. Auramarine Auramarine, provider of fuel supply systems for the marine, power and process industries, has appointed Tuomas Häkkinen as the...
Knowledge
Data: the UKIFDA databank
...the RTFO in 2022, 3.3bn litres of RLFs were supplied into the UK. These fuels include multiple types, using multiple feedstocks from nearly 100 countries. 8% was HVO: Fifty feedstocks...
Interview
Avioxx: innovating processes to deliver price parity for sustainable aviation fuel
...even leading to things we may not have thought of yet.” Feedstocks The provenance of feedstocks for biofuel is a key issue and something that Chris wanted to highlight: “The...
Insight
Strategic supply from Britain’s largest refinery
...current configuration, making this a high complexity refinery. Fawley’s mile-long marine jetty – the largest independently-owned jetty facility in Europe – comprises 9 berths and handles around 2,200 ship movements...
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New marine gas oil facility
Certas Energy has announced a new facility supplying marine gas oil MGO <0.1% sulphur DMA grade at Port of Tyne in North Shields. The facility, which comprises of a new...
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Major marine fuelling point opens at Blyth
Pete George – looking forward to working alongside the Geos Group to ‘capture the many growth opportunities it offers’ A new strategic marine fuel distribution alliance between Phillips 66 and...
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New petroleum measurement training and technical guidance
...· Petroleum measurement (for marine cargo inspection) covers marine cargo measurements and matches the requirements of the IFIA Inspector Certification Programme. This includes the safety, sampling, testing and calculation procedures associated with...
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Mabanaft takes over global bunkering business
...which will now operate under the name Bomin, and Matrix Marine, Mabanaft’s subsidiary in the bunker business, is regarded by Mabanaft as an important step in an effort to combine...
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Delivering SAF at scale: a sector investing in future production
...oil feedstock at the refinery, and British Airways will add it into the existing pipeline infrastructure which feeds several UK airports including London Heathrow. Using the existing infrastructure to deliver...
Interview
Green Fuels: fighting climate change with sewage sludge
...in marine. Biofuels make sense for aviation and marine.” Claudia asked James what will make the difference to mass adoption of biofuels to which he responded: “Basically, if you fill...
News
High cost and limited feedstock hinder scaling of SAF
High cost and limited feedstock are key hurdles facing the scaling of global sustainable fuel (SAF) production, according to a recent report by Energy Industries Council (EIC) on the global...
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Major investment at ExxonMobil jetty
An aerial view of Braefoot Bay Marine Terminal in Fife where ExxonMobil is investing in its life extension Linlithgow-based Asset Integrity Maintenance (AIM) has been awarded a major contract to...
Insight
Phillips 66 powers ahead and scores a hit with customers
Phillips 66 has shared customer feedback from its biennial conference ‘Power Ahead’ – which took place in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Held from 1-3 October, more than 200 attendees from the retail,...
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New partnership for SAF developer Firefly Green Fuels strengthens global feedstock access
...enhances Firefly’s access to sustainable feedstock for biofuels production while expanding its footprint into the growing Brazilian and Latin American markets. Through this new collaboration, Firefly Green Fuels and Sanepar...
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World first ‘waste to biofuels’ plant progresses to FEED stage
...to advanced biofuel plants in the UK, has announced that its first project has progressed into the front-end engineering design (FEED) phase. Leading the way in future fuels The result...
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Renewable liquid fuel availability report supports home heating oil market use
...and feed crop feedstock were excluded from the analysis. Ken Cronin, UKIFDA CEO, commented: “The industry has invested heavily in showing that HVO, the leading RLF currently available in this...
Analysis
Fuelling progress: future fuels for transport decarbonisation
...like HGVs, marine and aviation. “The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation is already set to increase biofuel content to 14.6% by 2032. We are keen to work with the DfT to...