Opinion
Should FPS and OFTEC move closer together?
...must make for a better understanding of each other’s aims and aspirations. After all, we’re all working towards the same goals.” Mark Askew, FPS “It’s important that those who represent...
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Birmingham move for FPS
Tony Brown, technical manager, Dawn Shakespeare, marketing and events manager, with Mark Askew The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) has moved its office to Vienna House at Birmingham International Park...
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Seeing it through at CDS
...independent distributor in 1982. “Although people knew of us, when we needed to get really serious about marketing, Rob Bowran, formerly with Shell, joined us. His marketing expertise and commercial...
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US oil price falls below zero for the first time in history
...dynamics of this US market are different from those directly driving UK produced Brent, but we will not escape the impact. Ours is not just a trading market; every penny...
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Government boosts heat pump grants for oil-heated homes
...wider package aimed at protecting households from volatile global fossil fuel markets while accelerating the shift toward lower-carbon heating. It follows recent price increases linked to international commodity shocks. The...
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Independent Kettlewell Fuels celebrates 30 successful years in business
...extremely competitive market presents. “We congratulate Kettlewell Fuels on reaching their 30-year anniversary,” said Mark Todd, wholesale business manager at Phillips 66, which owns the JET brand and the Humber...
Market Report
Venezuela: Why the market doesn’t share Trump’s enthusiasm.
...industry, after 30 years of neglect, will be a slow and piecemeal process. So don’t expect the oil market to pay too much attention for a while… Image credit: iStock...
Market Report
Portland Market Report – A spectacular own goal or a pivotal act of unknown agents?
This time two years ago gas prices went stratospheric, as energy markets grappled with the implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Within a week of the invasion, European gas...
Market Report
How one winner is emerging from a crisis that creates many losers.
In truth, it is nigh-on impossible to write a coherent oil market report at the present time. Markets up by 13 pence per litre (ppl) on 2nd April, then down...
News
Oil price at seven-year high amid supply concerns
...in sight across crude and products worldwide already,” said Energy Aspects, as quoted by Reuters in a report from this week. “There is a growing acceptance that the oil market...
Opinion
What price oil? Fuel industry experts share predictions for 2023
Unprecedented, tumultuous, extraordinary. Access to a thesaurus was useful whilst writing about the oil markets and fuel prices in 2022. As we enter 2023, conflict and covid are still having...
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Fuelling the partnership
Working in ‘a highly competitive market’ DHL keeps deliveries on track for Morrisons with 56 new Scania Euro V tractor units Morrisons has strengthened its relationship with DHL, extending its...
Case Study
How FORS fleet accreditation benefits distributors
With increasing demand for safe, sustainable delivery operations across the UK, fleet accreditation is fast becoming a market differentiator. In an industry where safety, reliability, and environmental responsibility drive reputations...
Opinion
VAT deal secures Stanlow refinery production
...committed to developing initiatives that support its vision for a low-carbon future. EOUK remains confident in its future, not least as the air travel market continues to open up and...
Opinion
UKIFDA encourages homeowners to start biofuel transition
...market. “We have been lobbying the UK government and the Committee on Climate Change and the Irish government and the Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAi) to support our industry’s strategy...
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Greenergy – ‘greater control of our supply chain’
On Monday 10th February Greenergy announced it had entered into time-charter agreements for two bunkering vessels based in the Irish Sea and English Channel. This marks another step in Greenergy’s...
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Gulf Retail wins global award
...sizes. The retail supply market is as competitive and challenging as we’ve ever seen it, with the oil majors now signing sites they would never have previously looked at and...
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Another energy giant expands interest in biofuels
...in engines on the market today. ExxonMobil, one of the largest publicly traded international energy companies, is one of the largest refiners and marketers of petroleum products. Since 2000, ExxonMobil...