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Shared deliveries …
...much less pronounced. By and large, these markets have become commoditised and between them they comprise total requirements which are approximately five times larger than the domestic heating oil market....
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News
Trend for forecourt closures evens out
...of 8,611. The Energy Institute’s annual Retail Marketing Survey provides a comprehensive, statistical overview of the UK forecourt market; a market that has seen the number of forecourts almost halved since 1994....
Analysis
World Fuel Services – spreading the word
...Services (Europe) World Fuel Services entered the UK’s inland market in 2007. Fuel Oil News, which first wrote a feature article about the company in August 2009, was keen to...
Analysis
Harvest Energy – change, challenge and opportunity
Harvest Energy, which has been operating in the UK as a supplier, blender and marketer of road fuels since 1995, has an annual turnover in excess of £3.5 billion Formerly...
News
Biofuels – an uncertain future
...“There’ve been setbacks for UK producers targeting the road fuel market,” explains Richard Crowhurst, managing director of market analysts Enagri. “The year started badly for Vivergo Fuels (a joint venture...
Insight
Rapidly changing oil market creates pricing and supply issues
...impact of the pandemic. We reported on this in our March issue as it became clear that stocks were lower than understood and that the oil market had ‘few, if...
Opinion
A successful transition requires a cross-sector commitment
“There’s no one-and-done solution – but that’s what makes decarbonisation so exciting.” – Mark Deeney, Renewables Director Certas Energy Continuing our series of insights on the transition from those both...
Analysis
Recruitment and retention at NWF Fuels
...“I joined NWF Fuels in January 2023, joining the marketing team as the marketing analyst. I’ve recently taken on a new role within the business that will see me more...
News
Major investment at Stanlow
...Benchmark improved to $4.2/bbl in FY17 due to ongoing margin booster initiatives, despite the industry benchmark dropping $2.1/bbl from the previous year. Stanlow produces 16% of the UK’s road transport...
News
Phillips 66 enters UK market
...refining, marketing operations and trading in the UK. Despite the change in name, the company will continue to market its fuel brand in the UK as Jet®. “Although the name...
News
Essar expands fuel distribution into the South East following Oikos Storage agreement
...Essar’s security of supply proposition. Expanding markets The agreement will also see Essar gaining access to the largest market in the country, the Thames region, providing alternative supply options to...
News
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...
News
IFC Inflow celebrates 30 years in business
...oil and petroleum distribution sector is IFC’s largest market, followed closely by chemical and petrochemical distribution, Fuel Oil News asked Kiran about the work in the Fuel Oil News market....
News
A lubricants first and a new appointment
...new marketing executive Andrew Simms Helping to raise the company’s profile in key markets, Andrew Simms is the company’s new marketing executive. Andrew, who previously spent three years in sales...
Interview
Just Tankers: a story of evolution, innovation and growth
...alongside Ralph Schumacher, Juan Pablo Montoya, and Marc Gene. “However, in 2003, I made the difficult decision to leave the sport. It marked the end of one chapter and the...
News
£2m funding for Gloucestershire distributor
...19 staff includes four members of the Hobbs family – owner Mark Hobbs is the great great grandson of the original proprietor Clem. Mark’s wife Amanda is company secretary, his...
Sponsored
Innovation in flash point testing delivers increased speed and high accuracy
...instrument design maximizes productivity and saves costs as the electric igniter has the longest lifetime on the market. Key features Award-winning, high-quality components with the longest lifetime on the market...
News
Oil price recovery and staycations fuel growth for J.R. Rix & Sons
...cars – saw a slight dip in turnover as supply issues hit the new car market. However, the used car market experienced unprecedented rising values, resulting in increased unit profitability...