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Combating counterfeit oil level monitors
Two of the oil industry’s largest oil monitoring suppliers – Dunraven Systems and Kingspan Environmental – have issued warnings over the danger of counterfeit products entering the UK and Irish...
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Opinion
Industry calls for future fuel clarity so logistics can help avoid climate catastrophe
Following warnings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Michelle Gardner, Deputy Director of Policy at Logistics UK, comments: “Warnings from the IPCC that catastrophic environmental impacts are rapidly...
News
Delivering SAF at scale: a sector investing in future production
...grow, a clear and robust legal framework for the use of SAF in the UK will be fundamental to the business cases for investing in SAF facilities. The announcement in...
Insight
Stanlow Refinery: a century of the North West powering Britain
...from a bitumen plant to a comprehensive refinery underscores its adaptability and importance. Since its construction it has been instrumental in fuelling the UK’s transportation, infrastructure and manufacturing sectors. It...
Opinion
Getting your vehicles winter ready
...is the wrong specification for a particular engine, can have a major detrimental impact on cold start performance and will also mean the engine runs far less efficiently. In some...
Insight
Liquid fuel industry and heat pump lobbyists in agreement over ‘unfair’ new oil boiler ban
...to something that’s relatively fundamental isn’t really long enough,” he said. Unresolved issues There are around 1.1 million homes in the UK that are not connected to the gas grid...
News
Results are in for the annual Compass Pumpkin Competition 2023
In 2022, an annual tradition was born at Compass Environmental Consultancy. A packet of seeds landed on the desk of every staff member with instructions to go away and grow...
Opinion
Government misses opportunity to help the logistics sector
...both of which are key priorities for our sector. A call for national standards “However, in response to the environmental agenda, a local patchwork of different schemes has emerged which...
News
Could fish slime hold the key to transport decarbonisation?
Slime secreted by predator-avoiding fish could hold the key to making vehicles more efficient and cheaper to run as well as reducing their environmental impact. Mathematicians at Aston University are...
Opinion
FETSA responds to European Commission’s climate recommendation
...with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) Synthesis Report, all options should be considered. The Synthesis Report clearly demonstrates that it is possible to limit global warming to 1.5°C...
Interview
A Day in the Life – Jess Roberts, WCF Chandlers
...this is part of an ongoing larger project for myself as Environmental Champion for the business. We want to reduce paper usage at the company and become more environmentally friendly....
News
LCM strengthens diversification with solar financing
LCM Environmental has joined forces with Orca Finance to eradicate the heavy upfront solar costs for its customers. Orca is a finance provider, working with 95 different lending institutions, readily...
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Whopper is clear winner in Oilshield’s pumpkin growing competition
There was no doubt about the winner of this year’s pumpkin growing competition held annually by Compass Environmental Consultancy. Back in March, each member of the team was given a...
Opinion
Why is fuel filter blocking still an issue?
...meets or exceeds the applicable specification. Rather it is the specification and standards of fuel being imposed at governmental level that are being cited as the problem. The NFUS suggesting...
News
UKIFDA EXPO 2021 goes virtual
...despite the unprecedented challenges of the last 12 months, UKIFDA EXPO 2021 is going ahead and we are proud to be the headline sponsor. Operating excellence, environmental stewardship and social...
Knowledge
Safeguard the future with effective succession planning
...address? How can we maximise value in a relatively short time frame? Have we got some legacy issues we need to consider dealing with such as environmental issues at depots?...
Case Study
How Nolan Oils transformed operations with DTS fuel delivery software
...customer service and responding to business opportunities. “As a team we recognised that the combined impact of current economic, political, environmental and regulatory challenges meant that to thrive, rather than...
News
Essar’s Brainwave
...Down’s syndrome, autism and developmental delay. Matthew James, Stanlow’s operations maintenance co-ordinator who nominated the charity said: “After becoming frustrated and disappointed in the help available, having to constantly push...