Interview
Preparing for oil off Ireland
...also been identified around the Larne-Lough Neagh Basin in County Antrim reported Dr Andrew Hindle, CEO of InfraStrata with the best estimate being that there could be more than ‘50...
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Barton Petroleum open day
Depot manager Angelo Colleta at the open day Last week Barton Petroleum held an open day at the company’s Oakley depot near Bedford. The open day was organised to celebrate...
News
Prax Lindsey refinery set to close with no buyer found
...Ineos’s Grangemouth closure earlier this year, reducing the UK’s major refinery count from six to just four. Despite reassurances from the Minister that Phillips 66’s nearby Humber refinery and transitioned...
Knowledge
The future of fleets: A focus on LNG
...on the rise since 2021, nearly rising back to pre-pandemic figures, with heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) being the second largest contributors, only behind cars, responsible for 28% of climate emissions...
News
Rising price of oil helps drive growth at Rix
...bunkering’s revenue increased from £25.4m in 2016 to £38m in 2017. Rix Shipping, which manages the company’s shipping fleet and stevedoring operations in Hull and Montrose, saw turnover nearly double...
News
ReFuels to open Wales’ first renewable biomethane refuelling station for HGVs
...North Wales Expressway, it is ideally situated to serve major trucking routes connecting North Wales to England and opens up routes to Ireland through the nearby Holyhead Port. Philip Fjeld,...
News
Prax refinery joins decarbonisation project
...Investments – seeks to decarbonise the industrial emissions of the area, with the CO2 transported by pipeline for storage in the depleted Viking gas fields, located off the nearby Lincolnshire...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner: The Liverpool Lambanana
...amount of positive feedback about the EXPO – a testament to its success. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the nearly 1,400 people who attended the event,...
News
Highland Fuels transforms Balfron Filling Station following major investment
...services will open in a few weeks’ time, enabling the community to purchase fuel locally without incurring a long drive to the nearest retailer. “In keeping with the rural setting,...
News
Technology: Supporting the supply chain
...and going electronic.” “Covid has increased demand and actually presents a good reason to adopt technologies that reduce the time for drivers to be near or in the office, cut...
Interview
A rise and a fall at Maxol
...– a model that would be nowhere near feasible today with high costs and reduced working capital. Following a shake-up of the business in the mid 2000s, the company decided...
News
COP26 President visits hydrogen start-up decarbonising waterways
...Afloat Ltd, based in Theale near Reading, discussed with Mr Sharma the urgency of the climate crisis and the part we all play in finding solutions. Around 35,000 people in...
News
New logistics firm launched
...need for a specialist, non-asset based company in offering a flexible logistics management service, which works as an extension to an oil company/wholesaler or distributor. Located in Albrighton near Telford,...
News
Birmingham move for FPS
...chief executive Mark Askew. “The new office is located near the NEC and Birmingham International airport and rail station which makes it ideal for members working across the country. We...
News
Results are in for the annual Compass Pumpkin Competition 2023
...his ‘prize pumpkin’ was nowhere near the all-time Compass record that I set last year. “He can have 24 hours to celebrate but if he wants to go down in...
News
Biofuels – an uncertain future
...between AB Sugar, BP and Dupont) when it fell out with contractor Redhall Group over delays to the construction of its biorefinery at Saltend, near Hull. The ongoing dispute over...
Opinion
Analysing emissions: why clean can be a dirty word
...most is incurred at the back end as you burn fuel. What can be said with 100% certainty is that these vehicles are nowhere near zero emission yet, as deemed...
Insight
Fuel prices – impacts and forecasts
...nearer half of that announced. A blast from the recent past After a tumultuous 50 days, Liz Truss became the shortest serving UK Prime Minister. As discussed last month, Truss...