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What price oil? Q1 2025 in review
...7th March. All other biofuel premiums to ICE Gasoil rose sharply as Gasoil weakened. UCOME prices briefly came under pressure from low HBE ticket prices which reduced physical blending. On...
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Distributor Diaries January 24: the latest updates from our distributor community
...incredibly proud of the level of support shown by the staff here at Crown Oil.” Compass Fuel Oils supports Galloways Society for the Blind Compass Fuel Oils, the Penwortham-based fuel...
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Security of oil supply in the fuel distribution sector
...of Russia’s role in the petroleum industry as the world’s second-largest crude oil producer and largest exporter of refined oil products. Closer to home, Russia supplies about 30% of Europe’s...
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Sustainable low carbon liquid fuels: perspectives and prospects
...turn. Renewable diesel / hydrotreated vegetable oil This product is made by hydrogenation and hydrocracking of vegetable oils and animal fats using hydrogen and catalysts at high temperatures and pressures....
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Technology: Supporting the supply chain
...customer feedback: “Based on customer feedback, we are developing a remote control which will provide drivers with the full management of the delivery process from the point of delivery. This...
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Simon – investing in our infrastructure
...since shipping moved from coal to oil. Government sponsored Navy oiling stations around the world provided physical impetus for the change from coal to oil burning ships of the line...
Interview
Preparing for oil off Ireland
...the oil industry producing talented individuals who are specifically trained to further strengthen the oil industry. Worldwide it can be hard to attract people to oil and gas exploration. With...
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Industry partnership will deliver low-carbon LPG replacement plant
...a pre-treatment process to create a refuse derived fuel to feed the advanced gasification process to produce a syngas. This is then synthesised into DME. This sustainable LPG replacement will...
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What price oil? 2022 in review
...a key producer of several important commodities including oil, gas, and wheat, prices of these soared as supply chains were disrupted. The oil price was somewhat tempered by renewed Covid-19...
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Downstream future: decarbonisation, collaboration and digitalisation
...and gas sector is at the centre of any calls for decarbonisation. In fact, a recent International Energy Agency (IEA) report – ‘Emissions from Oil and Gas Operations in Net...
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Strategic supply from Britain’s largest refinery
...Jet A-1 – 11% Fuel oils – 11% Petrochemical feed stocks – 9% LPG – 3% Lube base oils – 3% Bitumen – 1% Other products – 5% Source: UKPIA...
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Enhanced gas cylinder trolley range delivers improved safety & efficiency
...Gas cylinder trolleys, T-bar Calor Gas bottle trolleys for smaller Calor Gas cylinders, and welders oxygen-acetylene gas bottle trolleys. “Each of our trolleys is designed with a specific gas cylinder...
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World first ‘waste to biofuels’ plant progresses to FEED stage
...synthesis gas (syngas); Proval to design the direct current plasma arc furnace that will be used to clean the syngas; and Wood to licence their VESTA process that will convert...
Market Report
The eternal influence of black gold
...oil company) and, instead, is an operating tri-venture between Exxon Mobil (45%), Amerada Hess (30%) and China’s National Offshore Oil Corporation (25%). With little experience in negotiating oil concessions, Guyana’s...
Case Study
QMRE: Transforming plastic waste into sustainable solutions
...thermolysis because pyro means fire, and we don’t use fire. Lysis is separation.” “We trap the light gases that are non-condensable and feed them into a genset generator and it...
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CSS develops new process to produce hydrogen from waste
Compact Syngas Solutions (CSS) has demonstrated the viability of producing hydrogen gas from syngas generated by waste. Separating hydrogen from syngas CSS designed and built its own Pressure Swing Absorption...
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The shipping news
...High Sulphur Fuel Oil LSFO – Low Sulphur Fuel Oil LSMGO – Low Sulphur Marine Gas Oil IFO – Intermediate Fuel Oil ECUK – East Coast UK ECA – Emission...
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ESL Fuels Biofuel Market Update – Q1 2025
Feedstocks Following a strong rally in the final quarter of 2024, Northwest European (NWE) UCO prices continued to strengthen across Q1, rising 10% to reach a two-year high of $1140/mt...