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Stanlow’s strong performance
Reducing production of lower margin products such as fuel oil and naphtha, Essar’s Stanlow refinery has increased the yield of high margin products such as gasoline and middle distillates Essar...
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Oil theft on the rise
...crude oil rises and are advising homeowners to take a few simple steps to secure their oil tanks. These include keeping oil levels as low as necessary to reduce the...
Insight
Gas grid and storage facilities in the UK
...circa 170,000 miles of pipelines. The above infrastructure supports the largest gas market in Europe at just under 80 billion M3 in 2012 (70 million tonnes of oil equivalent) –...
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FoxInsights and Slicker Recycling partner to innovate waste oil collections
FoxInsights, provider of advanced telemetry solutions, has formed a partnership with the UK’s largest waste oil collector, Slicker Recycling, to transform collection processes. Together, they are launching an innovative tank...
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INEOS completes Forties Pipeline acquisition from BP
...responsibility for a strategic UK asset that delivers almost 40% of the UK’s North Sea oil and gas output, INEOS has further strengthened its long-term oil and gas activity. The...
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Distributor diaries October 2024: updates from our distributor community
...whole experience even more rewarding.” Nolan Oils – Oxfordshire County Show support Nolan Oils, the Bicester-based fuel distributor, is always keen to support and help their local community. They have...
Analysis
A just transition for Grangemouth?
Grangemouth, one of six oil refineries in the UK, is the oldest and the last one in Scotland, supplying around 65% of Scotland’s oil products. In a September statement, site...
News
ESL Fuels hits one billion litre sales for Ultra 35
...the compromise of being a heating oil and off road engine oil. “One billion litres of Ultra 35 is a landmark production figure for our business,” commented managing director Stephen...
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Geneva hosts first Oil Trading Risks summit
...Cargill, Turkish Airlines, Irving Oil and Oryx Energies, will include market risk, credit risk, regulatory risk, political risk and financial risk. More information is available about the summit at: www.oiltradingrisks.com...
News
WP Group confirm acquisition of Upton Oil Company
...across the south including Ringwood and Dorchester, Upton Oil Company specialises in supplying a local, friendly service to heating oil users, the farming community and commercial customers. David Fairchild, managing...
Knowledge
Managing costs: minimising fleet insurance premiums
...some effective strategies for reducing fleet insurance costs and gaining a competitive advantage in the marketplace. The government-backed Highways England program, Driving for Better Business, has analysed businesses to help...
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HVS to develop world-first self-driving hydrogen HGV with share of £6.6m funding
...turning their bright ideas into market-ready products sooner than anyone else.” Fusion Processing CEO Jim Hutchinson said: “Our market analysis indicates that the commercial vehicle segments such as haulage are...
Insight
Industry impacts of the reset of government net zero policy
...oil boiler ban is another step towards greater fairness and choice for those with oil-heated homes. Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA commented: “As the details continue to unfold a lot of...
News
DCC Oil Ireland rebrands to Certa Ireland
...decades and the new branding, which came into effect on the 1st September 2022, pulls each of its leading Irish consumer brands – Emo Oil, Campus Oil Ltd, Jones Oil...
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UKIFDA and OFTEC launch ‘Be Winter Wise’ campaign for heating oil users
...oil supplier to include them in it. The campaign also provides resources for heating oil users who are struggling to pay for their oil, including the Government’s Help For Households...
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Greenergy expands biodiesel manufacturing plants
...will allow for a wider range of waste oils as feedstocks to be processed into lower carbon biodiesel that will be used in transport fuels to reduce emissions. Significant increase...
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Government declares support for UK aviation as it unveils SAF mandate
...a preferred option of a guaranteed strike price (GSP), which guarantees a pre-agreed price of SAF supplied to the UK market – giving producers the confidence that they will receive a certain price for...
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New fuel plant planned as Greenergy enters sustainable aviation fuel market
...and the other for the previously announced advanced biofuels production from end-of-life tyres project, GTT. The SAF plant will leverage Greenergy’s extensive experience in sustainably sourcing waste oils and feedstock...