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Kerosene – supply and quality

...valuable aviation market. With 44% of our kerosene now imported from the Middle East, Asia, Russia and South America, quality is variable reported Julia Mansfield at the Fuel Oil News...
UKIFDA CEO Ken Cronin shares his latest thoughts on the liquid fuel distribution sector.

Insight

Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA: It’s customers that matter

...is one of the country’s most competitive energy supply markets; for years, it has delivered fuel to customers at prices as close to the current market as possible. A consequence...
Jay Nair of Mabanaft

Interview

Jay Nair of Mabanaft: transition, inclusion and diversity

...paradigm shift in the way energy distribution has evolved.  From being a market with information asymmetry 10 years back, information is now equally available to traders, wholesalers and household customers,...

Insight

The evolution of the UK biofuels sector

SUPPLIES OF BIODIESEL IN TO THE UK MARKET COMMENCED IN 2002 WITH BIOETHANOL STARTING IN 2005, INSIDE OUT TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT THE MARKET Under the Renewable Transport Fuel...
Technology advancements supporting the sector

Analysis

Future market demands for tank level monitoring

...to Fuel Oil News, Shankar Ganesh Jayagopi, CEO of Magnus Monitors, highlights the importance of efficient tank level monitoring and talks through the market trends that indicate several key areas...

News

Environmentally conscious solutions for the fuel market

...on engines, extend the life of engine oil and lower the viscosity of heavy fuel oil (HFO). Nouryon is a global specialty chemicals leader that provides essential chemistry to industries...

News

Training boost for UK energy sector

...Group says: “We have adapted to the ‘new normal’ by leaving no stone unturned in ensuring our sites are the safest on the market. We have worked day and night since...
Hydrogen cars

News

Hydrogen cars: are we there yet?

...EVs, while liquefied natural gas (LNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG) are also gathering traction – at least in the European market. But for hydrogen uptake, Europe notably trails the...

News

New fleet investment by Hoyer Petrolog

...leader in petroleum distribution (as ranked by Fuel Oil News, July 2014) and as a significant player in the bitumen market. “This investment and growth against the backdrop of an...

News

The storage market – what next for 2016?

...at Kinder Morgan, will update attendees on terminal operations in North America. The future of Fujairah as an oil and trading hub will be presented by Muthukrishnan Prabakaran, global head...
The community speaks

Opinion

The community speaks

...successful UK liquid fuels market. Market outlook, new distributors, competing solutions (e.g. heat pumps, hydrogen). Innovation. Future Fuels. More day in the life of. Young people still coming into the...

News

Airport Energy – making every single litre count

...with catering supplies. Recognising the market’s potential Seeing potential in this niche and hitherto difficult to penetrate market, Phil Wright, a former regional manager with Total Butler, said:  “Following redundancy,...

News

WCF Fuels – A brief encounter

...and Cumbria fuels division. Fuel Oil News recently met up with finance director, Jo Ritzema, North West general manager, Dave Spencer and commercial manager, Lynn Casson, at the company’s Carnforth...

News

New prototype tanker – now in service

Schrader – interested to see how the UK market reacts to this new prototype 6-compartment tanker A new prototype UNITAS 2020 6-compartment petroleum tanker manufactured by German company Schrader, the...

Analysis

Mabanaft – An “innovative approach” in a tough environment

...re-organisation and disinvestment has resulted, not least in refining and marketing in the UK,” said marketing manager, Stephen Rhodes.   Increased wholesale prices “Downstream fuel prices remain high, with governments looking...

News

Business at Loud Fuel sounds familiar…

...a 15,000 strong customer base in and around the Cape Cod area where it supplies heating oil, gasoline, diesel, biofuel, lube oil and propane. Although the domestic market is the...