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New Maxol motor oil range
...were averse to buying from forecourts where specialist advice was unavailable. Commenting on the new look motor oil range, general manager, Owen O’Neill commented: “We have always been known as...
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Valero brand enters the UK fuel retail market
...largest independent fuel refiner, and the world’s second largest producer of corn ethanol and, through its joint venture, of renewable diesel. Since buying Pembroke refinery and the UK marketing and...
Opinion
“How is the closure of Coryton affecting distributors in the south east?”
...Coryton closing is showing; supply is already becoming an issue, especially around us. And with wholesale traders not buying much stock due to backwardation, there’s double trouble with not enough...
News
High scoring Scottish distributor wins MABADRIVE competition
...We have been buying fuel from Mabanaft for 8 years and they are a valued supplier. It was great to catch up with members of their team at FPS EXPO,...
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Jail sentences for sellers of illicit fuel
...The illicit mix was never properly labelled so that customers did not realise they were buying fuel with high percentages of biodiesel. As a result, customers began experiencing problems with...
Case Study
Tuffa and AMP power the nation to a low carbon future
...service. The additional capacity also means that AMP Clean Energy can benefit from fewer deliveries (around two annually per site), offering more efficiencies from bulk buying oil. With a total...
Market Report
Is there a future for the internal combustion engine?
...haulage electrification, are the massively fragmented nature of the industry, coupled with the very high costs of buying a vehicle. Unlike other sectors where major conglomerates dominate, transportation is made...
News
FPS launch new scheme to improve fuel quality
...fuel’, which may be caused by the customer’s storage or buying patterns.” The member price to join the scheme is £1000 per tank per year, but the first 30 member...
News
Seeing it through at CDS
...Lea, a building engineering graduate from the University of Liverpool, CDS Computer Design Systems celebrated its 40th birthday in January. Buying a mini computer, CDS set about producing software for...
News
Total Butler acquisition under scrutiny
...prices for customers buying oil products in specific local areas where the parties overlap.” The Competition Commission is expected to report on the case by 18th September 2012. ...
Interview
DCC on ambitions for Ireland and energy transition
...buying flexi-fuel, or 85% ethanol and we can complement that with our e-charging offerings in France. “With our domestic customers we are trialling HVO in domestic boilers, we think it’s...
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Independent Kettlewell Fuels celebrates 30 successful years in business
In spite of the energy sector’s complex market structure, changing consumer buying behaviours and the growth of new fuel options, the company has weathered two recessions robustly and is continuing...
Insight
Downstream Norway: Leading the way in decarbonisation
...in the North Sea. The country’s only other refinery, the Esso 110,000BD plant at Slagen (on the south coast) ceased crude oil / feedstock processing last year and is now...
Interview
Industry voice – Rupert Turner MD UK Marketing Phillips 66
...as potential feedstocks for lower carbon liquid fuels. With increasing demand for used cooking oil (UCO) we are able to research other options such as tyre pyrolysis oil (TPO), where...
Case Study
How Nolan Oils transformed operations with DTS fuel delivery software
...investigate their options. As Mark explained: “The selection of a partner for this key stage in the business development involved reviewing feedback and site visits with industry peers regarding which...
Interview
Road Tankers Armagh: quality without compromise
...who are very proud of their RTA-manufactured tankers. As the ones that look after the vehicle, clean it, and maintain it they frequently feedback how much they appreciate the finish...
News
Survey finds Mabanaft’s supply standards remain high
...extremely pleased with the feedback received this year. Clare Charlton, inland sales manager at Mabanaft, said: “Despite the continued challenges of 2021, customers are telling us we have provided excellent...
News
Suttons Tankers and Nippon Gases UKI partner for HVO emission reduction trial
...from used cooking oil and waste feedstocks, offering up to a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to traditional diesel. Suttons is using HVO certified by Zemo Partnership, with...