Interview
Kevin McPartlan of Fuels for Ireland
...on fossil fuels is not the ideal place to begin a transition to clean energy but it is where we are, and we need to plot the route from here....
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Opinion
UKIFDA encourages homeowners to start biofuel transition
...off-grid does not take into account the high price consumers would have to pay to change existing systems. The majority of the UK’s rural off grid homes are pre 1919...
Opinion
Free oil? Not today …
...it tongue in cheek, that fuel suppliers will soon be paying the consumer to take oil away but what is the reality? Mark Waddington, Channoil Consulting looks at the fact...
Insight
Rapidly changing oil market creates pricing and supply issues
...November, December or January, the situation might have been a great deal more serious – as it is, if you get a fill of oil now it will do you...
News
DECC proposes excluding biofuels from domestic RHI
...and meet relevant required standards • Payments for householders over seven years for each kWh of heat produced for the expected lifetime of the renewable technology and based on deemed...
News
Irish households urged to ‘spring clean’ their home heating
...your home heating costs and payback is very quick. Grants for heating controls are available from SEAI. “National Home Improvement Month is an ideal opportunity to check if your home...
News
HGV road user levy changes – unfair hit on smaller businesses
...of small and medium-sized businesses, which will be unfairly penalised by the changes in money payable, says the Freight Transport Association (FTA). According to FTA the new charges place an...
News
Life begins at 40
...fresh challenges every day. We feel that by reorganising, we’re better placed to deal with those challenges, and I am pleased to say that we are already seeing the benefits.”...
Market Report
The increasing impact of China’s economy on global oil demand
...Iran and Israel, ongoing Houthi terrorist attacks on Red Sea shipping and an increasingly bellicose China in its dealings with Taiwan. In previous years, events like these would have sent...
Interview
A Day in the Life: David Wells OBE and Jemma James of Logistics UK
...Anything to get my body moving. I CAN’T LEAVE THE HOUSE WITHOUT… David: My mobile. I use it for everything – Email, train tickets, payments, banking, weather forecasts, news feeds...
News
1st October – Debt Pre-Action Protocol
...the parties to act in a reasonable and proportionate manager in all dealings with one another (for example, avoiding running up costs which do not bear a reasonable relationship to...
Interview
Phillips 66: Humber Refinery
...diversified energy offerings to support the drivers of zero-emission vehicles, plus new lower-carbon fuels. Earlier this year, we successfully launched JET Charge in three company-owned dealer operated sites with 150...
News
Choosing a new truck
...6 x 4 vehicles we’d bought in the past; our intention with this new vehicle was to have increased manoeuvrability whilst maintaining an adequate payload. “With a supply deal agreed...
News
73,000 litres of fuel seized
...found at the site, is being dealt with by the NIEA. John Whiting, assistant director, criminal investigation, HMRC, said: “Every illegal laundering operation typically generates tonnes of toxic waste, involving...
Interview
Stephen Keep, tanker driver: ‘Tanker driving has been his whole world’
...for Argotill Petroleum (part of the BWOC group in Weston super Mare). We had already dealt with BWOC for many years, so a job there was easy to come by....
News
Further growth for Mabanaft’s truckstop portfolio with Ulceby
...the truckstop was previously run and operated by Rix Petroleum Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of J R Rix and Sons Ltd. The deal, completed 22nd March 2021, is further...
News
Oil price recovery and staycations fuel growth for J.R. Rix & Sons
...with Rix Petroleum, this is largely attributable to the higher oil price. Jordans Cars – an FCA dealership selling new Fiat, Jeep, and Alfa Romeo cars, as well as used...
Interview
ESL Fuels: working with customers to deliver sustainable fuel solutions
...time, UCO was a waste in every sense and producers would pay for its collection and disposal, presenting an opportunity to produce a fuel at a lower cost per litre....