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Essar maintains gold RoSPA H&S standard
...and produces over 16% of the UK’s road transport fuels, while playing a key role in Britain’s broader petrochemical industry. Since acquiring Stanlow in 2011, Essar has invested $1 billion...
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Interview
Analytical expertise to solve fuel-related problems
An independent consultancy, SMS Analytical Ltd. provides expert chemistry knowledge including for fuels, engine oils, edible oils, and petrochemicals. Analysis offered includes the profiling of fuels, from petrol through to...
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Senior appointment to lead growth in Europe & Africa for Prax Group
...growth Vladimir joins the Prax Group having previously worked for OMV – an Austrian multinational integrated oil, gas and petrochemical company, headquartered in Vienna, Austria – in a variety of...
News
New business innovates fuel transportation
...gas, chemical and petrochemical industries. TODO products transfer highly valuable and aggressive media in the most testing conditions for loading and off-loading in a wide variety of applications from offshore...
News
INEOS and UK shale gas
...of the licences is a matter for DECC, we believe our knowledge and experience in running complex petrochemical facilities, coupled with the world class sub surface expertise we have recently...
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Downstream chief executive Tufan Erginbilgic to leave BP
...chief executive and a member of its executive team since 2014. In his time leading the segment – which includes BP’s global fuels, lubricants and petrochemicals businesses – it has...
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IFC Inflow celebrates 30 years in business
...oil and petroleum distribution sector is IFC’s largest market, followed closely by chemical and petrochemical distribution, Fuel Oil News asked Kiran about the work in the Fuel Oil News market....
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Stolt Tank Containers opens new depot in Scotland
...operational the Grangemouth site has the capacity to house 240 tanks and will serve the needs of customers in the local petrochemical industry and food and drink sector, which is...
Insight
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...
Opinion
We’ll meet again: oil to gas price gap shrinking rapidly
...refineries and petrochemicals but also any other industrial activity where natural gas is used for processing heat or other purposes. This could easily sum up to 2-3 m bl/d of...
News
Blackmer – warranty extended on TXD sliding vane pumps
...configured to efficiently handle many types of products, such as fuel oil, diesel, kerosene, gasoline, avgas, jet fuel, biofuels, ethanol, petrochemicals, light lube oils and solvents. TXD Series pumps provide...
Interview
Market review 2022: Fuel tanker manufacturers
...– Volvo Petrochemical transportation requires maximum safety and payload, whilst responding to a demanding set of operational safety standards. The Volvo range boasts some of the most versatile trucks on...
Insight
A look at the shape of the future UK downstream oil sector landscape
...for LPG , accounting for around two thirds of demand, is as a petrochemical feed stock for steam cracking to produce olefins- ethylene, propylene and butadiene- which are key building...
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Renovare Fuels launches £9m Northern Ireland site
...UK-based fuel distributors and multinational petrochemical and airline companies. Last year, one-quarter of all emissions across the UK originated from the transport sector. UK Government estimates suggest 32 million tonnes...
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FPS EXPO 2013 – more visitors
...where John Bussell of Moorland Fuels took the coveted Driver of the Year award, sponsored by OAMPS Petrochemical. The runners up were Bob Cook of GB Oils and Mark Summerfield...
Insight
The Humber refinery – a key indigenous source of supply
...and distribution Petrol @ 32% Diesel/Gasoil @ 44% Kerosene/ Jet A-1 @ 8% Petroleum coke @ 6% Fuel oil @ 4% Petrochemical feed stocks @ 4% LPG @ 2% (Source:...
Opinion
Prax pledges on jobs and decarbonisation
Luc Smets has been appointed general manager of the Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery at North Killingholme, bringing with him more than three decades of experience in the petrochemical industry, with...
Insight
Definitions matter: when is pollution not pollution?
...an uninsured claim. There are insurance policies available that include own site clean-up costs and mitigation costs, such as the Petrochemical policy available through Pen Underwriting. This policy includes access...