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New RTN parts website keeps tankers running

...This three-generation family business has over 40 years’ experience of tanker building, and RTN is the UK’s largest supplier of Petroleum and LPG tankers. Solutions for sourcing unidentified or obsolete...

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Energy statistics show fall in oil production

...June 2012, a litre of unleaded petrol was on average 132.0 pence per litre, 3.6 pence lower than a year earlier, and 9.7 pence lower than the high reached in...

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100% carbon offsetting of UK fuel emissions

...of diesel and petrol to the equivalent emissions in tonnes of CO2, and businesses which participate can request a certificate showing their carbon offsetting record. Certified, quality assured schemes make...

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JET strengthens presence in north east

JET has increased its presence in north east England through new contracts with Penny Petroleum. Seven new sites have joined the network and a further three sites have signed retie...

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Fairbanks works with Euro Garages

Fairbanks has agreed a deal to provide Euro Garages with a wetstock management service. Euro Garages, a Blackburn-based company own petrol forecourts with food franchises, and all 74 of its...

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Vivergo Fuels announces closure plans

...introduction of greener petrol with twice the renewable ethanol content – known as E10 – and is currently running a consultation on the subject.  E10 will deliver emissions savings equivalent...

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Total – adaptation plan to secure LOR’s future

...itself is facing strong international competition, rising costs, falling petrol and diesel consumption, and continued overcapacity. Modernisation programmes at Lindsey have yielded encouraging results over the last years. These efforts...

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Long-term contract for Valero 

Valero Energy has won a long-term agreement to supply fuel to 115 Co-op petrol filling stations.  The contract extension includes the supply of fuel to 31 new-look Co-op branded locations from...

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Oil Terminal 2015 – positive feedback

...Europe attended last month’s 10th Congress on the trading and transportation of crude oil, LPG and petroleum products in St. Petersburg. More than 300 representatives of the government, business and...
Future prospects for kerosene and HVO with domestic heating electrification ambitions.

Insight

Heating future: prospects for kerosene and HVO

...has almost the same chemical structure as middle distillates derived from oil refining, so it can be used in engines and plant that are designed to run on petroleum distillates,...

Opinion

New UK Global Tariff gets positive response

...UK Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA), Stephen Marcos Jones said; “It is encouraging that government has listened to industry. We hope to see reciprocal tariffs delivered through Free Trade Agreements, particularly...