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Sidney Gilmore
It is with great sadness that we report the peaceful passing, on 27th December 2022 in his 98th year, of Sidney Gilmore, former President of the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers...
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‘More energetic, representative and visible’
Guy Pulham, who has succeeded Mark Askew as CEO of the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers, is seeking ‘greater engagement of members, Government and other trade associations’ Earlier this month Guy...
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Fluctuating oil price fuels growth
...£407m in 2017 to £496m last year as oil prices peaked at key trading times in the year. Rix Petroleum, the largest business in the Group, accounted for 70% of...
Interview
Touchstar Technologies: planning for world domination
...they have seen a huge uplift in delivery requirements. Our other customers deliver fuel to petrol forecourts. They saw a massive drop in demand during the pandemic since no-one was...
News
Up-to-date knowledge of the terminals market
...will also be present The Port of Rotterdam – 32 oil terminals providing liquid cargo storage, processing and transportation services Botlek Tank – 34 petroleum storage tanks; oil, biofuel with...
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Oil challenges and opportunities to be tackled at IP Week
‘Meeting today’s challenges, investing in tomorrow’s opportunities’ is the theme for this year’s International Petroleum Week in London on 18-20 February 2013. The global outlook for the oil and gas...
Opinion
Does the decarbonisation delay mean putting the brakes on cleaner transport?
Rishi Sunak’s recent green policy change, delaying the banning of the sale of new petrol and diesel engines until 2035, continues to be a contentious topic. However, according to industry...
Interview
Transition talk with Ben Marchant of 3ti
...than petrol and diesel vehicles, especially when powered directly by solar. Solar power offers numerous advantages for motive power applications. Firstly, it’s renewable, drawing from the sun’s abundant and inexhaustible...
Analysis
Prax – a fast track wholesaler
Weybridge-based Prax Petroleum has been in existence for 10 years. In less than a decade, the company has risen to become one of the largest independent oil importers and suppliers...
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HOYER generates record earnings
Mark Binns, chairman, HOYER Petrolog UK Hamburg- based logistics provider HOYER has reported a thoroughly successful result for the financial year 2014. Turnover, at EUR 1,107m, was around EUR 20m...
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Theft threat?
...statistics revealed the equivalent of a theft a day by the end of 2011. The impact on business Neil Kovac, sales manager at Leicestershire-based Brobot Petroleum said: “Whereas buyers would...
Analysis
Greenergy – liquid problem solving
...told FON. “You’d be hard pressed to find diesel in the UK without a bio element nowadays – that’s a chunky quantity of biofuel.” Greenergy blends biofuel into its petrol...
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Getting warmer in the community
...and spread payments across the year.” CBL now places orders with more than 40 fuel suppliers. Kevin Day, business development manager at Barton Petroleum commented: “Since our initial meeting in...
Insight
More than 50% of Brits back net zero measures
...Fuels identified two-thirds (65%) of the public believe greater support should be given to diesel and petrol owners to help them transition to net zero. Despite strong public support for...
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Puma Energy picks Hoyer Petrolog
Hoyer will have 14 vehicles making bitumen deliveries out of Dagenham, Cardiff and Glasgow on behalf of Puma Energy Hoyer Petrolog has won a four-year contract with Puma Energy, the...
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Putting the Petroleum Driver Passport into practice
Brian Worrall, DODF chair and Marisa Ferguson, contracts manager, SQA, at the signing of the PDP agreement The UK’s first Petroleum Driver Passport (PDP) has moved a step closer to...
Interview
How Phillips 66 is driving the industry evolution to future fuels
...petrol and diesel or renewable fuels or power or hydrogen. What that looks like is changing and will continue to change over time, but our approach will not change –...
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Supply commences at North Tees
...integrated supply system for petrol and diesel in the North East and a new hub for its rail distribution network. Andrew Owens, Greenergy chief executive, said “Our North Tees terminal...