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Distributor joins forces with police
...these leaflets to those people who are most likely to benefit. The theft of heating and diesel oil always tends to increase whenever there are price rises at the petrol...
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Crude oil supply – Essar enters new arrangement
...the inventories of crude oil and petroleum products at Stanlow and will supply crude to the refinery in line with its requirements. The new arrangements allow Essar Oil UK to...
Opinion
“Do you agree with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) that the Province should have more oil buying clubs?”
...of £1 per litre! “Rather than join a club many consumers are now filling drums they’ve acquired over the last few years at kerosene pumps at their local petrol station....
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Task force to take action on UK refining and fuel import issues
...basis. The key question is how best to satisfy the evolving/changing pattern and levels of product demand, including export markets for surplus petrol, mindful of considerations of energy security, supply...
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Greenergy – additional biodiesel production
...ex-rack customer of Greenergy for petrol and diesel for its customers in the south east of England, Teesside and in Scotland. “The acquisition of the Harvest biodiesel plant will help...
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The best forecourt in Scotland
...the flagship petrol forecourt. “Although a large forecourt in a busy location, store manager Derek Paton and his team are still able to provide a personal touch and genuine customer...
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COP26 FON Blog 5: Downstream challenges
...the sector alone. “Our members are already seizing the opportunities created by this pledge; both by producing the petroleum coke for the EV batteries, or the many other products that...
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Fuel poverty – distributors get together
...Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) is assisting people in fuel poverty who use heating oil. Several donations have already been received from oil distributors across the Midlands where an agreement...
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More opportunities for fossil fuel producers
...Beurden told an audience at the World Petroleum Congress that the company is planning to spend up to $1 billion a year on its New Energies division “In some parts...
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Lobbying for a better off-grid deal
In the run-up to last month’s Budget, the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) had been lobbying the government on various fronts for the off-grid heating oil industry. Writing to Mr...
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Mobil lubricants improve fuel economy for Palmer & Harvey trucks
...could potentially be gained by using fully-synthetic, fuel-efficient lubricants in a vehicle’s engine and full drivetrain,” said Steve Crawley, UK& Irelandcommercial vehicle lubricants manager, ExxonMobil Lubricants & Petroleum Specialties. www.mobildelvac.co.uk....
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Backing the government’s new fuel poverty strategy for England
...executive The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers and OFTEC have joined forces to support the government’s newly unveiled fuel poverty plan, the first for 14 years. “We greatly welcome this plan,”...
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Open to debate in Ireland
...reported the Distributor Debate to have been a really useful event with some good information provided by the five industry speakers – Mark Askew, Federation of Petroleum Suppliers, Angus Fraser,...
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Investment values Argus at nearly £1bn
...Rotterdam and Antwerp petroleum products market. Jan remained actively involved in the business as chairman until he died in 2008 at the age of 90. Argus executive chairman and publisher...
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The changing world of the oil trader
...Total, etc. These vertically integrated international oil companies (IOCs) have been joined by state owned concerns, or national oil companies ( NOCd )- names such as Aramco, Kuwait Petroleum, IPC,...
Interview
Northern Energy: fuelling communities for 90 years
...1957, to supply to the many local houses and farms.” As Robinsons Petroleum Distributors (RPD), we became an Esso-authorised distributor, some 65 years ago now, moving to oil distribution in...
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Emco Wheaton – Konnect loading arms
Konnect, a new range of value for money loading arms, developed to handle the safe transfer of petroleum products to and from road and rail tankers, has been launched by...
Interview
ROM1 – a step in the right direction
...be beneficial.” Making further improvements to ROM1 For Jim Fitzgerald, managing director of Campus Ireland and chairman of the Irish Petroleum Industry Association (IPIA), ROM1...