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Jonathan Perkins CEO of Mabanaft

Interview

Transition talk from Mabanaft CEO Jonathan Perkins

...supplying it to customers and, through our petrol stations, truck stops, last mile distribution and wholesale businesses, that’s still, fundamentally, what we do today. Over the last 75 years we’ve...
A Day in the Life…Marcos Matijasevich

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A Day in the Life…Marcos Matijasevich

...Association (formerly the UK Petroleum Industry Association). As chair, my role, and that of my counterparts from other companies, is to promote and advocate for the role that our sector...

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Adler & Allan – Getting down to business

...projects for this division include a trackside refuelling facility for locomotives carrying cargo at Doncaster, with prefabricated underground storage tanks linked to high speed refuelling pumps, and a petrol refuelling...

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Promoting oil heating and cooking

The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) has teamed up with OFTEC to mount a marketing and public relations campaign to protect the market share for oil heating and cooking. The...

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Key priorities for the downstream oil industry

Last Friday (21st October) the UK Petroleum Industry Association published its latest report – Fuelling the UK’s Economic Engine. The report sets out the key priorities for the downstream oil...

Opinion

Fuel duty rise ‘a blow to economic recovery’

...real problem for many businesses; the UK already pays one of the highest fuel duty rates in Europe. Logistics UK is calling for a freeze on diesel and petrol fuel...

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Reynolds Training Services accredited by NEBOSH

...oil & gas sector, hydrocarbon process safety, fire protection, emergency response, logistics and transport operations,” said RTS director, John Reynolds. This month RTS ran its first Contractor Petroleum Safety Training...

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Hoyer announces awards

...and 99.72% delivery performance. The team at Avonmouth looks after 7 trucks for HOYER Petrolog’s Esso estate business based at the Esso Fuel Terminal in Avonmouth. Dave Pougher from Scania...

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Fairbanks manages Welcome Break wetstock

...wetstock management of its 31 petrol filling stations which supply Shell, Texaco and BP branded fuels. Within a few weeks of engaging the Fairbanks service, Welcome Break encountered an issue at a...
£6m equity raise for Renovare Fuels

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£6m equity raise for Renovare Fuels

...direct drop-in replacement for diesel, petrol and aviation fuels, with no requirement for engine modifications – cutting emission reductions by up to 97 per cent. By 2030, the company aims...

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Driver training – name change

...at customers’ premises subject to the SQA. Driver CPC, Petroleum Driver Passport, Full PDP and with PDP drivers required to attend annual classroom training and practical assessments to maintain the...

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New – venue, exhibitors, products and services

...With a new venue and an increase in exhibition space, FPS EXPO 2016 has seen exhibition spaces filled faster than ever says the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers. “We’re seeing lots...

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Greenergy in ‘biofuel from waste’ agreement

...is underway with commercial production due to commence in 2025. Subsequent plants are planned over the following years. Together, the five plants would replace millions of litres of fossil petrol...
Martyn Lyons

Interview

In Conversation with Martyn Lyons, TR3 Consulting

...multiple pipelines, multiple pumps. Most dedicated product terminals are oil terminals with a good example being the terminals on the Thames which are all oil terminals, all storing petrol, diesel,...

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OFTEC advise the government to back biofuels in RHI

...carbon savings. The campaign has the backing of a number of oil fired equipment manufacturers including Worcester Bosch, Warmflow, Grant, Watson Fuels, Firebird and Harlequin. The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers...

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Additional help for off-grid customers?

To open further discussions between government and industry on the subject of oil heating and oil buying groups, the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) has written to MPs and energy...