Interview
A Day in the life – Tim Croughwell of Barton Petroleum
...each day is for the depot to operate smoothly. MY MOST MEMORABLE WORK MOMENT… After delivering 2300 litres of kerosene into a 600-gallon steel tank on plinths, the tank sprung...
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News
PRAX agrees deal for 340-site European forecourt network
...Tankstellen Gmbh, with the deal subject to the necessary conditions of the sale being met. The acquisition of the Hamburg-based petrol retail business will result in the Prax Group’s entrance...
Analysis
Products, services and developments for safer operations in fuel distribution
...environments typical on petroleum cargo tanks. Dixon’s thermo-optic and retain sensors, which form a part of this safety monitoring shut-off system, are ATEX approved and fully compatible with other manufacturers....
Interview
Touchstar Technologies: planning for world domination
...beside a building and can often be difficult to find. Also, customers may have more than one tank so it’s extremely useful to be able to pinpoint the right tank...
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...
Opinion
Fuel crisis proves that supply trust is vital
...generally passed down to the customer.” Why is petrol supply so rapidly impacted? “We can view the petrol supply situation on two levels,” Professor Manmohan Sodhi, Professor of Operations and...
Interview
A Day in the Life… Howard Marriott, group transport manager at Barton Petroleum
...group transport manager at Barton Petroleum Ltd, to discover how Howard spends a typical day. MY ALARM GOES OFF AT… 6am, usually, but I do try and get to the...
News
Agreement will see UK oil production facility powered by wind
In a critical step towards making production the cleanest in the world, UK green energy infrastructure developer, Cerulean Winds, and Ping Petroleum UK today announced the signing of an agreement...
News
Rix Petroleum takes on Ben Nevis
Employees of Grangemouth based Rix Petroleum will begin the eight-mile-long climb and descent of Ben Nevis on Saturday 3rd July, raising £2000 for the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation. The foundation...
News
Peter Turner
Peter Turner It is with great sadness that Fuel Oil News reports the passing of Peter Turner, former managing director of Rix Petroleum, on the evening of Friday 22nd January...
Insight
Security of oil supply in the fuel distribution sector
...of Russia’s role in the petroleum industry as the world’s second-largest crude oil producer and largest exporter of refined oil products. Closer to home, Russia supplies about 30% of Europe’s...
News
Tank terminal and future fuels sectors gear up for key industry event
Thousands of industry professionals will descend on the Rotterdam Ahoy next week (14 – 16 March) for StocExpo, the world-leading tank storage and future fuels event, for three days of...
Insight
FoxInsights tells distributors that it’s all about the data
...recycling sectors to optimise business processes and resource efficiency using intelligent tank data analysis, FoxInsights has already earned the trust of more than 180 partner companies across Europe with more...
Insight
The UK fuel industry: latest statistical analysis
...from where refineries source their crude oil feedstocks, to how many EV charge points are now in operation at the UK’s petrol filling stations. With the sector evolving, it is...
News
Storage – reducing fire risk
...fires at installations that process and store crude oil, petroleum, intermediates and refined products The updated EI Model Code of Safe Practice Part 19: Fire precautions at petroleum refineries and...
News
A new App for the fuel distributor
...can immediately make updates, synchronising data and limiting unnecessary paperwork. The software platform is already used by Guernsey Petroleum Distributors, Petroleum Distributors (Jersey) and Gas 4 Wales together with new client...
News
Prax Petroleum goes pink
Fully embracing the pink theme, staff at Prax Petroleum tucked into platefuls of pink goodies Last Friday was Wear it pink day – supporting the cancer awareness charity’s day with...
News
Top honours for HOYER Petrolog drivers
James Givens (l) winner of the first prize in HOYER’s 2016 driver of the year competition with Mark Binns, MD of HOYER Petrolog Three drivers working at Kingsbury and Stanlow...