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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...
Future prospects for kerosene and HVO with domestic heating electrification ambitions.

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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...
A “changing of the guard” in the UK fuel marking regime

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A “changing of the guard” in the UK fuel marking regime

...Dow says that the marker “contains only elements commonly found in petroleum/petroleum derivatives without any known ozone-depleting additives or dioxin-emitting halocarbons.” What is the impact on businesses that mark fuel...

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New president for Europe’s independent fuel suppliers

...importers and wholesale/retail distributors of refined petroleum products and their alternatives, supplying Europe’s customers, independently of the major petroleum producers. Independent suppliers, covering more than a third of Europe’s demand,...

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OGUK confident despite Shell Cambo stance

...of oil and oil products such as petrol, diesel and aviation fuel This amounts to just under a tonne of oil per UK citizen. Transport is the primary use. About...

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Top ranking for Rix

Delighted by the company’s achievement Rory Clarke, managing director of Rix Petroleum and board member of J.R. Rix & Sons Having grown its profits to £4.4m last year J.R. Rix...

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Ronson – ‘the journey is not over yet’

...industry Suzanne Plunkett 2016©. With a mantra of retail is detail Gerald Ronson launched his first Heron branded petrol station in St Albans on 24th March 1966; last week he...

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Striving to be the best

...invaluable, for making what at first appearance is a rather turgid subject, most interesting and engaging, the whole company has benefited.” ______________________________________________________ NWF Fuels trades under the Dragon Petroleum, Knutsford...

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Products and markets

...range consists of petrol, diesel, aviation fuel, LPG, fuel oil, gas oil and heating oil.  With the exception of fuel oil and LPG all products can be transported via the...

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PDP – open for business

...is relatively low cost doing it this way, especially for the practical part of PDP – it makes perfect sense. Put another way most petroleum carriers are training their drivers...

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Driver trainers give support

Hoyer Petrolog driver trainer Chris Hill spent two weeks in Tanzania delivering a variety of training In its latest link up with Transaid, Hoyer seconded one of its most senior...