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...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...
Opinion
New UK oil essential for low carbon future
...nearly half our electricity. “They also produce oil that gets refined into the petrol, diesel and other fuels that power our cars, vans, buses and trains.” Contributing to regional economies...
Insight
Industry data: the latest update from the UKIFDA databank
...2019 levels. Demand for all transport fuels increased, with petrol and diesel up by 7.1 and 8.7 per cent, respectively, and demand for jet fuel up by 40 per cent...
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Business at Loud Fuel sounds familiar…
...Island and Citgo Petroleum in Braintree, the company often experiences problems with supply. “Citgo Petroleum runs short – as well as out – many times throughout the year. They’re also...
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Progress – but is it enough?
...will change from ‘dangerous to the environment’ to ‘petroleum products’ category. Alternative fuels are now a named category. Taking responsibility – Dr Jenny Clucas, Cogent, strategy director for chemicals and...
Opinion
Highs and lows of the oil price drop
...those filling up their cars with fuel have not benefitted quite so well. The AA has claimed that motorists are being ‘ripped off’ by petrol companies not passing on cheaper...
Knowledge
Data: the UKIFDA databank
...petrol demand increasing by 4.1%, countered by a 3.2% decrease in demand for diesel. Biofuel demand continued to grow with bioethanol and biodiesel demand up by 16% and 19% respectively....
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A shining light in the fuel industry
...Geary from Barton Petroleum. The Driver of the Year awards were presented by Ian Peach (far right) Ciaran Quinn from County Westmeath distributor Flynn Fuels was presented with the 2015...
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Valero to purchase SemLogistics’ Milford Haven storage facility
...for the purchase of SemLogistics Milford Haven fuel storage facility. Situated across the Haven from Valero’s refinery at Pembroke, the facility is one of the UK’s largest petroleum products storage...
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Major investment at Essar
...regenerator head for a key petrol producing unit at its Stanlow refinery. Part of a £23 million refurbishment project, the 428 tonne steel head was lifted 225 feet before being...
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IPRA welcomes excise freeze
David Blevings (far left) at the recent IPRA retail fuel show held in Dublin The Irish Petrol Retailers Association (IPRA) has welcomed the finance minister’s decision to hold fuel excise...
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The Prax Group acquisition, appointments and securitisation
The Prax Group, a leading independent oil refining, trading, storage, distribution and retail conglomerate dealing in petroleum products and bio-fuels, has announced that it has successfully completed the strategic acquisition...
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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...
Interview
‘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...
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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...