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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...

Insight

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...

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Annual cricket day for fuel suppliers

...directors and staff for a fun and enjoyable day with excellent hospitality.  Paul also paid tribute to the Group’s dynamic presence as a petrol retailer over four decades and the...

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ADR-ready in Inverness

...a new £3m state of the art premises at Bridge Point in Inverness. Scania Inverness, which is ADR-ready, plans to include the addition of tank testing and Petroleum Regulations work...

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New agreements with SEPA

...Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) met with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) regarding the introduction of new legislation which affects over 95 heating oil and fuel distribution depots across Scotland. The...

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Eurotank’s futuristic tank cleaning

...The smaller of the two robots has been designed to enter tanks typically found on petrol stations and is controlled from a skid-mounted control unit, which is the size of...

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February 2016 update

...that $7 was the end of the world. It was just the norm and the refineries kept refining, the pipelines kept flowing and the petrol stations kept pumping…. “January 2016...

Analysis

Greenergy expands its role in the UK supply chain

...complement its previous investments in petrol blending facilities, new storage and distribution facilities at import terminals around the country.  They also mean that Greenergy owns or part-owns the only two...

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UKPIA welcomes FuelsEurope climate neutrality pathway

...alternatives currently exist. These sustainable fuels are from non-petroleum origin with no or very limited, CO2 emissions during their production and use. First blended with conventional fuels, these low-carbon fuels...

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Commenting on a modern industrial strategy

...its intention to respond to the consultation from a downstream oil perspective. Chris Hunt, director general of the UKPIA commented: “The UK Petroleum Industry Association welcomes the launch of a...