News
A good infrastructure?
50 distribution terminals currently serve the UK inland market. An updated wall map will be sent to Fuel Oil News subscribers in early 2013 A dislocation of fuel product supply...
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Analysis
What price oil? Q1 2025 in review
In association with The Oil Market Journal Following your feedback on the value you place on our annual price review each January, we will now be reviewing the movements of,...
Analysis
What price oil? Q2 2025 in review
...Day’ tariffs and the implementation, by OPEC, of three substantial increases in production quotas. As any novice economist will know; lower demand and increasing supply will lead to lower prices....
Interview
Carbery Plastics celebrates 45 years of storage tank success
...its chosen market sectors Carbery refused to stand still and continued to invest in new products and technologies. Computer Aided Design (CAD) software was introduced, dramatically reducing product development time,...
News
AHFL chooses UK for revolutionary plastic-to-fuel plant
...allows the use of any kind of plastic feed stock, including post-industrial plastics, to be broken down into several usable products: 60% Keroclean®: a middle level distillate that can be...
Insight
Security of oil supply in the fuel distribution sector
...(which, effectively, encompasses the full refined products slate, as well as crude oil, feed stocks and NGLs) . Assessment of risks and mitigation measures In 2013, consulting firm, Purvin &...
Insight
A look at the shape of the future UK downstream oil sector landscape
...coverage and a particularly strong position in the supply of products to supermarkets (especially Tesco & Sainsbury) which, as a group, now supply around 45% of the road fuel market...
Insight
The future for tankers
The January issue of Fuel Oil News magazine looked at the evolution of tanker design and production. Here, we look ahead and consider the future of the tanker and how...
Market Report
Prices and predictions: how are we faring?
...the sale price of its refined products (e.g., petrol, diesel, jet fuel) minus the buying price of its crude feedstock. The first point to note is that a $35 refining...
News
Phillips 66 makes real-time investment
...Phillips 66 customers to clearly see what product is available. The system is updated within minutes once drivers lift product from Phillips 66 terminals so the data held is accurate...
News
Fenton Packaging Solutions offers sustainable alternative to rigid plastic containers
...all competitive products regarding carbon emissions, energy use and greenhouse gas production. “These products therefore enable companies to reduce their carbon footprint throughout the supply chain, including energy in raw...
Case Study
How Nolan Oils transformed operations with DTS fuel delivery software
...investigate their options. As Mark explained: “The selection of a partner for this key stage in the business development involved reviewing feedback and site visits with industry peers regarding which...
Interview
Northern Energy: fuelling communities for 90 years
...looked back from. Independence brings freedom and growth “For me the decision to go independent was an easy one,” Howards says. “It gave us the ability to source product wherever...
Market Report
Disrupting the sector: the new Nigerian super-refinery
...gasoline production approximately twice that of daily Nigerian demand, Dangote looks likely to be able to export its products to the rest of the African continent and beyond. Basically, not...
Interview
Cobo Tankers brings back fuel distributor factory visits
Considered one of the leaders in the production of tankers for the transport of petroleum products, Cobo Tankers & Services Ltd is a company dedicated to the manufacture, repair and...
Analysis
The changing face of the fuel depot
...Driving innovation Product development is also driven partly by customer demand. “New products take a long time to bring to market and the improvement of existing products is led by...
News
Growing FAST
...premium product for pressure jet boilers. Then as problems with AGAs proliferated, the timing was perfect to develop a product for this market too. Whilst the chemistry was relatively straightforward,...
Opinion
A reliable and secure supply
...assets are very attractive,” commented John Regan, sales director. “In some ways, they are as important as the refinery’s production capacity. We are able to move products at a very...