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Portland Report August

Market Report

Prices and predictions: how are we faring?

A little bit later than usual (because of the recent election frenzy), this month’s report will look at how the oil markets have fared since the beginning of the year,...

Opinion

Calls for investment in hydrogen

The man behind plans for 3,000 hydrogen buses across the UK says a report by think-tank Policy Exchange, calling for more capital investment in hydrogen, is exactly the kind of...

News

Record results for Essar

...8.97 MMT of crude, a 5% increase on the previous year’s 8.54 MMT. Gross revenues for the 12 months were $4,992 million, a 34% drop to the $7,615 million reported...

News

Cyberattack effect on oil prices

...delivering, according to Colonial Pipeline, around 45% of the fuel used on the East Coast. Reported as the worst assault to date against US critical infrastructure, the attack underscores serious...

News

Diesel – the need to go further afield

...Greenergy has responded to a recently published report by the RAC Foundation which says that with diesel being sold twice as fast as petrol, the ‘UK will become increasingly reliant...

Insight

The changing world of the oil trader

...reflected in recent financial performance. Vitol’s reported 2012 net income was $1.05 billion vs. $2.28 billion in 2009. Gunvor’s reported 2012 net income was $318 million vs. $621 million in...

News

Driver shortages create barrier

...just distributors that are struggling to fill the skills gap, however. A latest report from Logistics UK highlighted that almost one in ten logistics businesses (9.8%) say the recruitment of...