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Ensuring the new government hears FPS members

...Certas Energy’s customer sales and development manager, was appointed as the 31st Federation of Petroleum Supplier (FPS) president. Formerly FPS vice president and regional representative for the West Midlands, Duncan...

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Loyal to oil – Watson Petroleum customers

A survey of 750 oil-using homes by Watson Petroleum and OFTEC earlier this year has revealed that oil heating remains a popular choice with few owners thinking of switching. Of...

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Petroleum Driver Passport on its way

Due to be launched on 1st January 2014, the scheme manager for the Petroleum Driver Passport (PDP) is the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). The scheme manager appointment follows a tendering...

Opinion

Female leadership can be maritime industry game changer

LQM Petroleum Services believes that female leadership should be a priority for maritime businesses – particularly in the bunker industry – where women make up just nine per cent of...

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New RTN parts website keeps tankers running

...This three-generation family business has over 40 years’ experience of tanker building, and RTN is the UK’s largest supplier of Petroleum and LPG tankers. Solutions for sourcing unidentified or obsolete...

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JET strengthens presence in north east

JET has increased its presence in north east England through new contracts with Penny Petroleum. Seven new sites have joined the network and a further three sites have signed retie...

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Oil Terminal 2015 – positive feedback

...Europe attended last month’s 10th Congress on the trading and transportation of crude oil, LPG and petroleum products in St. Petersburg. More than 300 representatives of the government, business and...

Opinion

BEIS backs oil resilience bill with limits

...of petroleum products – as a means of preventing disruption to the UK’s fuel supply chains. The BEIS Department says the bill is needed due to concerns that the industry,...
Future prospects for kerosene and HVO with domestic heating electrification ambitions.

Insight

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...