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Analysis

Planning for the future: Nextgen skills for the fuels sector

...required regulatory training, including ADR initial training and refreshers for the transport of dangerous goods, and petroleum driver passport (PDP) levels 21, 22 and 25. “We also upskill qualified drivers...

Analysis

Decarbonising transport: are additives the answer?

...fuel mix this only happens if you reduce fuel consumption overall. Also – and let’s be brutally honest here – fuel additives are hydrocarbons themselves; they are by-products of petroleum...

Interview

Oil v gas

...considered in County Down. Not overly concerned is Malcolm Hill, business development manager with Solo Petroleum and AH Fuels which has most business in rural County Tyrone. Whilst Malcolm is...

News

New generation nozzle and system solution

...long-term sales and marketing agreement with Veyance Technologies, the manufacturer of Goodyear Industrial Hose, to act as the sole sales and marketing channel for Veyance Technologies petroleum dispensing hoses and...

News

FPS launch new scheme to improve fuel quality

The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) is introducing a new Fuel Certification scheme to improve the quality of fuel oil and raise quality standards in the industry.  The new initiative...

News

Adler and Allan – APEA win and an acquisition

...and Allan’s ethanol coalescing filter won the Environment Protection and Improvement category at this year’s Association for Petroleum and Explosives Administration (APEA) awards, announced earlier this month. The filter is...

Opinion

Should FPS and OFTEC move closer together?

Designed to boost the oil heating industry, the Oilsave campaign is a joint initiative between OFTEC and the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers. Should the two organisations do more together? Brian...

News

Boiler scrappage in next month’s Budget?

...Petroleum Suppliers (FPS), the Heating and Hotwater Industry Council (HHIC) and the UK LPG Association (UKLPG) have written to George Osborne calling for him to introduce an England-wide boiler replacement...

News

Birmingham move for FPS

Tony Brown, technical manager, Dawn Shakespeare, marketing and events manager, with Mark Askew The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) has moved its office to Vienna House at Birmingham International Park...
Elizabeth de Jong, CEO of UKPIA, considers hydrogen and CCUS as part of the energy transition.

Opinion

Hydrogen and CCUS: a sector placed to deliver

...refineries, 60 terminals, 3000 miles of pipeline and over 8000 forecourts across the country. Refining capacity is around ~60MT per annum, meeting ~55% of UK demand for petroleum products. The...

News

Visionary fuel solutions

...want to put industry insight at the forefront of their service. Patrick Hudson explains:  “End-users and resellers of petroleum products tend to focus on the current trading climate and will...

Interview

A Day in the Life… Dave Willcox

The feature where people from different roles in the industry take you through a typical day in their working life. In our July issue we speak with Dave Willcox, tanker...