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ESL Fuels Biofuel Market Update – Q1 2025
Feedstocks Following a strong rally in the final quarter of 2024, Northwest European (NWE) UCO prices continued to strengthen across Q1, rising 10% to reach a two-year high of $1140/mt...
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Opinion
Ken’s corner – What do you want to be when you grow up?
...‘Gamer’ or ‘Streamer’ to this question, closely followed by ‘Video Game Developer’, while 20% of ten-year-olds want to be an ‘Influencer’. Unsurprisingly, careers like fuel distribution, tanker driver and transport...
News
Backing a certainty
...we encourage budgeting by paying over a period of time via direct debit and ordering early.” “The business is an active supporter of the Buy Oil Early campaign run by...
Interview
Celebrating 50 years of innovation
...filling station sites to refurbish ourselves as ‘hospital jobs’ between contracts. The same year, the company purchased Happy Lands’ Quarry near Chipping Campden, an 11-acre site, and got planning permission...
News
Tanker driver scoops top award
Barnaby (kneeling on left) with Wincanton’s Driver of the Year category winners Fuel tanker driver Barnaby Moverley has been crowned Wincanton’s Driver of the Year. Now in its eighth year,...
Opinion
Fears for future of Stanlow oil refinery
...of aviation fuel a year. With reports suggesting that discussions could involve a request for direct financial support, questions would be sure to arise around the ‘optic’ of the government...
News
Impressive speaker line-up for Future Fuels Conference 2022
...focus on the industry’s future, as UKIFDA chief executive Ken Cronin explains: “The timing of this year’s conference couldn’t be better. Last year was the first time the liquid fuels...
News
UKIFDA to reward sustainability with new award
UKIFDA has launched the 2021 UKIFDA Green Awards in collaboration with insurance and risk management solution Oilshield. Now in its third year, the UKIFDA Green Award is sponsored by Oilshield...
News
Corrib Oil’s tour de force
Corrib Oil once again sponsored the annual Tour de Lough Corrib in Connemara with money raised beating last year’s €50,000. Organised by the heart and stroke charity Croi, this year’s...
Interview
The evolving scope of fuel logistics
...build around you. I believe this is your 7th year with Greenergy Flexigrid – what are the main developments you have seen in fuel logistics over that time? It’s certainly...
News
Lewis Tankers ahead of business plan
Latest figures released by Lewis Tankers show a much improved financial performance for 2011. Revenues grew 53% over the previous year to £11 million, and there was a 90% improvement...
News
Award-winning FPS EXPO
The FPS team celebrating their success earlier this month FPS EXPO took the title of Exhibition of the Year at the Trade Association Forum 2017 Best Practice Awards which took...
News
BP to cut 10,000 jobs as virus hits demand for oil
...executive of 111-year-old BP in February, said: “We will now begin a process that will see close to 10,000 people leaving BP – most by the end of this year....
Opinion
North Sea oil and gas must address challenges to mitigate energy crises
...for clean and just fossil fuel transitions. To me, it is clear that, without bold and stable pathways towards such an energy transition in the region, Paris Agreement climate goals...
News
Thin cover for winter?
...northern Europe demand continues to grow, albeit at unspectacular rates – up 3% year on year in the first half in Germany and up by 2% in the first five...
Interview
In conversation with Matt Whitton of Watson Fuels
...broader perspective helped pave the way for his involvement with Watson Fuels in 2022. Initially engaged on the supply side, Matt took over operations in early 2024, before stepping up...
Interview
Penshurst Fuels: a fuel distributor with community at its heart
...and two customers – ourselves! Three years later, we have three active lorries and thousands of regular customers across Kent, Sussex, and the Surrey borders, whom we supply year-round. “Our...
Interview
Taking a different approach
...and seasonal prizes – last year’s was a 42-inch television; this year we’re offering free iPads for the highest upgrade to our premium kerosene. “When they purchase 700 litres or...