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Centre Tank Services celebrates 35 years

...start, new customers that are joining every day, our principal suppliers who supported us all along this journey and, more important than ever, our brilliant employees from the start of...

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The Cobo Conference 2024 

Cobo, the Spanish tanker manufacturer, with its headquarters based close to the port of Santander, recently hosted their annual trip for fuel oil distributors to tour the factory and see...

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Europump Maintenance H&S recognised with gold star

...a gold star, which is their highest rating!” Steven Bamford, workshop co-ordinator at Hanson UK’s Ribblesdale works, said: “We were very impressed with the Europump engineers, especially with how professional...
In profile with Ben Duckworth of Craggs Energy Group who detests clutter unless it’s his headful of movie trivia

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In Profile with Ben Duckworth of Craggs Energy Group

...AFRAID TO START AGAIN.” BEN DUCKWORTH Please give your career history in 25 words or fewer. Completed MSc/BSc, joined Cooke Fuels in 2010, since 2012 marketing director of our companies:...
Wood Mackenzie e-fuels report

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E-fuels – the challenges and opportunities in e-fuels

“E-fuels offer a long-term solution to key energy transition sectors, but the journey needs to start now.”   As the energy transition accelerates, e-fuels look certain to play a critical role...
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ESL Fuels Biofuel Market Update – Q1 2025

...surpassed production capacity, leading to concerns that exported product may contain mislabelled crude palm oil. January customs data showed a 36% drop in Indonesian UCO exports versus December. EU anti-dumping...
Our latest look at the changing downstream landscape

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UK Downstream: the changing landscape

...‘winds of change’. This saw the disappearance of long-established names, as integrated refining and marketing companies, such as Burmah, Mobil, Gulf Oil, Petrofina and Elf (the last two being acquired...

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Irish oil group launches annual fundraiser

Family-owned Irish oil company, Maxol, has launched its annual Christmas Coffee Cup campaign in support of depression charity Aware as demand for its services continues to grow. With roots that...
Moorland Fuels:20 years and still growing strong!

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Moorland Fuels:20 years and still growing strong!

...the development of this family-run business from its beginnings in 2003 with just a single baby tanker: “My parents, Ben More and Debbie More, started Moorland Fuels back in 2003...

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Tank inspection robot in development

...floor’s remaining life.  Phillips 66 and Square Robot, a rapidly growing Boston based start-up, are advancing into the unmanned robotics inspection market through the joint development of an autonomous robot...
UKIFDA announces final shortlist for EXPO 2024 Awards

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Deadline for UKIFDA EXPO 2024 Award entries imminent

...to promote their environmental programmes, products and services. For the sixth year, Oilshield, which provides insurance and risk management solutions for fuel oil distributors, is sponsoring the Green Award. Tom...

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Tanker upgrade for Certas Energy

...latest in-cab technology and tracking devices joined the Certas Energy fleet last month. The new units – built by LAG, Lakeland and Magyar with Touchstar in cab technology – are...

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It’s a boy-ler!

Another Royal Warrant holder, Worcester, Bosch Group has honoured this week’s royal birth by creating a one-off baby blue boiler. The Greenstar CDi Compact boiler – sadly, gas rather than...
3ti

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Transition talk with Ben Marchant of 3ti

...our fifth anniversary, we feel like we’re just getting started. For example, we recently announced that we are leading a pioneering £2 million ‘V2X Fast Hub‘ project which aims to...