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Downstream Norway: Leading the way in decarbonisation

...cover these requirements, leaving a modest surplus across all grades. Stockholding obligations Norway imposes emergency stockholding obligations on oil importers and oil producers who imported quantities of oil equal to,...
Claudia Weeks talks to Simon van Lonkhuyzen, Managing Director at TEC.

Interview

TEC: driving forward through innovation

...also developed two new oil reeling hoses specifically for the oil distribution industry – TECOIL and FUELTEC. FUELTEC is now a market leader and TECOIL entered the market in mid-2022...
OMJ price reveiw

Analysis

What price oil? Q1 2025 in review

...prices since September. Biofuels Biofuels got off to a poor start, dragged by ICE Gasoil. However, prices soon found support as on 9th January the EU formally adopted the Anti-Dumping...

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The shipping news

...High Sulphur Fuel Oil LSFO – Low Sulphur Fuel Oil LSMGO – Low Sulphur Marine Gas Oil IFO – Intermediate Fuel Oil ECUK – East Coast UK ECA – Emission...

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Portland Market Report – oil prices

...attractively low oil prices. The two biggest strategic buyers of oil in the world are the oil reserve companies of the USA and China respectively, both of whom are currently...

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Vintage year of success for Millers Oils

...power increases up to 5.6 percent, and when the nanotechnology oil was tested against a competitor’s oil, Nanodrive recorded 33% lower friction. Application of the technology to road car oils...

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Streamlining the UK’s downstream infrastructure

...being falling market demand following the oil price rise in the aftermath of the first ‘oil shock’ which followed the October 1973 Yom Kippur conflict in the Middle East. Further...

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Ford Fuels optimises delivery with tech investment

...TouchStar after the company’s software provider, Fuelsoft, recommended the installation of TouchStar’s ‘Hawk’ units, which were then installed in six Ford Fuels vehicles. As with any business operation, time is...

Analysis

A deep dive into fuel distribution industry data

...solar and heat pumps. The census shows that the number of oil-heated homes has dropped 3% since the last census. It is likely that many oil-heated homes are in the...

Interview

Northern Energy: fuelling communities for 90 years

...as a good base of depots, that made it very easy to move into this new emerging market. “Once we started distributing oil we added a new business – Robinsons...
Ian Moore, of The Oil Market Journal, reviews the oil price in 2022.

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What price oil? 2022 in review

Ian Moore, founder and managing director of The Oil Market Journal, takes us through the year, highlighting the main impacts affecting the oil price in 2022. Contained within this article...
US$40M investments supports Velocys’ SAF ambition

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NZTC announces clean energy start-up cohort

The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has announced its 2024 TechX start-up cohort. The TechX Clean Energy Accelerator, now in its sixth year, will welcome 12 high-potential start-ups to the...

Interview

Kevin McPartlan of Fuels for Ireland

...the highest dependencies on oil of all the European countries with some counties 75% reliant on oil for home heating. There are many in rural communities who drive 2.5 times...