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Understanding compulsory oil stocking obligations for the UK

Insight

Compulsory oil stocking obligations: a UK update

...(Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy) on a monthly basis, from information on supply and stocking collected in the Downstream Oil Reporting System (refiners & ex refiners) and the...

News

Further aviation growth for Essar

The new agreement with Etihad Airways is the latest development in Essar Oil UK’s strategy of downstream integration, which has also seen a successful entry into the UK fuel retail...

Opinion

Call for certainty on renewable liquid fuel

...place to extend incentives for the fuel beyond aviation and road transport to include off-grid heating. In that regard we look forward to the full biomass strategy publication in 2022....

News

Truck operators bid for funding

The Department for Transport and the Technology Strategy Board Industry have invested £9.5m to support the low carbon demonstration trial. Truck operators are being invited to bid for some of...

Interview

Taking a different approach

...we can compete at the sharper end of the price strategy, and offer a more attractive deal.” “We introduced a budget prepayment scheme following customer feedback. While we don’t offer...

News

Activists adopt new tactics in oil terminal protests

...the new action is “part of a strategy, because ordinary protesting had not worked.” On Wednesday 14 September, 51 protesters who took part in a mass civil resistance protest outside...

News

Reality check needed off-grid

...for a heat pump installation. The Government’s Clean Growth Strategy has been widely criticised for its suggestion that oil boilers are to be phased out, with many claiming that renewable...

Opinion

Time to change the oil?

...option. A litigation strategy of “fight all the way to trial” may not just be costly in terms of damages awards, but for those cases seeking to change corporate behaviour...

Opinion

Consequences of IMO 2020

...to come, and there will be challenges ahead for the entire bunkering sector, as old, purely transactional processes are replaced with comprehensive consulting services. Implementing a comprehensive bunker procurement strategy...

Analysis

Harvest Energy – change, challenge and opportunity

...with them.” “We have a long term commitment and strategy for retail,” added Simon. “We want to grow our retail operation to cover as much of the UK as possible;...

News

Exolum’s future lies in new energies

...has signed the UN Global Compact committing to making a contribution to compliance with the Sustainable Development Goals established by the UN in 2015 and has a sustainability strategy that...