Insight
Key challenges and opportunities facing the fuel distributor
...commitment to cease supply of heating oil to properties off the gas grid during the 2020s, when use of liquid fuels for space heating is envisaged to fall to ‘very...
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Interview
ESL Fuels: working with customers to deliver sustainable fuel solutions
...has supplied over two billion litres of fuel to the UK market and offers nationwide coverage through its relationship as a supplier to the nation’s leading distributors, with supply points...
Opinion
The billion barrel blow and why it may mean more pivoting in the fuel sector
...country! The announcement will almost certainly impact the UK’s diesel supply chain and associated costs. With diesel costs highly likely to hit record levels again as we head into 2023,...
Insight
What price oil? 2022 in review
...a key producer of several important commodities including oil, gas, and wheat, prices of these soared as supply chains were disrupted. The oil price was somewhat tempered by renewed Covid-19...
News
Fuel supply sector review highlights significant losses and growth in low carbon fuel projects
...course, 2021 and 2022 have also come with other challenges. A spike in demand last autumn, extended protest activities targeting fuel supply chains and the repercussions of the war in...
News
FTA and Unite respond to Operation Yellowhammer
...may seem trivial but are actually crucial to the successful protection and continuation of the UK’s supply chain, and industry needs key decisions to be made urgently to keep imports...
News
Latest software developments supporting the sector
In recent years, the advancement of supply chain technologies means customer expectations on the availability of order information is much higher. This is also true in the fuel distribution sector...
Review
In review: The Tank Storage Association Conference and Exhibition
...and analysis of the energy transition across geographical Europe calling attention to the key role of storage infrastructure in both core and green products supply chains. • Max Walker, Acting...
Insight
The climate emergency: a game of two halves
...Impacts don’t all relate to extreme weather requiring an emergency response, although many do. And businesses can often be affected by off-site effects, such as power supply or supply chain...
News
UKPIA welcomes FuelsEurope climate neutrality pathway
...policymakers, supply chain partners and customer groups. John Cooper concluded; “This pathway is ambitious, but achievable with multi-stakeholder collaboration. These new technologies are exciting but capital-intensive and their development at...
Interview
Market review 2022: Fuel tanker manufacturers
...already filling rapidly, we are doing what we always do to ensure we maintain our record of delivering to time. We are aware of challenges in the supply chain, with...
News
Hydrogen collaboration for Uniper and Phillips 66
...produced by electrolysis and also carbon capture will enable us to continue to produce essential products for the transport sector and supply chain, some of which are used in the...
Insight
Hydrogen Strategy: Ongoing developments
...companies to secure supply chain opportunities, skills and jobs in hydrogen To help drive the strategy, the government launched a public consultation to identify a hydrogen business model best designed...
Interview
35 years of tanker loading and process metering solutions
...Hazardous products. Another area of growth for us was the development of several hazardous product transfer solutions for non- petroleum markets including the chemical sector and its vertical supply chain....
News
Exolum starts world-first scheme to transport hydrogen using existing oil infrastructure
...government, which has provided £505,000 as part of the Hydrogen Storage and Distribution Supply Chain Collaborative R&D programme run by Innovate UK. The trial will transport 400 cubic metres of...
Opinion
How we can use hydrogen to achieve net zero
...and demand simultaneously The hydrogen industry faces a chicken-and-egg dilemma regarding supply and demand, necessitating simultaneous growth in both areas. One significant challenge is storage, as the supply chain requires...
News
Unprecedented demand creates temporary oil shortage in Ireland
...to ration deliveries while the supply catches up. Some oil distributors have notices on their websites saying they are out of stock, with others removing prices from their sites. But...
News
Valero gains 78 MFG forecourts
...Valero has reached an agreement to supply 78 forecourts which MFG purchased from Murco last year. Fuel supply begins at the end of March and all sites should be Texaco-branded...