Insight
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...said: “As a data, analytics and technology company, DTN delivers operational intelligence to organisations with complex supply chains around the world. We are committed to breaking through the noise and...
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Analysis
Greenergy – National expansion in sales and service
...due to interruption of supply at Coryton. Operationally the business has coped well with this additional demand.” ______________________________________________________________________________ Greenergy’s priorities in the past six months National supply: In January 2012,...
Analysis
BP – making a wholesale commitment
...advantage of others divestments in UK downstream. Our strong supply chain and import locations give us a competitive advantage. Having sold its last UK refinery to Petrochina/INEOS where does BP...
Insight
Skills needed for downstream supply stability now and future
...around energy supply, security, and dependency. Such events again highlight the continuing importance of hydrocarbons in our society and how crucial it is to maintain confidence and resilience in our...
Opinion
Suggested $100 oil unlikely given abundance of OPEC capacity
...supply, due to lower spending and a rapid recovery in crude demand, could create a midterm supply-demand disconnect. However, largely unutilised capacity suggests a near-term price hike to $100 a...
Interview
In Conversation with Klass Oil: a class act in energy distribution
...“We grew from circa 11m litres to nearly 100m litres in the last 12 months, from 1 depot in Rathnew supplying Wicklow & South Dublin to a current network of...
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...
Opinion
Energy security and emission reduction: the role of downstream
...ENSURE THAT THE UK HAS A SECURE AND RELIABLE ENERGY SUPPLY. THE CURRENT ‘CORE FUEL’ SUPPLY MARKET IS FLEXIBLE AND FOR THE MOST PART EFFECTIVE IN ENSURING CONTINUITY OF FUEL...
Opinion
Easing skill shortages and protecting supply chain
...HGV drivers to protect the nation’s supply chain while the organisation catches up with this backlog. “During the Covid-19 pandemic, understandably, all driving tests were suspended,” explains David Wells, the...
Opinion
Calls for ‘vital’ fuel tax cut to remove inflationary pressures on distributors
As the inflationary pressures on business costs continue to soar, Logistics UK has called on Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi MP to take decisive action to protect the nation’s supply chain and...
Analysis
In review: the 2022 tanker market
...Brexit/Covid ‘nightmare’, we have seen the supply chain of goods return to an acceptable level, with lead times and the cost escalation of materials thankfully levelling off.” However, Jonny also...
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
Greenergy aims to develop green hydrogen supply chain in joint study with Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies
Having agreed terms for a joint pre-feasibility study on the development of a commercial scale hydrogen supply chain, Greenergy and Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies aim to ship low-cost green hydrogen from...
News
Industry representation body CBA wins prestigious awards at TAF 2023
...Awards. The Association, which represents the whole of the UK chemical supply chain, was also shortlisted for the ‘Crisis Management Award’ and the ‘Innovation of the Year Award’, with the...
Opinion
Will rising fuel prices accelerate the switch to renewables?
...power capacity of fossil fuels and nuclear combined.” Conflicts and inflation influencing supply chains Russia is the world’s second largest producer of oil and natural gas. Without oil and gas...
News
Driver shortages see service stations running out of fuel
Having recently reported the concerns of industry trade bodies Logistics UK and the CBA regarding driver shortages (here) and the potential impacts on supply chains (here) it is reported that the...
Case Study
A case study: software that is maximising flexibility in fuel deliveries
...decarbonisation. Supplying some 18 billion litres of fuel annually, Greenergy manages fuel supply chains from refinery gates to customer sites which requires a high level of both flexibility and efficiency....
Opinion
Crude falls below $100/bbl as OPEC+ increases output but for how long?
...biggest single producer in OPEC+, President Biden left saying he ‘expected the supply to increase’. Saudi representatives made it clear, however, that any decisions on output would be made in...