Interview
Touchstar Technologies: planning for world domination
...beside a building and can often be difficult to find. Also, customers may have more than one tank so it’s extremely useful to be able to pinpoint the right tank...
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News
An old trick of the trade
...hours. Having found a minor leak in the tanker, NIFRS worked to minimise any spillage with the soap employed when the tanker was craned back onto its wheels. Writing on...
Interview
A Day in the Life with Jack Popplewell of Dice Fuels
...life features a tanker driver aged just 22! Fuel Oil News speaks with Jack Popplewell, tanker driver for Dice Fuels, and runner-up of the Young Person of the Year in...
News
Fire destroys three tankers at Ukay Fuels depot
...destroyed three tankers containing a total of 35,750 litres of kerosene, gas oil and diesel. Luckily, the fuel storage tank did not catch alight, as the fire brigade controlled the...
News
Stoddards’ new baby tanker
Stoddards shows off its new RTN tanker with Alpeco equipment Stoddards has taken delivery of a brand new baby tanker from Road Tankers Northern. The tanker is fully equipped with...
News
Compass Energy finds the right tanker partner
...door with a lower clear window to reduce blind spots – enhancing safety for both drivers and pedestrians. Tank and safety features The tanker is equipped with a 20,000-litre Cobo...
Opinion
Transportable lighting in the fuel industry
...industry cannot afford to overlook the importance of transportable lighting. Workplace safety For decision-makers in the fuel industry, workplace safety must always be the top priority. Settings, such as storage...
News
Oil Terminal 2019 – Tank farms and oil terminals: operation, modernisation, development
...brings together 350+ delegates from oil and gas trading, storage, and shipping businesses representing refineries, oil terminals, and ports from 25 countries including Russia, the CIS, the Americas, Europe, and...
Market Report
Portland Market Report – A spectacular own goal or a pivotal act of unknown agents?
...EU countries had made a 180 degree change in strategic direction. Seaborne cargoes of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) were manically snapped up, and tankers bound for Asia diverted into European...
Opinion
Free oil? Not today …
...one of the main storage hubs involved in the export of WTI. However, the world’s oil consumption has dropped by over 30% in recent weeks and the Cushing Terminal is...
Insight
The energy sector: COP27 takeaways and future challenges and prospects
...from February 2023, the country being Europe’s main supply source (about 25 mln mt/year) Will there be sufficient supplies of LNG and adequate, accompanying logistics infrastructure (re-gasification, storage, etc.) to...
News
Inver expands sales at Cardiff
...unparallel flexibility and efficiency. A wider range of products Capitalising on recently vacated storage capacity within the terminal, Inver has expanded its product offering. The company is now selling...
Insight
Sector decarbonisation: The future transport energy mix
...be the dominant future energy source. The benefits of easier/ quicker re-fuelling must be weighed against issues around fuel logistics of storage and delivery, as well as the availability and...
Insight
Aggreko implores industry to adopt a pragmatic approach to future fuels
...emissions using fuels such as HVO with its Stage V generators, companies can also further improve efficiency and reduce emissions with a hybrid setup using battery energy storage solutions (BESS)....
News
Cost effective depot upgrades
...brings terminal loading technology to depot distribution. When IFC originally started building skids for depot loading, electronic batch control was still new to tanker loading and was mainly installed in...
Insight
The Humber refinery – a key indigenous source of supply
...as being of high complexity and close to the top end of European facilities for upgrade/conversion capability. Crude oil is delivered from tankers to the refinery via a mono buoy...
News
Oikos’ hosts Ramanda vessel powered by LNG
The first ship powered solely by liquified natural as (LNG) is to unload at the iconic Oikos jetties on the River Thames. The ship, Ramanda, from the Gothia Tanker Alliance...
Insight
Refining operations
...refinery site comprises 145 storage tanks including 11 for crude oil and 38 road tanker loading bays which can accommodate up to 400 RTWs per day. The rail loading facility...