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The eternal influence of black gold
...and the year before (2022), it was a staggering 62%. “7.5% OF ADULTS ARE INVOLVED IN AN INDUSTRY THAT DIDN’T EXIST 10 YEARS AGO.” The IMF is now forecasting that...
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Low carbon liquid fuel – centre stage at this month’s OFTEC conference
...provided guidance to the Committee on Climate Change, will also share an insight into the role hydrogen could play in decarbonising the heat and transport sectors. “This year’s conference comes...
Opinion
What price oil? Fuel industry experts share predictions for 2023
...29% and diesel up by 44% year on year. Whilst the exchange rate is weaker, the sustained high prices have been heavily criticised and even the CMA highlighted the ‘rocket...
Interview
Mabanaft internship programme: delivering a talent pipeline
Mabanaft in the UK has recently bid farewell to the company’s 2023/24 interns. The company has been running a successful internship programme for several years, and we had the chance...
News
New refinery manager for ExxonMobil Fawley
ExxonMobil has appointed Riccardo Cavallo as refinery manager at its Fawley facility in Hampshire. Riccardo brings more than 20 years’ refining experience gained with ExxonMobil in Italy, UK and most...
Opinion
Ken’s corner – What do you want to be when you grow up?
...‘Gamer’ or ‘Streamer’ to this question, closely followed by ‘Video Game Developer’, while 20% of ten-year-olds want to be an ‘Influencer’. Unsurprisingly, careers like fuel distribution, tanker driver and transport...
News
Further gains for the JET brand
...branded. We’ve kept in touch with the JET team over the years at industry events and through visits from their regional account managers. “Selling a family business after 30 years...
News
EET celebrates Stanlow centenary by launching 100 community project grants
...local community projects EET Fuels (formerly Essar Oil UK) today announced the launch of its ‘100 grants for 100 years’ celebrate the refinery’s 100th anniversary. The Stanlow Refinery 100 Grants...
News
Retail duo joins Certas Energy
IAN WELCH HAS 25 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE IN THE DOWNSTREAM OIL INDUSTRY Certas Energy has strengthened its retail team with the appointment of Ian Welch and Gary Conway, both former employees...
Interview
Celebrating 50 years of innovation
...steel and finished tanks were manually handled. No forklifts! Within 2 years, we persuaded CoSIRA (Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas) to give us an industrial building loan for...
News
DFS Dundee celebrates 30 years of fuelling innovation across the EMEA
...that the liquid fuel distribution industry can rely on for years to come. As Kurt concludes: “Here’s to the next 30 years in Dundee!” Images provided by Dover Fueling Solutions...
News
Inter Pipeline to acquire NuStar
...entry into the Port of Amsterdam. The Port is the world’s largest gasoline blending hub and has experienced significant storage growth over the years.” NuStar Europe consists of seven coastal...
Opinion
Fears for future of Stanlow oil refinery
...of aviation fuel a year. With reports suggesting that discussions could involve a request for direct financial support, questions would be sure to arise around the ‘optic’ of the government...
News
Impressive speaker line-up for Future Fuels Conference 2022
...focus on the industry’s future, as UKIFDA chief executive Ken Cronin explains: “The timing of this year’s conference couldn’t be better. Last year was the first time the liquid fuels...
News
UKIFDA to reward sustainability with new award
UKIFDA has launched the 2021 UKIFDA Green Awards in collaboration with insurance and risk management solution Oilshield. Now in its third year, the UKIFDA Green Award is sponsored by Oilshield...
News
September 14 update
...over the years has resulted in many periods “North of the Border”. The politics of independence is the usual ding-dong affair between Nationalists (pro-independence) and Unionists (anti-independence), but when it...
News
Corrib Oil’s tour de force
Corrib Oil once again sponsored the annual Tour de Lough Corrib in Connemara with money raised beating last year’s €50,000. Organised by the heart and stroke charity Croi, this year’s...
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Award-winning FPS EXPO
...Exhibition Centre Liverpool in the past two years where it will return on 18–19th April 2018. “This was our first year of entering the awards and it was such a...