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Backing a certainty
...Fourteen years later and now managing director at Certas Energy, Paul Vian was in the interview chair From GB Oils to Certas Energy Why the change of name? “It was...
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A&M Renewables collaborates with QM Recycled Energy to produce oil from plastic waste
A&M Renewables has entered into a commercial joint venture with QM Recycled Energy (QMRE) to become the first UK customer to purchase a VIXLA plastic Waste-2-Oil system from the Kent-based...
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A legacy of diversity
...and keeping things simple. Were it not for a willingness to take a risk, Stoddards might not be in the oil business today. Before beginning life as a Jet distributor...
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MPs support bill to incentivise renewable liquid fuels
...oil. 150 oil heated properties, from homes, businesses, schools to churches have already successfully switched to HVO as part of the industry funded demonstration, with no major technical hurdles and...
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The next generation of fuel distributors
To consider the future of the fuel oil industry, we need to contemplate its past. From a ‘dirty oil’ image to one displaying adaptation, growth and evolution, the changing face...
Interview
A career dedicated to fuel
As he looked forward to his retirement in May this year, Fuel Oil News spoke with Bob Taylor, managing director of World Fuel Services’ UK Land Business, who shared with...
News
Stanlow’s strong performance
Reducing production of lower margin products such as fuel oil and naphtha, Essar’s Stanlow refinery has increased the yield of high margin products such as gasoline and middle distillates Essar...
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Oil theft on the rise
...crude oil rises and are advising homeowners to take a few simple steps to secure their oil tanks. These include keeping oil levels as low as necessary to reduce the...
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Simon provides specialist storage and water separation services
...natural in-tank separation of oil and water, the water was drawn off for disposal through Simon’s water treatment facilities. Oil residues left in the tank were collected by OSS, using...
Insight
Gas grid and storage facilities in the UK
...circa 170,000 miles of pipelines. The above infrastructure supports the largest gas market in Europe at just under 80 billion M3 in 2012 (70 million tonnes of oil equivalent) –...
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FoxInsights and Slicker Recycling partner to innovate waste oil collections
FoxInsights, provider of advanced telemetry solutions, has formed a partnership with the UK’s largest waste oil collector, Slicker Recycling, to transform collection processes. Together, they are launching an innovative tank...
Opinion
UKIFDA encourages homeowners to begin transition to biofuels
In a campaign launched by UKIFDA, the 114,000 households across Wales which use oil heating are being advised on a plan to decarbonise the heating in their homes through the...
Insight
A vertically challenged market
...UK oil market has seen a gradual shift away from domination by the oil majors and mini majors. Their rationalisation and repositioning created a vacuum now filled by importers and...
News
INEOS completes Forties Pipeline acquisition from BP
...responsibility for a strategic UK asset that delivers almost 40% of the UK’s North Sea oil and gas output, INEOS has further strengthened its long-term oil and gas activity. The...
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Distributor diaries October 2024: updates from our distributor community
...whole experience even more rewarding.” Nolan Oils – Oxfordshire County Show support Nolan Oils, the Bicester-based fuel distributor, is always keen to support and help their local community. They have...
Interview
35 years of tanker loading and process metering solutions
...editor for Fuel Oil News, spoke with operations director, Kiran Shaw, and technical director, Greg Clarke, who head up IFC Inflow, to hear more about the company’s evolution and where...
Interview
A better strategy for Irish distributors
...capital employed (ROCE) The RoI heating oil market is oversupplied – simply put, there are too many oil distributors. This equilibrium imbalance can only be resolved by a reduction in...
Analysis
A just transition for Grangemouth?
Grangemouth, one of six oil refineries in the UK, is the oldest and the last one in Scotland, supplying around 65% of Scotland’s oil products. In a September statement, site...