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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...
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Interview
The evolving scope of fuel logistics
...Technician and equipment shortages, Just Stop Oil protests, a fuel crisis and the impact of the war in the Ukraine with the move away from Russian oil and the supply...
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BP halves dividend after record loss, but the future looks bright
Following a record $6.7bn quarterly loss, BP has halved its shareholder dividend after the coronavirus pandemic hit global demand for oil. The loss was largely due to BP writing down...
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Oil and gas apprenticeship scheme open for applications
Recruitment for this year’s Oil and Gas Technical Apprenticeship Programme (OGTAP) is ongoing until 25 March, as the innovative scheme searches for its 2022 cohort. The OGTAP scheme, managed by...
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Future fuel ready tanker is Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year
...title of Fuel Oil News 2021 Tanker of the Year An independent distributor, Kettlewell Fuels has been on the road since 1987, delivering domestic heating oil, agricultural gas oil and...
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PRAX agrees deal for 340-site European forecourt network
The Prax Group has announced that it has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) to acquire, from Mabanaft Gmbh & Co KG, 100% of the share capital of OIL!...
Opinion
Creating a low carbon energy system
...Russian oil and gas is the topic of conversation. Industry commentators are in overdrive extolling the virtues of their own chosen technology and deriding the competition – at UKIFDA we...
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Essar expands fuel distribution into the South East following Oikos Storage agreement
A deal with Essex-based Oikos Storage will allow Essar Oil (UK) Ltd to expand fuel distribution into new markets beyond its traditional North West and Midland regions Under the agreement,...
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RHI target – an unrealistic goal?
Jeremy Hawksley, director general, OFTEC Targets set out in the impact assessment produced by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) state that Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) will support...
Interview
Road Tankers Armagh: quality without compromise
...expansion. With further expansion through 2022 it was time for another catch up, so Margaret Major, editor for Fuel Oil News, travelled to the specially adapted building in Armagh Business...
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‘Team Stobart’ completes Lake District Trek to raise funds for Alzheimer’s Society
...and businesses for over four decades and a proud member of the West Cumberland Farmers (WCF) group, Allan Stobart Lubricants and Fuels is one of the UK’s largest independent fuel oil...
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Major milestone reached with Liverpool Bay carbon capture project
...first two CCS clusters, the signal is clear: CCS is no longer a peripheral technology – it is a core component of national energy and industrial strategy. Secretary of State...
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MFG extends its fuel brand portfolio
Following acquisition of the retail assets of Murco Petroleum last October, the Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is replacing the Murco brand on its company station estate. From 1 April 2015,...
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Tuffa proud to fuel the fleet at LCFC training ground
A small but significant aspect of the awe-inspiring £103m project, Tuffa has been tasked with manufacturing a petrol tank for Leicester City Football Clubs’ new state-of-the-art training ground. The tank...
Opinion
UK HFCA urges Government to act now on nuclear-enabled hydrogen
...by absorbing nuclear electricity at times of low renewables generation – or vice versa. In addition, it can provide the means for matching nuclear power generation to the steady-state demand...
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Pace Fuelcare unveils new Ipswich depot
...of quality fuel for commercial, agricultural and domestic customers across south east Anglia. Key figures at Pace Fuelcare’s parent company, GB Oils, including Sam Chambers, chairman, Paul Williams, director, Simon...
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Another first for INEOS
...delivering this historic project,” added David. In a £110 million investment project, INEOS now has two state of the art vessels to support its North Sea operations. “As natural gas...
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Workers protest over Coryton sale
Workers at the Coryton oil refinery in Essex gathered with their families at Purfleet on 21 and 22 July, to protest against the closure of the refinery and the subsequent...