Opinion
What is the best Christmas present for a fuel distributor?
...Christmas present were – Richard Bates at Oakley Fuel Oils who requested ‘20 degrees of frost and some cold easterlies – 16C in November is no good to anyone!’ ;...
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Interview
The young voices fuelling the industry future: Insights from UKIFDA’s Young Achievers
...the Beast from the East. “It was challenging but rewarding,” she said. Harry spoke of the chaos when every truck went offline. “That was a tough day. All of them...
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Strengths and weaknesses of Scotland’s Grangemouth refinery
...Far Eastern refining as well asIndia– all have hit European refinery margins. The weaker players with smaller capacity and the least potential for upgrading, producing products for which there is...
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Adler & Allan – Getting down to business
...Stratford in 2009 to make way for the Olympic redevelopment). A&A offers a 24/7 emergency fuel service, particularly appreciated by the south east’s banking and data centres. Located in eastLondon,...
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Fuel additive supplier proudly celebrates 20 exceptional years
...expansion of existing business we have developed in the USA, the Middle East, African and Southeast Asian markets” “SBZ is continuing to invest in manufacturing plants, laboratories, strategic bulk storage...
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Distributor diaries May 23: updates from our distributor community
...a successful charity Easter bake sale in support of Macmillan Cancer. Everyone involved got their baking gloves on, including Nadya (a member of the Ukraine family that we have proudly...
Interview
Sodbury Fuels: celebrating 10 years in business
...being such an integral part of the community. It’s been a brilliant 10 years (apart from the Beast from the East!) and we are continuing to grow and develop. We’d...
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WCF Fuels – A brief encounter
...from the Irish Sea to the Pennines, as well as Wensleydale and Swaledale); North East (which encompasses Hexham and Northumberland, as well as the Tyne, Wear and Teesside areas) and...
Insight
The integrity of the UK oil supply system
...supplied from Stanlow refinery, supplemented by two pipeline fed terminals in Manchester, a sea fed public storage facility at Eastham and a rail fed terminal near Carlisle. Yorkshire/Humberside is serviced...
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Alarm bells raised by ‘beast from the east’
“While OFTEC in principal supports government’s desire to reduce carbon emissions, this cannot be at the expense of energy security,” says Paul Rose, OFTEC chief executive The impact of the...
Interview
In Conversation with Martyn Lyons, TR3 Consulting
...on products like HVO and methanol, which are being used widely now, as well as products for the future, like hydrogen and ammonia, that are complicated and expensive. For these...
News
September 2023: People moves in the fuel distribution sector
...Energy Alex Wolfe has started a new position as Regional Director for Certas Energy, responsible for Certas Energy customers, colleagues & assets in Greater London, Northamptonshire & East Anglia Steven...
Interview
Touchstar Technologies: planning for world domination
...going to get into these other geographies. Ortec, for example, has introduced us to a company in Eastern Europe, while Adapt IT has put us on to a company in...
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Register now for the global tank storage event of the year
...of the Board for European Hydrogen Council, Bruni Hayem, CEO of Rubis Terminal and many more. Topics covered include tackling the energy trilemma, what the energy transition looks like in...
Insight
Transition talk with Peter Davidson of the Tank Storage Association
...as well as nuclear fusion, hydrogen, carbon capture and storage and renewable energy. In particular, Part 12 of the Act, which came into force in January 2024 and is aimed...
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Banning the internal combustion engine
...demonstrate that all forms of propulsion technology, including renewable fuels, electricity and hydrogen could have a substantial impact on GHG emissions,” said Steve Sapsford, chair of the Institution of Mechanical...
Interview
Virgin Atlantic Flight100 – a flying start for future fuels
...not decarbonise aviation, but as zero emissions electric and hydrogen aircraft technologies are decades away for long-haul aviation, SAF is an immediate mid-term solution. What is your opinion on ‘greenwashing’?...
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2020 industry trends at StocExpo
...also identifies and explores trends like the growth of LNG and hydrogen, which are on the diversification agenda for more than half of storage terminal respondents, but only 22% and...