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Tank farm open day

Certas is responsible for several market-leading lubricant brands including Shell, Castrol, Gulf, Valvoline and Total Last week Certas Energy opened the doors of its Livingston warehouse in West Lothian to...

Insight

Sustainable low carbon liquid fuels: perspectives and prospects

...production Former oil refineries converted into bio-refineries. Total has converted two former petroleum facilities in France to bio-refining facilities, as has ENI in Italy and Phillips 66 in California. Co-processing...

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Trend for forecourt closures evens out

...133.82 p/l. Total 2014 road fuel sales for the year saw a 1.77% rise from 36mn tonnes to reach 36.64mn tonnes, with diesel sales once again outperforming petrol. Retail petrol...
Certa HVO forecourts

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Certa doubles number of HVO-ready forecourts

Certa has launched HVO pumps at three more of its forecourts bringing the total of HVO-ready Certa outlets to six. The leading fuel supplier’s new HVO-ready forecourts are located in...

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Breakout for Ben raises £159k on the road to £1million

Automotive charity, Ben, announces that its 10-day virtual active challenge, Breakout for Ben, has raised just under £159,000 – an amazing total that will help address its £1million fundraising shortfall....

Opinion

OGUK welcomes climate report impetus

...to cut emissions from oil and gas production, currently totalling about 18.5m tonnes a year, to net zero by 2050. This could include the electrification of offshore oil and gas...
A new series giving insight into ways to take control of fleet insurance costs.

Knowledge

Managing costs: minimising fleet insurance premiums

...for thought? Insured claims costs Insured claims costs are a simple total: Number of Claims x Cost per Claim = Insured Claims Costs Average cost per claim (note 2 at...
Oil prices

Insight

What price oil? 2024 In review

...the total UK fuel mix during the year to date which was below 8% in the same period the previous year. August In August, the EU delayed its final decision...
Electric and hydrogen truck pioneer Tevva has made history by launching the first hydrogen fuel cell-supported heavy goods vehicle (HGV) to be manufactured, designed and mass produced in the UK.

Insight

Fuelling commercial road transport: the future energy mix

...serviced entirely by electric double decker buses; around 300 additional zero-emission buses joined the fleet in the course of the past two years, bringing the totals to 3,854 hybrid buses,...

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A good infrastructure?

...a total distillation capacity of 132 million metric tonnes (mt) to 7 with a total capacity of 77 million mt. In the 1970s/80s refineries invested in fluid catalytic cracking capacity...

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Industry event returns to raise £96,500

...are reaching out for help with their mental health and wellbeing. As the evening’s fundraising efforts were totalled, the final figure has been confirmed as £96,500 – one of the...
Fossil fuel output

Analysis

Lowest fossil fuel generation on record in Europe

...key highlights of a new report on the European electricity market from energy data analyst, Montel Analytics. Fossil fuel generation totalled just 131.9TWh across the quarter – the lowest quarterly...
Harry Bourton Phillips 66

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Latest industry people moves – March 2025

...Manager, George Burrell has been promoted to Head of Commercial at Flotech Performance Systems. TotalEnergies Mark Atkinson has joined TotalEnergies as Special Fluids Sales Manager (North) Image credit: Phillips 66...

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A Wild Wednesday at the Fuel Oil News Distributor Debate

...refinery, Total UK operates one of the UK’s 7 remaining refineries. Networking with a rather rain soaked David Hodge (6) of Lancashire-based Ribble Fuel Oils was Total UK commercial sales...

Opinion

VAT deal secures Stanlow refinery production

...has been secured, bringing the total to $1.1 billion. This leaves USD$300m to raise to meet the original financing plan. Discussions are on-going with the company expecting to close these...