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10 years of making a difference
...spare room, the company moved into an industrial unit at Kirkstall Forge in Leeds, an area first occupied by the Cistercian monks of Kirkstall Abbey 800 years ago. “At this...
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Reap what you sow
...a year ago. Deputy editor of Fuel Oil News, Liz Boardman met marketing team member, Lisa Stockton at this year’s Cheshire Show. The company also attended shows in Staffordshire, Nantwich...
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Further growth for LCM with third acquisition in 12 months
...by the company being announced as winner of the Transformation Award at The Lancashire Red Rose Awards, as well as featuring in The Sunday Times 100 Fastest Growing Companies for...
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Future fuels and networking opportunities at international tank storage event
... Achievement and innovation The Global Tank Storage Awards, now in its fifth year, will return on the second night of StocExpo to showcase and celebrate achievements and innovations in...
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Estuary Oils stands triumphant at one of the UK’s biggest one-day farming shows
Monmouthshire-based Estuary Oils was delighted to be awarded 1st place in the competition for Best Show Stand at this year’s record-breaking Usk Show. One of the largest one-day agricultural events...
Interview
A Day in the life – Tim Croughwell of Barton Petroleum
...manager at Barton Petroleum, winner of the UKIFDA depot of the year award and legendary tea drinker, to discover how he spends a typical day. MY ALARM GOES OFF AT…...
Interview
In Profile – with long-standing downstream oil consultant Rod Prowse
...PROWSE Please give your career history in 25 words or fewer. 2 years as economist at one of the large clearing banks. Shortly after the Yom Kippur War, moved to...
News
Have you entered your tanker for the Fuel Oil News 2016 tanker of the year title?
To enter your tanker for the 2016 tanker of the year title, please send brief details of what makes your tanker special and a photograph to jane@fueloilnews.co.uk. The closing date...
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60 million litre fuel deal is further boost to Essar brand
Essar Oil UK Limited has cemented a long-standing relationship by signing a five-year, 60 million litre fuel deal with the Shropshire-based business. The deal will see D.A Roberts’ Gridley Brook...
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More diesel laundering sites discovered
Two men from Great Yarmouth were arrested last week after HMRC dismantled a diesel laundering plant, capable of evading over £1.3 million in duty and taxes a year. Storage tanks,...
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Cheaper heating bills for oil households
Latest figures show that oil continues to be the only primary heating fuel to have fallen in price over the past three years, making it the cheapest option for off...
Interview
Cobo Tankers brings back fuel distributor factory visits
...and project engineer at Cobo, to hear all about the visit. “On the 24th March this year a contingent of existing and potential customers headed to the Cobo factory near...
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Oil price rises over $70 a barrel
...this year after slumping below $20 a barrel last April as the impact of Covid-19 and lockdown restrictions resulted in significant reductions in fuel demand, the international oil benchmark is...
Insight
Strategic supply from Britain’s largest refinery
...mt/year). Subsequent additions took the total up to 330,000bpd (6m mt/year). In 2012 Esso undertook a reconfiguration of the plant, closing one of its three crude distillation units, resulting in...
Opinion
Logistics UK calls for diesel duty cut to protect UK economy
...12% since the start of the Ukrainian conflict, and 41% since the start of the year, and the price of diesel is 24% higher at the forecourt year on year. Logistics...
Analysis
Bio-CNG supplier ReFuels announces first profitable quarter
...HVO adoption in HGVs, with numbers rising to 5000 this year. Infrastructure challenges While total cost of ownership over five years may be lower, the initial capital outlay for Bio-CNG...
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Phillips 66 reinforces retail position with JET radical re-brand
...big commitment for us as a family. I was recently asked for any significant stand-out moments in the last 20 years and this is it, 2021 is the standout year....
Interview
An interview with Raphael Hüttman, managing director, Mabanaft
...this year compared to same period last year is substantially better. We are seeing that change pays off and that is rewarding. Have you got more changes planned for the...