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County show season for the fuel distributor

Despite the unpredictable spring weather, we’re coming up to agricultural and county show season when thousands of visitors flock to their local show grounds ...

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Can oil hold its market share?

Speakers at OFTEC’s spring conference debated oil’s future  role in home energy provision. “In the face of the government’s agenda to ...

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On the road with Keyfuels

Keyfuels has embarked on a nationwide tour to showcase its range of services to key figures in the fuel and oil industries. The company’s ...

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GB forecourts hit number one spot

GB Oils has overtaken BP as UK market leader in terms of the number of forecourt sites, whilst Harvest Energy added 53 sites to its forecourt ...

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Operations master class for distribution sector

Change management consultancy, Reliable Manufacturing, is holding its next master class on 19th June at the Thistle Hotel, Middlesbrough. The one-day event is designed to ...

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Logistics – essential for everyday life

When Alastair Campbell suggested the transport industry should communicate more effectively on the essential nature of logistics, Suckling Transport’s Peter Larner rose to the ...

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Online – the cookie crumbles

From May, the EU will be introducing changes that will affect the majority of live websites.

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UK refining – hunting for answers

The UK had 18 refineries, it now has 8.  Fuel Oil News recently put a series of questions about the state of the country’s refining ...

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Kerosene – community buying

    FON recently reported on a Shropshire-based charity that had secured a government grant to help people join a fuel-buying scheme. The £3000 grant is ...

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Kingspan Environmental’s SonicSignalman

Kingspan Environmental’s SonicSignalman electronic oil-level monitoring system now has a NEW SMS feature, allowing oil companies to send text messages to end-users. The SonicSignalman ...

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Showcasing oil heating’s future

There are two million off-grid homes in the UK and Ireland.  Over the next 20 years, these homes will slowly but surely need to decarbonise. ...

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Waste oil – where are we in 2011

Roger Creswell, director of the Oil Recycling Association (ORA) writes: “Never far from the environmental scene, and despite its wide utility, oil is a word ...

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Biofuels – an uncertain future

In December 2009, as the legislative framework shaping biofuels was about to change, FON reported on problems and issues affecting the industry. Two years on, we ...

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Future energy – a vital topic

Now chairman of Climate Change Capital, Vivienne Cox, who retired from BP in 2009 after 28 years, was guest speaker in the Vital Topics series at the ...

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BP – making a wholesale commitment

As majors continue to withdraw from the downstream market, Fuel Oil News was keen to quiz BP about its position within the UK’s wholesale ...

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Greenergy – liquid problem solving

Founded in 1993 by Andrew Owens, Greenergy is now both a manufacturer and a terminal operator with a ‘hugely productive’ supply chain.  The company sold 9.9 ...

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Prax – a fast track wholesaler

Weybridge-based Prax Petroleum has been in existence for 10 years.  In less than a decade, the company has risen to become one of the largest independent ...

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Mabanaft – majoring in innovative independence

After serving the majority of his years in the industry working for oil majors, Mark Rolph joined Mabanaft in 2008, becoming the company’s managing director ...

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World Fuel Services – spreading the word

“As the oil majors move more upstream, opportunities are opening up downstream for new refiners and suppliers like ourselves,” said Craig Roberts, managing director of ...

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BWOC – a business with character

  Weston-super-Mare based BWOC was founded in 1982 by Bob Wayne, a family man who had spent all his working life at different levels within the ...

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Monument Fuels – a monumental undertaking

Last summer, a new distributor emerged in the south west – Monument Fuels. Several months on, FON spoke to co-owner, Trevor Rolph, to find out more ...