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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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News
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 ...
News
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 ...
Analysis
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 ...
Analysis
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 ...
Analysis
Harvest Energy – change, challenge and opportunity
Harvest Energy, which has been operating in the UK as a supplier, blender and marketer of road fuels since 1995, has an annual turnover in excess ...
Analysis
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 ...
Analysis
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 ...
Analysis
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 ...
News
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 ...
News
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 ...
News
WCF Fuels – A brief encounter
Nestled in the heart of the Lancashire countryside, a mere stone’s throw from Carnforth station, which famously provided the setting for the 1945 film, Brief ...
News
Moorland Fuels – Becoming part of the landscape
Dartmoor has a harsh, unyielding landscape which is intersected by narrow roads and small country lanes connecting houses and communities together. Deliveries on ...
News
Chandlers Oil & Gas – Playing to our strengths
Established in 1935, Chandlers Oil & Gas now has six depots – Grantham, Lincoln, Retford, Spilsby, Spalding and Corby. Started 76 years ago by Des Chandler, Tom ...
News
Airport Energy – making every single litre count
Ask anyone about the fuelling requirements of the world’s busiest international airport and the first thing that inevitably comes to mind will be aviation ...
News
Manx Petroleum – Fuelled with island spirit
Manx Petroleums Ltd has been serving the Isle of Man community for over 85 years. A Shell distributor for 58 years, the major’s withdrawal from ...
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