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Ministerial visit to Stanlow focuses on low carbon future
Essar was delighted to host a visit to Stanlow Refinery today by Andrew Stephenson MP, minister of state at the Department for Transport. The minister ...
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Exolum’s future lies in new energies
Exolum’s CEO, Jorge Lanza, recently addressed the evolution of the business and the new challenges faced in the current energy transition. The company will ...
Opinion
Prax pledges on jobs and decarbonisation
Luc Smets has been appointed general manager of the Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery at North Killingholme, bringing with him more than three decades of experience ...
News
Watson Fuels carbon offsetting solutions
Watson Fuels has recently announced that customers can now purchase Carbon Offset Fuel from the company. A proportion of the price paid for fuel will ...
Opinion
Is the UK set to become the ‘Hydrogen Nation’?
A leading campaign group is launching an industry-wide survey to discover the ‘State of the Hydrogen Nation’ ahead of the expected publication of the UK’...
News
UKIFDA announces EXPO sponsors
UKIFDA has revealed the sponsor for the first day of the two-day Future Fuels conference on 7-8 July as insurance broker Aon, and for the ...
Interview
Celebrating 50 years of innovation
This spring sees OTS Group Ltd celebrating its 50th anniversary and, from humble beginnings in 1971 in a farm cowshed to becoming a leader in the ...
News
UKIFDA to reward sustainability with new award
UKIFDA has launched the 2021 UKIFDA Green Awards in collaboration with insurance and risk management solution Oilshield.
Now in its third year, the UKIFDA Green Award ...
Opinion
Fears for future of Stanlow oil refinery
Essar-owned Stanlow refinery, located in Ellesmere Port, is reportedly facing financial problems, but the company has said it is fully committed to its operations at ...
News
Leading industry company celebrates 50 years of innovation
This Spring sees OTS Group Ltd celebrating its 50th anniversary and, from its humble beginnings in 1971 in a farm cowshed to becoming a leader in ...
News
An industry creating its own new dawn – liquid biofuel trials in the UK
In our March issue we reported on a ground-breaking industry trial.
Accepting the inevitability of an end date for the use of fossil fuels in ...
News
Channoil Energy’s new division to tackle energy transition
Channoil Consulting has relaunched as Channoil Energy and created a new division, ‘Net-Zero Solution’, to work with clients specifically on energy transition.
For more than 20 ...
Opinion
UKPIA welcomes support for decarbonisation projects
UKPIA welcomes the announcement of £171 million of funding towards major decarbonisation projects involving a number of UKPIA member companies.
The Department for Business Energy and ...
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bp plans UK’s largest hydrogen project
bp has announced that it is developing plans for the UK’s largest blue hydrogen production facility, targeting 1GW of hydrogen production by 2030. The project ...
Opinion
Decarbonising transport – the future of mobility in the UK
The downstream oil sector – the supplier of 96% of the UK’s transport fuels – is committed to decarbonisation of the transport system and can be an ...
News
Essar to play key part in regional decarbonisation partnership
Following a commitment of £72 million of funding, HyNet North West will transform the North West into the world’s first low carbon industrial cluster, playing ...
News
Hydrogen update: Highlands hydrogen hub
A multi-partner plan involving the Port of Cromarty Firth has been launched to establish a green hydrogen hub in the Highlands that will see Scotland ...
News
Maersk Training UK launches upgraded training centre
Maersk Training UK (MTUK) has launched the first half of its refurbished Aberdeen safety and survival centre which has undergone a £720k refurbishment to ensure ...
News
Fuel switch in full flow for River Thames
A new collaboration between the biggest commercial vessel operator on the Thames, GPS Marine and Green Biofuels, the UK’s leading provider of clean advanced ...
News
UKIFDA EXPO 2021 goes virtual
The organiser of the liquid fuels distribution industry annual event, UKIFDA, is delighted to announce that, for the first time in its 40-year history, EXPO ...
Opinion
Budget 2021: Hope for hydrogen hub
Green entrepreneur Jo Bamford said: “The PM has said the UK will be “putting a big bet on hydrogen” and the Budget’s green light ...
News
Is the case for HVO strong enough?
The March issue of Fuel Oil News looks in depth at the industry efforts to find future fuel solutions.
Opinion
Don’t let Covid derail decarbonisation
Responding to the 2021 Budget, OFTEC chief executive Paul Rose said: “The Chancellor didn’t hold back in outlining the financial toll the Covid-19 pandemic has ...
Opinion
Budget provides welcome clarification on oil and gas decommissioning
Derek Leith, EY’s global oil and gas tax leader comments on today’s Budget:
“It would be an unusual Budget if the Chancellor didn’...