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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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’...
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INEOS Phenol and ENGIE to replace natural gas with hydrogen
For the first time in Belgium, hydrogen will be used in a commercial scale cogeneration plant designed to generate electricity and heat from natural gas. ...
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CLH Group evolves to Exolum
Exolum is the new brand name chosen by the CLH Group, strengthening the identification of the company with its future aims, focused on adapting its ...
Opinion
E10 to fuel UK’s journey to net zero
Today’s announcement that the UK Government will mandate the introduction of E10 fuel – petrol containing up to 10% of sustainable bioethanol, from September this year – ...
Opinion
UKPIA welcomes Government’s E10 announcement
UKPIA welcomes the UK Government announcement today that mandates higher ethanol content petrol – E10 – following consultation and will continue to seek close government-industry partnership on ...
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Fuel distributor on the road to a more sustainable future
Southampton-based fuel supplier WP Group is fuelling change for a cleaner greener future by moving its own fleet over to the more sustainable Esso Diesel ...
Opinion
OGUK responds to Shell’s net-zero pledge
Commenting on Shell’s pledge made on 11th February, to accelerate the drive for net zero emissions, OGUK sustainability director Mike Tholen said:
“It is ...
Opinion
Stick or Twist: oil services have crucial choices to make as energy transition accelerates
Oil services companies can no longer delay making a choice on their future direction according to the latest report from PwC Strategy&, called ‘Time ...
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Tate Oil’s decarbonisation scheme grows roots
Otley-based company, Tate Oil, has partnered with Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust (YDMT) to plant 3,000 trees over the next three years, in a bid to reduce ...
Opinion
How the oil & gas industry can maximise energy transition opportunities
Enhancing collaborative culture within the offshore oil and gas industry is not only key to maximising the potential of its existing world class supply chain ...