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Energy minister Greg Hands is set to open the “Hydrogen and Fuel Cell's - Here and Now" conference hosted by UK HFCA and will set out how government intends to work with industry to establish a thriving hydrogen economy in the UK by 2030.
Logistics industry addresses long-term recruitment and staff retention issues with a major new awareness and recruitment campaign, ‘Generation Logistics’ launched by Logistics UK and CILT.
The UK competition watchdog will investigate record high prices at pumps in response to a government request. The CMA will conduct a ‘swift and urgent review’ following a call from Business Secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng.
Unveiled at this year’s industry EXPO, Barton Petroleum created a replica of the Wellingborough-headquartered distributor’s first ever tanker to celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary in 2022
Phillips 66 marketed fuel brand, JET, strengthens presence in the South of England with nine Petrocell-owned sites to join the growing network of JET-branded dealer sites.
Suttons Tankers unveils commemorative livery in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. To mark this momentous occasion Union Jack livery is emblazoned across the front and sides of a new Volvo FH Globetrotter.
Two leading downstream oil price vendors in the UK and ROI, OMJ Fuel Prices Online (FPO), have merged in a move that will benefit customers of their intraday and settlement oil price information services.
A fire that broke out within a unit at Fawley refinery was quickly brought under control with a spokesperson describing it as ‘an isolated fire’ that was ‘quickly and safely contained and reassuring the public not to be alarmed by the use of flares.
Phillips 66 Humber refinery has been awarded a special accolade by the director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, Shevaun Haviland, for its innovation in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced from sustainable waste feedstock.
Logistics UK has appointed a new policy director, Kate Jennings, to increase representation and influence in transport policy
Gravitricity and Arup have secured £300,000 from the Department of Business Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to study the feasibility of storing green hydrogen in purpose-built underground shafts.
£6.7 million BEIS backing awarded to the Tyseley Ammonia to Green Hydrogen Project, led by Gemserv, through the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply 2 Competition.
Significant landmark in transport decarbonisation as Wrightbus zero-emission hydrogen double deckers clock up one million miles since entering service.
The Tank Storage Association’s (TSA) Conference & Exhibition for professionals in the bulk storage and energy infrastructure sector will return to the Coventry Building Society Arena in September 2022 with SAF demand and energy transition on the agenda.
LocoSoco Group Plc, a company that creates, sources and distributes products and technologies that contribute to sustainability, is linking up with fuel technology expert, SulNOx Group, on projects to convert tyres and plastic waste into high value oils and carbon black.
Transitioning oil homes to renewable liquid fuels and progress towards a sustainable low carbon future for the off-grid sector are central to OFTEC 2022 conference
A new, free-to-use service launched by Bytestrype, a payment card platform, WhatsFuel helps avoid excess fees or surcharges at petrol stations through a Whatsapp chatbot.
David Blevings of the Northern Ireland Oil Federation (NIOF) was part of a recent Reserve Force exercise in Kinloss, Scotland demonstrating the skills required to provide Reserve UK military deployable bulk petroleum and fuel transport capability at readiness in order to enable operational success
Former Fuel Oil News editor completes a barking mad dog walk to raise funds for Pancreatic Cancer UK - a charity close to her heart.
A new partnership between XPO Logistics and Veterans Into Logistics, will create pathways to employment as truck drivers by helping qualified candidates train for HGV licences and prepare for employment.
£200 million in government funding has been announced at Logistics UK’s Future Logistics Conference to continue zero-emission HGV trials and help enable the logistics industry’s journey to decarbonisation.
Burnley-based Greenarc Fuel Cards has introduced a new carbon offsetting service to its thousands of nationwide business fuel card users in an initiative to support the drive to carbon neutrality.
Phillips 66 Humber Refinery is on track to become the first refinery in the world to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions after agreeing a deal with Worley that will use Cansolv CO2 capture technology pioneered by Shell Catalysts & Technologies
Protos, a joint venture between Greenergy and Advanced Biofuel Solutions Ltd, has announced that its first municipal waste to biofuel plant has progressed into the front-end engineering design (FEED) phase.