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Customer feedback helps gain competitive edge

With one of the first principles of quality management being customer focus; understanding customers and seeking to meet their requirements, Mabanaft carries out a regular ...

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Welsh distributor goes with the wind

Erecting the latest turbine at D J Davies Ammanford depot Formed in 1971 D J Davies Fuels has diversified to offer its customers a range of ...

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Phillips 66 thanks its customers’ drivers

The Humber refinery – Phillips 66 hopes to run similar events at its other terminals in the future In late August, 40 haulier drivers and scheduling staff attended ...

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Essar’s Brainwave

Joanne Freeman (Brainwave), Sally Darlington (Essar Oil UK), Anthony La Mola (Brainwave) and Matthew James, with son Dylan, daughter Megan and wife Vicky A significant ...

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Brobot – successful but ‘remaining vigilant’

Brobot Petroleum, which operates 23 filling stations, has successfully appealed via the First Tier Tax Tribunal against HMRC’s imposition of unreasonable conditions to obtain an ...

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Hoyer switches to Goodyear

Allan Davison operations director says Hoyer is pleased to award Goodyear this business – a company that has ‘built a reputation for improving the efficiency of ...

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In line for the tanker title?

Ribble Fuel Oils has entered its Magyar-built tanker for the title of Fuel Oil News 2015 tanker of the year.

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Greenergy backs apprenticeships

Greenergy’s new intake of apprentices Four teenagers have taken their first steps into the world of work by securing apprenticeships at Greenergy on Teesside. “...

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Female entrepreneur joins Millers

Jan Ward – delighted to be joining Millers Oils Millers Oils has appointed Jan Ward CBE as the new chair of the board of directors. Jan ...

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Safety performance wins gold  

Russell Best, HSE advisor at Phillips 66 receives the award from RoSPA’s Jocelyn McNulty Phillips 66 has been awarded the prestigious RoSPA Gold Award for Occupational ...

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At your service

Will Wood (south/south east), Richard Griffiths (north/north west) and Martin Adam (south/south west) Over the past 9 years, MechTronic has prided itself on ...

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Biofuels producer completes acquisition

  Olleco announced last week that the company had completed its acquisition of Convert2Green. The UK’s largest converter of used cooking oil and ...

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Oil-fired homes – the clear winners

After the latest Sutherland Tables revealed that the cost of oil had fallen for the fourth successive quarter, the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers is urging ...

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Alpeco works with Standard

Nick Goodwin besides Standard Fuel Oil’s new Alpeco bottom loading skid. Having fitted Alpeco equipment on two new tankers last year, Standard Fuel Oils ...

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Transporting AdBlue

The Turners/GreenChem fleet now consists of 10 tankers, three of which (above) are totally branded as GreenChem vehicles Turners (Soham) has recently taken delivery of ...

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RIX delivers solid performance

The Rix Tiger, part of the Rix Sea Shuttle fleet which helped J.R. Rix and Sons grow profit by a third in 2014 J.R. ...

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Total UK prosecuted

Total UK Limited has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive and subsequently fined £1.4 million plus £35,000 in costs for a breach of COMAH regulations ...

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The UK’s first purpose built oil re-refinery

Hydrodec – fully engaged in the planning, permitting and financing process for its oil re-refinery The Hydrodec Group has announced plans to develop a facility to ...

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Truckers get on their bikes

Pleased to work with Sustrans in developing this training course, the FTA is delighted at the uptake to date. Last week saw a new lorry ...

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Racing around at JET

Following a second year as official fuel partner to the Silverstone Classic, JET is looking forward to partnering the event again in 2016 JET put over 70 ...

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An essential guide to shale gas

Visit knowledge.energyinst.org/collections/shale-gas for more information. The Energy Institute has published A Guide to Shale Gas; FREE to download it addresses the ...

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On the tank storage agenda

Shale fracking and its potential impact on bulk liquid storage in the UK will be among the topics at the annual conference of the Tank ...