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New director of corporate affairs

Brian Worrall’s new role as director of corporate affairs will enable Certas to develop stronger relations with government and industry Brian Worrall has been ...

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Harvest Energy picks innovative solutions

From May 2014, Norbert Dentressangle will provide ‘continuous, intensive and dynamic fuel operations’ for Harvest Energy In a new three-year contract, Harvest Energy has appointed Norbert ...

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Clugston Distribution – ambitious growth plans

David Heath is planning for more tankers and double digit growth at Clugston Distribution in 2014 Following a 20% growth in revenue in 2013, a £2.15m fleet expansion ...

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Greenergy – gold standard safety

Greenergy’s Plymouth Terminal has received recognition of its health and safety procedures from RoSPA RoSPA gold awards for occupational health and safety have been ...

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Could heating oil prices be frozen?

With energy prices becoming a major point of political debate in 2013, below Dr Craig Lowrey, consultant at UX Energy Services looks back over a year ...

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Backing a certainty

Paul Vian – ambitious plans for Certas Energy In November 1999, I interviewed my very first fuel distributor at Carlton Fuels which had just been listed among ...

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A question of tank lining

Steve King – KingTankTechnic would never line a tank of poor integrity which has failed the Engineering Equipment and Materials Users’ Association (EEMUA) guidelines King Tanktechnic ...

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PDP – open for business

Brian Worrall,DODF chair with Marisa Ferguson,SQA, at the signing of the agreement The scheme opened for driver applications on 1st January 2014 and Brian ...

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Business at Loud Fuel sounds familiar…

Kabraul and Mike Tasha – diversity of markets ensures that Loud Fuel stays busy all year round From putting down small roots in 1974 by making deliveries ...

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A new venture for Nolan Oils

Andy and Mark get the Sodbury Fuels tanker on the road in Chipping Sodbury Oxfordshire-based Nolan Oils has expanded with the addition of Sodbury Fuels, ...

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Laundering, siphoning and looting

As many fuel oil distributors and their customers have struggled in the winter floods, others have taken advantage of the situation. Nolan Oils alerted Fuel ...

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Lessons from a top distributor

Oil plays a very important role in our everyday lives – Certas Energy spreads the word with an educational programme in the areas in which it ...

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New marine fuel storage underway

This Port of Blyth site will soon have three new marine fuel storage tanks Having constructed concrete bases for three new marine fuel storage tanks ...

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Street-Porter backs biogas plant

(l-r) Ian Bainbridge, Janet Street Porter, Adam Warren, Antony Warren, and Jayne Winter, RDPE Area Manager (North East) at the Emerald Biogas AD facility in ...

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Predicting diesel’s winter performance

The Energy Institute (EI) has been working to improve the test methods for predicting winter performance of diesel fuels – especially those containing significant amounts of ...

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Putting some fire into Cold Homes Week

To help raise awareness of the 20% of UK households living in fuel poverty and the need to make the country’s homes more energy efficient, ...

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Heavy fuel oil regulations in force

The HID policy team at the Health and Safety Executive has announced that the Heavy Fuel Oil (Amendment) Regulations 2014 have been made and laid. The ...

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More job potential for Pace depot

With ‘exciting plans to grow capacity and the potential to create more jobs’, Pace Fuelcare’s Kings Lynn depot is officially opened When Pace Fuelcare ...

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Progress – but is it enough?

The 13th Tank Storage Association (TSA) conference and exhibition took place at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena in September. A well attended event, registration topped 400 and ...

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Simon – investing in our infrastructure

“From an economic perspective, Immingham is a very important hub in the UK’s infrastructure,” says Keith L Jackson, director of Immingham Storage Company, ...

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Clever chemistry fuels business

With most biodiesel currently traded through the Rotterdam barge market, one UK company has revealed ambitious plans to convince the UK that home grown biodiesel ...

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Striving to be the best

“It’s amazing how things can improve when you really put your mind to it,” Mark Nicholls, general operations manager at NWF Fuels, told Fuel ...