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One of the largest solar plants in the world is currently being built in Oman. The plant dubbed Miraah, created by GlassPoint for Petroleum Development Oman, was designed purely  to boil water for use in oil production rather than to...

2016 Driver of the Year Winner Ian Ross of NWF Fuels LtdWith less than six months to go until the key event in the oil and fuel distribution industry’s calendar, FPS EXPO 2017, the hunt is now on to find...

DCC Energy Limited has confirmed that it is ditching the Maxol Direct brand in Northern Ireland, following the acquisition of Maxol Group’s home heating oil interests in Northern Ireland earlier this year.By 31st. March 2012, the Maxol Direct business will...

Greens Support Housing Repair And Renovation VAT ReductionThe Green Party has today pledged to cut VAT on housing repairs and renovations.Currently the VAT rate on repairs and renovations is 20% but, with the UK’s housing stock in desperate need of...

FPS EXPO the oil and fuel distribution industry’s annual exhibition taking place at The Exhibition Centre Liverpool on 10 and 11 May and organised by trade association The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) is gearing up apace, with more companies,...

Mark Askew, Chief Executive of The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) who has been at the helm of the trade association for fuel and heating oil distributors since April 2011 has this week resigned to move to pastures new.Mark Askew...

FPS EXPO organised by heating oil trade association, The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers, is the oil industry event of the year and is returning to the Liverpool Exhibition Centre on 18 and 19 April 2018 with the promise of a...

FPS EXPO 2017, the event for the oil and fuel distribution industry, organised by trade association FPS (The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers) is returning to The Exhibition Centre Liverpool on 10 & 11 May this year with over 10% of...

Online bathroom retailer Victorian Plumbing is set to launch an appeal against the recent court judgement for infringement of trademark brought by competitor VictoriaPlum.com earlier this year, which was resolved in November. According to Victorian Plumbing, the case “revolved around...

The host facility for the world’s deepest offshore oil and gas project is a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. It is the thirteenth FPSO in Shell’s global deep-water portfolio and produces through subsea infrastructure beneath 9,500 feet (2,900...