Excellence in oil distribution industry to be celebrated at FPS awards dinner
Oil distribution industry trade association FPS (Federation of Petroleum Suppliers) is beginning 2012 on a high announcing launch of the FPS 2012 Awards, Driver of the Year, Employee of the Year and the now in its second year the Service to Industry Award
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Industry leaders confirmed to speak at International Petroleum Week 2012
The Energy Institute (EI) is pleased to announce the full programme for International Petroleum (IP) Week 2012
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Motoring groups want Brussels to investigate the rising cost of fuel. Is help at hand on diesel and petrol prices?
Motoring organisations across Europe are stepping up a campaign for an investigation by Brussels to look into market manipulation by energy companies and financial speculators – and ask why fuel prices haven’t dropped. The cost of fuel at the forecourt has continued to remain stubbornly high this year, despite the fall in the price of a barrel of oil
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California considers new limits for vehicle emissions
California regulators were considering new rules that would require dramatic cuts in emissions from most cars and trucks by 2025
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Kazakh fuel market operators establish association
Kazakh operators in the fuel and lubricant market have created an association, the organisation informed. The association comprising legal bodies and individual entrepreneurs entitled Kazakh Fuel Association 1 was registered at the Justice Ministry. It has been founded by 16 independent operators of the fuel market
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ExxonMobil to restructure holdings in Japan
ExxonMobil and TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K have entered into an agreement which will result in the restructuring of ExxonMobil’s holdings in Japan. Under the terms of the agreement, TonenGeneral Sekiyu will purchase ExxonMobil’s shares in ExxonMobil Yugen Kaisha, integrating ExxonMobil Yugen Kaisha’s marketing operations with its existing manufacturing operations. This will result in a single, integrated downstream business better positioned to meet Japan’s energy needs
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Rompetrol Group secures EUR 55 mln RBS loan for gas stations and LPG division in Romania
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Rompetrol Group signed a multi-currency loan agreement at the end of 2011, amounting to a total of EUR 55 million, with a one-year maturity. Rompetrol Group will use the loan as working capital for its two member companies, namely Rompetrol Gas – the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) division, and Rompetrol Downstream – the group’s retail division in Romania
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Our electrical future
Long past are the days when a hybrid vehicle was a rarity. Today, you can find hybrid vehicles operating in every part of Canada and in all weather conditions. True, they are not as efficient at minus 40 degrees Celsius driving in Winnipeg as they are at plus five degrees in balmy Niagara Falls, but the vehicles do operate well in all conditions, and even in cold winters can save drivers money on fuel
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Better Place gets its Israeli battery swap system up and running
Better Place has one of the more unique ways of dealing with exhausted electric car batteries. While it does offer charging stations which take quite a while to charge your battery, it also offers the option of simply switching it out. A 100 car fleet of electric vehicles will now begin testing the infrastructure which stretches across Israel
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Brutus electric motorcycle 2012 promises to be green and mean
Think about the names given to electric cars and electric motorcycles on the market today. Most, if not all, are a play on the concept of all-electric, zero tailpipe emissions travel. So when we heard about a team of engineers in Henderson, Nevada who were developing a new electric motorcycle called Brutus 2, we had to investigate
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Plans to build Canada’s first public electric charging network announced
The locations for the first 90 charging stations with 240V technology for plug-in electrical vehicles have been announced and will be available to the public this spring. The founding partners of ‘The Electric Circuit’ — St-Hubert Restaurants, RONA, METRO, the Agence Métropolitaine de Transport (AMT) and Hydro-Québec — recently made the announcement at the Montreal International Auto Show and said an additional 30 stations will be added by the summer
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Seaoil may acquire oil firms to accelerate network expansion
Seaoil Philippines Inc., one of the country’s biggest independent fuel marketers, is open to acquiring other companies to accelerate its retail network expansion for 2012, Chief Financial Officer Mark Yu informed. In an interview Yu said Seaoil has already hiked its expansion target as it seeks to add another 100 service stations to end 2012 with over 300 stations. The company was earlier projecting to open only 60 gas stations this year
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Forte oil rebranded flagship station
Forte Oil has announced the opening of its fully rebranded flagship station located in Ikoyi, the heart of Lagos .Designed and produced by the Brand Union, a foremost international brand and architectural design agency based in Johannesburg, the station features a modern pump island, lubes bay and a digitally operated price pylon
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Florida County proposes gas price posting ordinance
Orange County officials say hundreds of people have complained about not knowing the price of fuel at some retail locations near theme parks. Gasoline stations in Orange County, FL., might soon have to post their gasoline prices under an ordinance the county is considering. Officials pointed to close to 1,000 consumer complaints with the Better Business Bureau about gasoline stations located close to theme parks that do not advertise fuel prices as their impetus for the rule
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Total Oil Indonesia plans new sites ahead of subsidy limits
Total Oil Indonesia, a subsidiary of the French oil and gas company Total, has earmarked up to million to more than double its fuel station business, a senior executive said. It plans to build 15 to 20 more stations this year with at a cost of million to million, Asif Iqbal, vice president of retail and sales, informed
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Network of TATNEFT's filling stations increases in 2011
The filling stations chain of OAO TATNEFT increased by 19 filling stations in 2011. At the end of the last year the retail network of the company included 641 filling stations with 511 of them located in the Russian Federation, while 128 stations were located in the territory of the Ukraine and 2 stations in the Republic of Belarus
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Cisco Cius is implemented at petrol station of the future in Brazil
Cisco Cius, an enterprise mobile collaboration device in a tablet form-factor, is part of the Petrobras fuel station of the future technology portfolio launched by Petrobras Distribuidora, a subsidiary of Petrobras, and Intel, last month in Rio de Janeiro, according to Cisco
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Pildne launches new project for Aleksino harbor
Pildne is expanding their activities in Russia and has signed a contract to install a floating fuel station in the Aleksino harbor Marina, Novorosiiysk
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