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6 Established as an independent company in 2002,
the px group has been chosen to operate, manage
and maintain BP’s former Northampton fuel storage
and distribution terminal for its new owner, Essar
Oil UK. px CEO Mark Kendrick ‘looks forward to
forging a mutually rewarding relationship with Essar’.
px manages power generating plants on Teesside,
Cumbria, Lincolnshire and Wales.
6 Gulf Aviation, has secured a brand-new 12-month
contract to provide fuel for Delta Air Lines, adding to
its growing network of international airline carriers.
The contract, which will see supply to Edinburgh
Airport and Glasgow International, ‘further represents
progress for Gulf Aviation as we continue working
hard to achieve our strategic growth objectives,
building on the reputation we’ve established over the
past eight years since we entered the UK’s aviation
fuel market,’ said David Dykes, commercial manager
at Gulf Aviation.
6
Pentag Gears and Oilfi eld Equipment has
completed the delivery of its 35th beam pump
to the Wytch Farm Oil Field in Dorset. Originally
founded by British Gas Corporation back in 1980, the
largest oilfi eld in Western Europe is now operated by
Perenco. Comprising of three separate oil reservoirs
– the Bridport and Sherwood Jurassic sandstone oil
reservoirs and the Frome clay/limestone oil reservoir;
the fi eld’s average daily production is more than
13,000 barrels
6 Of the 8,459 UK petrol stations, 60% are now in the
hands of independent dealers with the top 5 groups
owning 28% between them reports Christie & Co,
a specialist advisor for buying and selling business in
convenience retail. The largest operators by volume
remain the supermarkets which sell on average
around 11 million litres of fuel per site. With fuel
margins low, the focus is on expanding retail; last year
the total value of forecourt convenience sales was
around four billion.
6 This year Shrewsbury-based Morris Lubricants is
celebrating 150 years in business. The company,
which has a 250-strong workforce, has seen fi ve
generations since it was founded by James Kent
Morris in 1869. Launching a graduate recruitment
programme in 2015, the fi rst graduates to join
were Kyle Gleeson, an international business studies
graduate and Owen Lloyd, an agricultural engineering
graduate. Both have now progressed to become
commercial manager in the export department and a
buyer in the purchasing department respectively.
px fuel terminal operations now extend to Essar Oil UK’s recently acquired Northampton terminal
In situ at Wytch Farm Oil
Field in Dorset, Pentag
beam pumps ‘offer
trouble-free operation in
all climatic conditions’
The Bridport Jurassic
sandstone oil reservoir
lies 900m beneath the
surface of the Wytch Farm
Oil Field. The Sherwood
Jurassic reservoir is situated
at a depth of 1,600m with
the Frome clay/limestone
oil reservoir being 750m
below the surface
“Talented young employees like Kyle (l) and Owen represent the company’s future,” said
chairman Andrew Goddard, a 5th generation descendant of James Kent Morris
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