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Michael O’Loughlin on EV charging

I’ve yet to see a convincing case study for investing in EV charging points. Many of these studies point to Norway’s success but in other EU countries we don’t see the government conviction, consumer interest or meaningful execution. In fact with the exception of some neighbouring countries to Norway, the majority of other EU countries are doing the bare minimum.

October 20, 2021

Panic buying causes operational chaos

Fuel shortages caused by panic buying at the pumps created chaos for Eurotank and Europump engineers, with a sharp increase in demand and difficulties with angry motorists when attending service calls.

October 7, 2021

Tricky tank clean made simple with new robot

Eurotank Environmental’s new tank cleaning robot made light work of a remote tank clean in its first trial since delivery.

September 6, 2021

Advice for interceptors: six-monthly cleans prevent blockages and pollution

Interceptors should be cleaned twice a year to avoid blockages and prevent pollution in line with Environment Agency guidance, advises John Rome, Eurotank’s Interceptor and Environmental Management Consultant.

August 21, 2021

Michael O’Loughlin on the forecourt property market

Given the times we are living in you’d be forgiven for missing out on one of the busiest years ever for disposals and acquisitions. Property agents Christie & Co will tell us there is plenty of appetite from buyers to enter the sector or expand their existing networks. But, as always, if there are plenty of buyers there needs to be plenty of sellers.

August 10, 2021

Europump prevents truck stop running out of fuel

Europump engineers came to the rescue recently when a faulty overfill prevention device stopped fuel from being dropped into a 100,000ltr derv tank at the busy Route 74 truck stop on the M74, just south of Glasgow.

August 7, 2021

20T digger beefs up construction division

Eurotank Installations has taken delivery of a new 20T digger, enabling the construction division to take on full site decommissions as well as build new fuelling facilities using in-house plant.

August 1, 2021

How Eurotank lined two tanks in four days with Fastliner

The Fastliner tank lining system really lived up to its name when it enabled the Eurotank Environmental team to upgrade two tanks in just four days for a customer in Liverpool.

July 25, 2021

Why a maintenance regime shouldn’t overlook line cleaning

Pipeline cleaning is very often misunderstood and forgotten about when it comes to microbial contamination of biodiesel blended diesel fuel storage systems.

July 10, 2021

Behavioural safety is key to keeping teams safe

As part of Eurotank’s drive to refresh the safety culture within the business, Safety Consultant Martin Rackley has delivered his behavioural safety course to all the operational managers from across the Group.

July 7, 2021

Michael O’Loughlin reacts to a BBC article claiming it’s the end of the road for petrol stations

On June 11, the BBC reported a story entitled: “Why it’s the end of the road for petrol stations,” by Justin Rowlatt. Having checked this guy out I discovered he is actually an adult and not a GCSE student who had stayed up late the previous night and rushed his homework. Can the BBC actually publish unresearched fiction like this? Well, apparently they can.

July 3, 2021

Mepsan: a new brand of pump for the UK

Europump has become the UK and Ireland distributor of Mepsan fuel pumps.

July 1, 2021

Phase separation: an additional challenge with E10

Phase separation happens when water absorbed by the ethanol separates out during storage. If enough water enters the tank, the ethanol separates from the petrol and settles on the bottom along with the water.

June 25, 2021

How to get ready for E10

The Department for Transport (DfT) consultation said the introduction of E10 fuel would be a “quick way” to introduce new fuel without needing heavy investment, stating that introducing E10 could reduce CO2

June 18, 2021

Michael O’Loughlin on trends in fuel margins

This month I thought I’d take a closer look at the trends with fuel margins – what’s happened in the last 10 years and what might happen in the next 10.

June 17, 2021