The Bulletin Magazine - September 2012

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Journal of the Association for Petroleum and Explosives Administration

The Bulletin

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Editor’s Report

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Business Manager’s Report

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Brian Baker Editor

Brian Baker & Associates

Fire and Petroleum Safety

Services

Obituaries

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New APEA Members

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News

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Press Releases

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email: Bakerb4@sky.com

Articles APEA Live 2012 Conference, Exhibition and Awards Dinner

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Interview with Marshall Mott-Smith

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EN 12115 : 2011, Standard for Chemical Hoses New Specifications about Electrical Conductivity

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Ask The Experts

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APEA Abbreviated Accounts ending 31 Dec 2011

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Design and Project Management for Petrol Filling Stations

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Fast Manhole Cover Replacement, an Innovative, Cost-Effective Solution

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Branches

Branch reports Training

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2012 course dates and booking details

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Training course photograph

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Changes to APEA training course dates

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CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

Welcome to this current edition of the APEA Bulletin journal, a little sad occasion for me at this time as this is the last foreword that I will be completing; come November at the APEA AGM I will have completed my two year term as Chairman and will be handing the reins over to Louise Morgan, my current Vice Chair, who I am sure will enjoy the experience as much as I have. Speaking of the AGM I would like to see more members attending this year - the AGM is a chance for you to hear and say how the APEA organises itself and is worth attending by all members. It will be held at the Ricoh Arena on the day of the conference, exhibition and dinner on the 8th November. The two years have almost literally flown by and I have felt proud to be in the position as Chairman of such a prestigious organisation, which is held in extremely high regard within the industry. A notable achievement during my term of office is publication of the 3rd edition of the Blue Book, which is the absolute must have for anyone connected to the forecourt trade. It is quite amazing that this publication does seem to end up in the strangest/remotest places as I saw several copies on a trip to Qatar last year! This year I completed 30 years service within the London Fire Brigade and looking back it is quite an achievement as on the third week of training I was told by an established inspector that he didn’t know why I was bothering because “petroleum licensing wont be here for much longer”. How prophetic his words were in those days! Talking of which though, following on from the Löfsted report into legislation in the UK, the recommendation is that all petroleum legislation is to reviewed by the HSE, including the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928, DSEAR and the ACOP’s, and that the proposed new legislation is to be implemented as early as 2015. This is currently underway and consultation will be carried out, as part of the process, with stakeholders within the industry. May I ask that if you are requested to take part then please do so; it is for everyone’s benefit that this legislation change will be for the 4

good and that it will be workable on all sides of the industry. I have seen a presentation from the HSE already on this topic and the resulting discussions were noted at the time by the HSE representative for consideration, so they are listening! The subject of the legislation changes is to be addressed at the conference in November; we will have a representative of the HSE giving a presentation on the future of petroleum legislation and the way forward - a really interesting topic and one that all members should endeavour to attend; after all, this is the future regulations that you will all be having to work to. Some of you may know that the editor of the Bulletin, Brian Baker, has been suffering with poor health recently and has been in hospital a couple of times over the recent months. Brian has been a tremendous help to me in my role and a stalwart of the association. He never avoids volunteering to undertake tasks that are required and has continued to produce this wonderful publication which, as you will agree, has good, worthwhile and interesting articles within every issue. I would like to take this opportunity firstly to thank him for all his assistance during my term of office and also to wish him a full and speedy recovery and that he is back cajoling all of us for articles for the Bulletin soon. The conference is nearly upon us and there is still time, just, to enter the APEA awards. All the categories can be viewed on the association website; please take a look and consider a nomination this year. Previous winners have always mentioned the pride of receiving the awards and the value to their company image is second to none. As you will see, this year we have some new categories within the awards and I am sure that we will have a bumper crop of entries to all of them. Get your thinking caps on, pencils sharpened and submit those forms for consideration. I hope that all members have looked at attending the conference, exhibition and dinner this year - I know that the economic climate is still uncertain, especially for local authorities, the London Fire Brigade is no exception, but my powers that

be see that this is indeed a valuable learning tool and a chance to meet and interact with leading industry professionals, so for the third year running the LFEPA is sending its full compliment of Inspectors for the whole event. As usual we can offer CPD to individuals that require this for their role, so I must urge all you regulators out there to try and convince your management to allow attendance in order to keep up to speed with current innovations and topics and of course to have a really enjoyable day. Finally, a few words of thanks to the following people who have been of tremendous help during my stint as Chairman. Firstly Gareth Bourhill, who as past Chairman has been invaluable and supportive during my term; Jamie Thompson for the same reason, the APEA council members for their support and input at meetings, Jane Mardell for all her hard work in her role as Business Manager and last but not least all the members, both corporate and individual, for supporting the association with their membership, advertising and attendance at APEA training courses, it is your association and I have been proud to be at its helm for these last two years. I’m off now to continue organising my wedding - logistically not as big as the conference but just as tough to organise; so many things to do with so little time. I will be jetting off for my honeymoon this month and will be visiting India; I have had to promise Liz that I will not be taking any pictures of petrol stations during our time there but we will see! Best wishes Brian Humm

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At the time of going to press our Editor Brian Baker is in hospital in Milton Keynes and he has asked me to write his report. Brian has unfortunately had some health problems with his foot for a number of months now which has affected his mobility and he was hospitalised for three weeks in June. He went home for a short while and is now back in hospital again, we all hoped it was to complete his treatment and get him back on the path to full recovery. However on July 19 Brian had an amputation of his foot below the knee as his problems were far more serious than first thought. Although this is a life changing situation Brian feels that he is fortunate to have a chance to get back to normality and with the eventual fitting of a prosthetic leg is keen to continue his work within the Association. It leaves me on behalf of all his colleagues on the APEA Council to wish Brian a speedy recovery and I hope he will be back in the editorial chair soon. We are now aware of the move (once again) by Government to look at the Petroleum Legislation and they intend to try and change the way we control petrol stations and the consultation process will be underway soon. We expect a speaker at APEA Live 2012 to lay out some of the detail proposals and also the process of consultation; please come along, hear their views and comment on the proposals.

I have seen several attempts to modernise this legislation over the years and while these are carried out with the best intentions it often creates more problems for industry than before. In 1995 Dr Andrew Cottam from the HSE did a similar presentation to the APEA and eventually The Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 came out 7 years afterwards. The HSE should listen carefully to those who have a long experience in this field including some of their own inspectors when drafting these changes. The overriding issue must be public safety - petrol stations are one of the few areas where we encourage the public to come in and purchase and use highly flammable fuels. The APEA training courses clearly demonstrate how things go wrong with some of the case studies showing fires, explosions, death and injury. We also still have too many older stations with single wall tanks and steel pipes which are susceptible to corrosion and leakage and this Journal often reports on the consequences of those leaks. We should look forward to the time when all stations have double wall tanks with leak detection and corrosion resistant pipe work ensuring a far safer storage system. In this issue I was interested in the paper by Fibrelite who have developed a system to replace

Organisation is well under way for APEA 2012 Live and information can be found on page 42. Please ensure you pre-book your tickets, you can do this by going to www.apea.org.uk and clicking on the link for the event.

your attendance. The accounts and nomination form are also available on the APEA website on the ‘Inside APEA’ page and then click on ‘Abbreviated Accounts’. You will need your website log on details to view the files.

APEA AGM 8th November, 1.15pm With this edition of the Bulletin you will find the 2011 Abbreviated Accounts on page 59 and enclosed an AGM invitation letter and a nomination form. Instructions on how to nominate to council are detailed on the nomination form. If you would like to attend the AGM please email me at admin@apea.org.uk or telephone me on 0845 603 5507 to pre-register

2012 AGM, Conference, Exhibition and Awards Dinner Following the success of APEA 2011 we will be repeating the format for APEA 2012. It brings together equipment suppliers, service providers, oil companies, independent retailers, supermarkets and regulators for a day of conference debate, new technology and product display,

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existing GRP covers with new - more modern types. I think this must be a sign of my advancing years; when I was a young inspector I used to battle with station owners to lift very heavy covers of cast iron or steel. When asked if the site carried out a daily dip, the answer was often yes -- but there was little conviction in the voice. One of the big improvements to stations to access tank chambers was the introduction of the first Fibrelite GRP manhole cover 27 years ago which was covered in this magazine and part of their advertising in the Bulletin in those early days was the fact that “Mabel” a young lady could lift up the covers without effort. These have now been installed across the World and I am sure Mabel would be pleased to see that the newer covers seem just as easy to lift! Jamie Thompson Chairman Publishing Committee

networking and industry recognition. APEA 2012 takes place on 8th November at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry. The event takes place in a

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dedicated conference and function centre, boasting top class facilities. Anyone wishing to book a place at the Conference, Exhibition or Awards Dinner should go to the link on the home page of the APEA website at www.apea.org.uk. If you would like to enter any of the awards you can do this online from the home page of the APEA website at www.apea.org.uk or please contact me for an entry form at admin@apea.org.uk. Please specify which award you wish to enter so that the appropriate form can be emailed to you. Details about the awards can be found on page 44.

BUSINESS MANAGER’S REPORT

2013 Yearbook The 2013 Yearbooks will be distributed on 1st October. If you have not received your copy by the end of October please let me know and I will chase up your delivery. We only have a limited amount of spare copies so you need to contact me by the end of October if you have not received your copy. We will be sending all Yearbooks by Royal Mail recorded delivery and by courier so that we can follow up any non deliveries. Publications - 3rd Edition of the Blue Book The 3rd Edition of the Guidance for Design, Construction, Modification, Maintenance and Decommissioning of Filling Stations - 'Blue Book' (Revised June 2011) is available to purchase from the APEA website. It is available in hard back and also as a pdf download. If you wish to purchase the guide please go to the APEA website at www.apea.org.uk and click on the ‘Publications’ page. You can select to pay by credit/debit card or by invoice. Pricing as follows: APEA Member Hard back £70 pdf £70 plus vat Non APEA Member Hard back £140 Pdf £140 plus vat Postage is free for orders to the UK and Europe up to a value of £500.00. For orders over this value and for deliveries to countries outside the UK and Europe, the postage will be

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calculated when the order is placed. There are also discounts available for bulk purchases of the hard copy version which will be calculated with your order as follows: 5 - 9 copies = 10% 10 - 49 copies = 20% 50+ copies = 30% To benefit from the APEA member discount you will need to log on to the website before purchasing. If you do not know your log on details you can click on the 'Member log in' icon on the top right of the page and request your username and password or you can contact me at admin@apea.org.uk. We also publish the Code of Practice for Ground floor, multi storey and underground car parks. This can be downloaded directly from the APEA website and is available to members at £11.00 or non-members at £21.00. New Members There have been 31 new members joining during April, May and June and details can be found on page 11. Bulletin - articles/news items Thank you to all of you that have contributed to this issue of The Bulletin. Please email me any news items, press releases or articles for the December 2012 issue at admin@apea.org.uk and I will pass them on to our Editor for approval. The deadline for final copy is 1st October for the next issue. We are always pleased to receive contributions from our members and it ensures that the Bulletin remains an interesting and informative read. Bulletin Advertising If you book in all four issues of the Bulletin you receive a 25% discount and we are able to offer discounts for those of you that wish to book for more than one issue but less than four issues. If you would like to book advertising in the Bulletin for 2012/2013, please email me your requirements to admin@apea.org.uk or call me on 0845 603 5507.

Training Thanks to all of you that have booked on the APEA training courses. Following a training committee meeting it has been decided to trial running the APEA courses in two week sessions in September in the north of England and in May in the south of England, of each year. Jamie Thompson has written an article about why the changes have come about and this can be found on page 78. I can also arrange bespoke courses for companies, which enables members to receive training at a discounted rate and at a time and location suitable to them. If you are interested in hosting a bespoke course for your company please do not hesitate to contact me for a quote. We can offer discounted rates for these courses if you are able to provide a venue and catering. You can book courses online from the Training page on the APEA website or you can download a booking form from our website training page; just click on the course you are interested in and the course details and online form are displayed. Also anyone booking a training course that is not an APEA member will automatically receive “Individual” membership to the APEA until 31st December 2012. Website Please make use of the website where you can book training courses, purchase publications, look up contact details, technical and general information. If you wish to contribute anything to the site please email it to me for review. General Assistance Finally if any of you need any assistance with general or technical matters, please do not hesitate to contact me at admin@apea.org.uk or on 0845 603 5507 and I will endeavour to help. Jane

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Detailed below are new members that have recently joined the APEA during April, May and June. April Michael Montgomery Montgomery Refrigeration Ltd 5 Falcon Road Belfast Antrim BT12 6RD Tom Bardwell CBES Ltd Caledonia House Lawmoor Street Glasgow G5 0US Sarah Leicester Epicor Software 1 The Arena Downshire Way Bracknell RG12 1PU Andrew West 62 Kingfisher Drive Wombwell Barnsley South Yorkshire S73 0UY John Coyle Q View Security Ltd Cookstown BT80 9LU Dexter Allen 7 Mill Path Ringmer BN8 5JH

1993. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Carolyn; two sons, Richard IV and Ted; and three grandchildren John P. Hartmann, born April 11, 1935, in Milwaukee, WI, died April 2, 2012, in Evanston, IL. John is survived by a brother, four sons and daughter and nine grandchildren. John was a '57 graduate of the University of Illinois and past president of PEI '73. He was an educational leader and an active member and publisher within the petroleum equipment industry educating, informing and authoring various standards and techniques applied to underground fuel storage tanks, piping systems and electronics The petroleum retail industry loses a valuable long-time supporter of the sector. Johns expertise as an Karen Stokes New Wave ATM Installations Ltd Hope Street Rotherham South Yorkshire S60 1LH Phil Morton Greenergy International Limited Suite 12, Egerton House (South Side) Towers Business Park Wilmslow Road Didsbury Manchester M20 2DX Paul Conlin 25 Braefield Crescent Preston Lancashire PR2 6ND Hugo McManus Tougher Oil PO Box 201 NewhallNaas Co.Kildare Ireland Mick Field Midlands Co-operative Society Ltd Central House Hermes Road Lichfield WS13 6RH Alexia Allan Warwickshire County Council Trading Standards Service Old Budbrooke Road Warwick, Warwickshire CV35 7DP

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Executive Manager and as a consultant has significantly influenced countless products and projects. National and regional organisations were expertly advised by John and he has published the first very sound technical magazine for our industry sector: Petroleum Equipment & Technology (PE&T). He visited the UK and attended our Conferences and was a member of the APEA for many years. Alex Galanis, formerly of UK company Global MSI, died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on Monday 26th March 2012 at the age of 55. His Ducati motorbike was involved in a collision with a Citroen Xsara Picasso on the A303 at Winterbourne Stoke in Somerset, UK. Baljit Khangura S.P.E.A.R. Ltd t/a Rapidcharge UK Quality House

Coneygre Road/Fisher Street

Tipton

West Midlands DY4 8XE May

Michael Christov M. Christov

303 Preston Road Harrow

Middx HA3 0QQ Linda Ley

Midlands Co-operative Society Central House Hermes Road

Lichfield WS13 6RH Concepta Brady McB Tanks Ltd

Beaghmagheross Carrickmacross

Co. Monaghan Ireland

Leanne Duncan

Scottish Midland Co-operative Ltd

Hillwood House 2 Harvest Drive

Edinburgh EH28 8QJ

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OBITUARIES/NEW APEA MEMBERS

Richard P. “Dick” Wilkinson III, of Sarasota, Florida, formerly of Simsbury, Connecticut, died October 14 at the age of 75. He started his business career with the Wayne Pump Company in the early 1960s. He was transferred to the Globe Hoist Division of Symington Wayne in the late 1960s, where he served as the general sales manager. He went to Veeder-Root a few years later and became president of the company. He visited the UK quite frequently and was an enthusiastic supporter of the APEA speaking at many of our early conferences. Dick was the first US member to become an Honorary Member of the APEA. He retired to the Sarasota area in


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Michael Lyons 12 Rectory Slopes Herbert Road Bray Wicklow WW101 Ireland

Rodger Monson KPS UK Ltd

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Mid Suffolk Business Park Eye

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Jennifer Fisher New Store Europe (UK) Ltd Calder House Central Road Harlow Essex RG12 9PS

Neil Adams

ACS Ltd Unit 6A Merus Court

Meridian Business Park Leicester LE19 1RJ John Burgess

SMI Electrical Ltd

Colin Davies 8 Penkett Grove Wallasey Merseyside CH45 7RH

Unit 14 Anglo Business Park Smeaton Close Aylesbury

Bucks HP19 8UP

Stuart Gillings 164 Higham Road Tottenham London N17 6NS

Shaun Harker Lend Lease

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Towcester

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Paul Johnson

123 Tamar Avenue Tavistock

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UK, Hampshire, Totton director fined after worker suffers burns

The director of a Totton company has been fined after an employee suffered burns while cutting the top off an unused propane gas tank at the director's home. The 29 year-old worker from Winchester, who does not want to be named, suffered burns over his left arm, torso and abdomen when he was asked by Jamie Thomas Jewell, of Calmore, Totton, to cut off the top of the tank with a disc cutter which set the flammable gases alight, on 2 September 2011. The employee had to take three weeks off work and return to his job on light duties for a further month. A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found the gas tank had not been emptied and 12

Mick Cassidy 5 Durber Close Trent Vale Stoke on Trent Staffordshire ST4 6NU Christopher Johnston 14 Birchfield Road Cheadle Heath Stockport Cheshire SK3 0SY Steven Mcgowan 19 Cromer Road Southport PR8 2NH Paul Magee Brisbane City Council GPO Box 1434 Brisbane Queensland 4001 Australia Steve Sargent AD Bly Construction Ltd Nup End Farm Old Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6QJ

Baoquan Liu Shell (China) Ltd 22F, West Tower World Financial Center No.1 Dong San Huan Zhong RD. Beijing P.R. China 100020 China

Donal Gavin Gavin Electrical Engineering Ltd Phoenix Way Gargoch Industrial Estate Gorseinon Swansea SA4 9WF

made safe. The risks of the work had not been assessed and no information, instruction or training was passed to the employee. West Hampshire Magistrates' Court heard on 9th May that Jamie Thomas Jewell, 40, director of Suffix Pre-cast Ltd of Brokenford Business Park, Brokenford Lane, Totton, Southampton, was out of his depth with the work. He did not have sufficient knowledge of the hazards associated with working with propane gas to carry out the work competently or to supervise others as they did so. Jamie Thomas Jewell, of Calmore, Totton, Hants, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act. 1974 and was prosecuted as an individual under Section 37 of that Act. He was fined £2,000 and ordered

to pay costs of £2,451. Speaking after the hearing, HSE inspector Ray Kelly said: “This incident should never have happened and it was only a matter of good fortune that the worker was not killed. It was irresponsible of the defendant to take an employee to his house. He was out of his depth with this work, having never before tried to do anything like it. Neither the defendant nor the employee had any prior experience of this type of work and as such there was the potential for further and more widespread damage to life and property. “It's important to stress that there was no wrong doing on the part of the company. This was an irresponsible act of a director who should have known better. This case emphasises the need for employers to understand the

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UK, Listed status for two petrol stations

Two petrol station canopies are to be given listed building status. John Minnis, from English Heritage, told the Today programme that the futuristic designs hark back to a time when driving was still considered an adventure. One, Markham Moor off the A1 is architecturally innovative, he says, using technology that was “cutting-edge” for the 1960s. The other, on the A6 near Red Hill, is the last surviving forecourt designed for Mobil in the early 1970's.

cash-strapped customers. The retailer said the deal is subject to approval from the Office of Fair Trading, but didn't say how much it would be paying for the service stations, which are located around the U.K. “The acquisitions provide a unique opportunity to support our plans for growth and to extend the reach of the Sainsbury's brand,” said Phillip Bell-Brown, director of property development at the company. He added that current Rontec employees would have the opportunity to move to work for Sainsbury. According to industry body Experian Catalist's fuel market review for 2011, Sainsbury has an 8.7% share of the U.K. fuel market, with 262 outlets, making it the No. 6 participant in the market and the No. 3 of the supermarkets, behind Tesco PLC and Wm. Morrison

According to Borsa Italiana - London Stock Exchange Group, earlier this year, Morrison sparked a petrol price war when it launched a promotion giving shoppers 15 pence off each litre of fuel if they spent GBP60 in the store, prompting rivals to launch similar deals.

UK, Yorkshire. Long delays after fuel spillage closes M1 motorway

Drivers were warned to stay clear of the road last March after it was closed due to a spillage of highlyinflammable liquid propane. Police closed the road between Junction 36 at Tankersley and Junction 37 at Barnsley after a tanker carrying the gas overturned shortly before noon. They then enforced a 1,000m cordon around the scene to ensure it did not ignite. At one point, southbound traffic was queueing back to Leeds, while northbound queues stretched back to Junction 34. Diversions were in operation until the motorway reopened shortly before 7pm following an investigation into the accident. Meadowhall. Diversions were in operation until the motorway reopened shortly before 7pm following an investigation into the accident.

UK, Oldham. Thieves steal family run petrols station’s entire supply of fuel in audacious raid

Markham Moor petrol station

The Mobil canopies on the A6 at Red Hill, Leicestershire

UK, London. Sainsbury to buy 18 Total filling stations

J Sainsbury PLC said it is set to buy 18 filling stations currently under the Total brand from private equity firm Rontec Investments LLP, highlighting the continued importance of fuel to supermarkets as they try to attract

Supermarkets PLC (MRW.LN). Rontec bought French energy giant Total SA's network of filling stations in 2011. The brand covers 918 outlets across the U.K., but accounts for only 7.3% of the market. Although margins are low on fuel, supermarkets use promotions to drive footfall into stores and boost market share.

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March 2012 - Fuel thieves drained a family-run village petrol station, siphoning off 2,000 litres of diesel. Owner Sue Collinge, 49, and her father Frank Pullen, 72, did not realise they had been raided overnight on a Sunday until they got their morning delivery and checked the underground storage tanks. About £3,000 worth of diesel had been stolen. Record prices at the pumps have been blamed on an increase in fuel thefts across the country, as well as soaring numbers of motorists filling up and driving off without paying. Mrs Collinge said: “This is a massive 15

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blow. It's hard enough in the current climate to make ends meet, then something like this happens. “We just cannot believe thieves would be cheeky enough to steal such a large amount of fuel. “We want to warn other garages that this is happening.” The family, who opened the Lees Village Service Station in Oldham 20 years ago, have CCTV, but when they viewed the footage saw only a white Ford Transit pull up before the camera lens was suddenly pushed away. Mrs Collinge said: “It was sickening. I wish some people would just keep their hands to themselves. We're absolutely gutted. “I felt so sorry for my dad. He's worked so hard and is still working hard. We're a small, independent garage and we're trying to keep it going.” It is the latest in a series of audacious raids in recent months which have seen tens of thousands of pounds of fuel stolen. With both petrol and diesel already at record levels even before the Budget, security experts fear forecourts are becoming ever more tempting to criminal gangs. The family-run Lees Village garage has been run by 72year-old Frank Pullen for two decades. Unable to match fuel prices charged by supermarkets, he competes on service, filling customers' cars up for them. But on a Monday morning, staff opening up for the day noticed the CCTV camera had been repositioned. Checks found 2,000 litres of diesel worth around £3,000 had been drained away overnight. The thieves are believed to have spent around 40 minutes using a generator to siphon the diesel into a white Ford Transit van which can be seen on the CCTV footage being driven off. “It's a huge blow for us,” she added. “My dad has had the garage for more than 20 years and my mum does all the admin. “We were all gutted. My dad built this business from scratch and we've all worked so hard. “We have insurance but we still have to claim and pay the excess. We want to warn other garages that this is happening.” The family are now increasing their security. Greater Manchester Police are 16

investigating the theft. Last year three men were jailed for almost nine years after a series of raids on forecourts across the Midlands in which more than 70,000 litres of fuel was stolen. And in 2010 a gang used pneumatic drills to drain £45,000 worth of petrol and diesel from Morrisons petrol station in Burtonupon-Trent, Staffordshire.

UK, Scotland, Edinburgh. Bang out of order: Computer video catches out man who made his own fireworks

A man was caught with explosive materials in his city flat after films of him detonating devices were found on an old computer. At Edinburgh Sheriff Court unemployed woodworker Lee-Jay Newman, 34, pleaded guilty to having explosives and explosive incendiaries. He claimed he had the chemicals, which could make 1.5kg of explosives, because he enjoyed making his own fireworks. Father-oftwo Newman was caught when video of him setting off explosives in the woods were found on a discarded computer hard drive, which had been sold to a secondhand shop. They showed men in camouflage clothing setting off explosives, which the person who had bought the computer from the shop showed to police. Specialist bomb disposal teams were called to Newman’s flat in Edinburgh last July when police searched the premises as they investigated the video. When he was caught he admitted he had been a “fool”, but said the explosives, which included materials to make black powder and the incendiary substance thermite, were only for pyrotechnics. His defence agent said he was a “nervous” man who enjoyed the “bangs and colours” of fireworks. Fiscal depute Isabel Clark told the court that a crown witness and his son were stripping down the hard drive of a broken laptop they had bought when they discovered the video. She said: “The witness observed

video clips of men dressed in camouflage clothing detonating what appeared to be explosives. “They were concerned and contacted the police. “Police carried out inquiries on the hard drive which led them to the accused.” Police searched the top-floor flat in Dumbryden Gardens, Edinburgh, and found several chemical substances in an attic “den”, Ms Clark said. She continued: “It was in the attic that the chemical items, or most of them, were found. “When the accused was placed into the [police] vehicle he said to the police officers “I know what this is about. There’s a can in the loft with thermite black powder in it.” He was taken to St Leonard’s police station where he was interviewed and charged. Specialist explosive ordnance disposal officers were called to the house, she said. Newman admitted possessing potassium nitrate, potassium permanganate, sulphur and thermite, along with “pyrotechnic units.” Ms Clark continued: “I understand there were a significant number of ingredients to produce 1.5kg of black powder. “This can be made to explode within a solid container.” Ms Clark said there was no evidence Newman had mixed the substances together to form explosives. She continued: “Forensic examination was such that there were chemicals there with potential to mix to form an explosive or an explosive incendiary.” Newman said he had travelled to a woodland area near Lanark Road with friends to set off “pyro rockets”, she said. He obtained many of the substances legally from Ebay, she added. The fiscal depute continued: “He was very embarrassed about his actions during the course of his interview. “When charged he said “I have been a fool and I’m glad it’s being sorted”.” His defence agent Rhona MacLeod said Newman was a “nervous” man who suffered from high blood pressure. She said: “He has had an interest in fireworks for some time. He has had interest in making them, and video them going off. “It’s been an outdoor pursuit and a genuine interest. He

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UK, Oldbury. Firefighters avert disaster in Oldbury during fuel tanker lorry fire

The bravery of fire-fighters averted a potential disaster in Oldbury when a lorry carrying a fuel tanker went up in flames. Fire-fighters were called to Bromford Road, Oldbury, recently after a severe blaze engulfed the lorry cab. A spokesman for the West Midlands Fire Service said: “We were called to a vehicle fire in Oldbury where there was a severe fire in the cab of a 3,000 gallon road tanker loaded with 1,600 gallons of waste fuel.” After tackling the blaze with four jets a delicate operation had to be carried out to tip the cab up and ensure the fire didn’t spread to the fuel tanker. The spokesman added: “The fire was an accident and crews from Oldbury attended.”

UK, York. Woman seriously burned after petrol ignited at her home

A woman suffered serious burns when petrol ignited as she was decanting it in the kitchen of her York home because her daughter had run out of fuel. The woman, who is in her 40s, suffered 40% burns in the accident in the Acomb area of the city on Thursday. She has been taken to the burns unit at Pinderfields Hospital. A fire service spokesman said: “Her daughter asked her mum for petrol because she had run out. The cooker was on and the fumes ignited.” The woman was treated by ambulance personnel in her kitchen

before being taken to Pinderfields. Her condition is not known but a North Yorkshire Fire Service spokesman described the burns as severe. Two firefighters wearing breathing apparatus extinguished the fire in the kitchen and removed the remaining petrol. A North Yorkshire Fire Service spokesman said: “Members of the public should take extreme care when handling and storing petrol and be aware of the risks associated with incorrect use and storage of fuel. “Never bring petrol inside your home. If you do smell petrol fumes in a garage or outbuilding ventilate the area and make sure nobody smokes or turns electrical switches on or off. The slightest spark could cause an explosion.”

UK, petrol station slashes prices in fuel protest

Owners of a Shetland petrol station sold 10,000 litres of fuel in one day after slashing prices 20p per litre to mainland levels. For one day only Tagon Stores, in Voe, offered unleaded fuel for 129.9p and diesel for 135.9p, around 20p per litre less than usual. Vehicles formed long queues outside the remote fuel station to take advantage of the offer. Owners Scott and Phoebe Preston implemented the price cut in a protest against inflated island fuel prices, and as a thank you to the local community for the welcome they received since taking over the petrol station two months ago. The sale proved so successful that diesel sold out by 3pm and unleaded fuel started to run dry later in the day. By the end of the day they had sold 10,000 litres of fuel and increased their number of Saturday customers from the usual 100 to well above 500. Small independent petrol stations usually earn only around 2p per litre of fuel, and the Shetland station made a loss of around 15p per litre. Mrs Preston said: “The response has been pretty amazing. A couple of people said to us that this was the first time that they ever had filled the

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whole tank in their car because normally they can’t afford to. We had lots of people saying thank you for bringing this issue back to the front again, because more needs to be done about high petrol prices.”

UK, Scottish fuel distributor Gleaner Oils up for sale

Family-run Scottish fuel distributor Gleaner Oils has been put up for sale by its owners, who want to retire from the business. Gleaner Oils, which also owns the country’s most northerly service station at Skiach in Ross-shire, last year turned over £122.3m and employs a total of 181 staff in Scotland. The distributor has 11 depots in the North East, Highlands and Islands, Argyll and Fife. Shareholder Brian Young and chairman Billy Laing have said the sale is likely to spark interest not only among competitors either looking to expand into Scotland or enhance their current position, but also new players looking for the infrastructure to enter the market. Gleaner was founded by the Young family in 1954. The business previously formed part of the UK Shell Distributor Framework in Scotland supplying the Highlands and Islands and Argyll, but has recently increased its supplier base allowing possible expansion south into new markets. Laing, who has been with the company since 1961, said: “We are in a very strong financial position and the break up of the Shell Distributor Framework means the company is well placed to grow and enter new markets in the South of Scotland and into the North of England. We are no longer restricted to just Shell products. “We have enjoyed consistent growth over the years and are strategically very well placed to take advantage of new opportunities, Laing added. “We supply a wide range of fuel products across different markets including agricultural, domestic, industrial, marine and petrol stations and have a customer base of around 16,000. We are keeping staff fully informed 19

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enjoyed the bangs, the sound and the colours. “There’s nothing to suggest he has done anything other than set off fireworks. “They were big boys out playing, running about setting them off, just having fun.” “He’s a very nervous man, his position is he will never make a firework again.” Sheriff Kenneth MacIver deferred sentence for reports.


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as the process develops and have also spoken to union representatives and customers. We will be as transparent as possible throughout the sale process with all interested parties.” The sale is being handled by French Duncan Corporate Advisory. Director Harry Linklater said: “This is a very well run and profitable company offering significant opportunities to a new owner wishing to invest into the strong assets and market position of Gleaner. There is also great potential of continued growth into new markets.”

Switzerland, SOCAR will be the rightful owner of Esso petrol station outlets in Switzerland

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The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) is approaching the completion of the deal for acquisition of Esso Schweiz GmbH, which is the Swiss affiliate of the U.S. Exxon Mobil Central Europe Holding. SOCAR president Rovnag Abdullaev has stated in Baku that work on acceptance of this network is under way, and after 30 June 2012 they will get full access to it. “These are very good assets with high liquidity. This project is profitable, and we expect that our earnings will be greater than Exxon had,” Abdullayev emphasized. The deal for the acquisition of the was petrol station network concluded in Zurich on 16 November 2011. To develop it further, SOCAR expressed interest in buying a refinery in Switzerland, owned by Petroplus. “We have an interest in a refinery. In Switzerland, we own a large network of petrol stations which we want to expand and thereby increase our market share,” Abdullayev said. Previously, Petroplus had filed for bankruptcy. “Currently, jointly with other groups, SOCAR is analyzing the situation at Petroplus. The question is not whether to buy, but to ensure that activities of this enterprise will return a profit. Relevant projects are being developed, and if we see that 20

we can get the desired rate of return, then we will intensify our activities in this matter,” Abdullayev said.

UK, Wales, Rosehill. Car crashes into petrol station after being hit by truck

Police have released video footage after a collision between a truck and a car caused the car to crash into a service station in Merrylands. Shortly after 11am one morning police were called to a service station on the corner of Woodville and Merrylands Roads after a Mazda sedan had driven through the station and crashed into a petrol bowser. Rosehill Police were told the car had been in a collision with a truck on Woodville Road, causing the Mazda to cross a number of lanes and enter the service station. Officers were told that the driver of the truck, described only as a white semi-trailer, had failed to stop after the incident. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the alleged collision and are appealing for public assistance to help identify the truck. The 27-year-old female Mazda driver was not injured, however, substantial damage was caused to the car and service station. Investigating officers would like to speak to the driver of the truck and have released closed circuit camera footage of the incident in a bid to identify the vehicle involved.

UK, Ireland, Irish fuel industry wants change to fight illegal diesel washing

The Irish Petroleum Industry Association (IPIA) has proposed a suite of measures aimed at tackling the problem of illegal diesel washing in Ireland. In a statement, the industry body for Ireland's fuel industry says that the practice is costing the Exchequer as much as €155 million annually in lost fuel duty. “While other jurisdictions have to tackle this sort of fraud, the sheer scale of criminal washing of diesel is

a particularly Irish disease,” it said. IPIA's recommendations include the introduction of “a strong regulatory regime” to control the sale of rebated fuel, a new marker for off-road diesel that is harder to disguise or remove, the closure of unlicensed filling stations, and a “radical overhaul” of the currently “absurd” penalties for offending retailers. The Irish Angling Development Alliance (IADA) has fully backed the IPIA's proposals, citing the dangers of toxic waste by-products from diesel washing operations. “This toxic waste has been dumped illegally across the country, where it can enter the water table, not only seriously polluting water courses but also clean drinking water supplies.”

France, Motorists queue to steal 3,000 litres of fuel

Motorists filled up with 3,000 litres of free petrol at a French supermarket service station. Police said they encountered “a certain hostility” when they arrived to disperse the freeloaders. At about 10pm a puzzled resident of Bethoncourt, a town near the Franco-Swiss border, called police to report that about 50 cars were queuing at a petrol pump at the supermarket next door. The motorists were profiting from the fact that someone had fixed the pump, which usually allows payment by credit card, so that it filled them up for free. They were less than happy to see gendarmes arrive and tell them they were breaking the law and the police had to call for reinforcements to stop the collective theft. They are likely to be tracked down and charged, police say, since a number of license plate numbers were noted.

New Zealand, Rebranding of Z Energy petrol stations put on hold

Z Energy has put on hold up to $50 million in infrastructure investment until there are signals of improving

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Australia, 1-in-10 caught out by wrong fuel

An NRMA Motoring & Services survey has revealed that one-in-ten drivers have filled a motor vehicle with incorrect fuel, with almost half of those blaming confusing signage at the pump. The NRMA survey of more than 1,300 motorists found (17%) of those

who filled up with the incorrect fuel had put petrol in a diesel engine, which has the potential to cause considerable damage to the engine. A further 5% had put diesel in a petrol engine which means the vehicle will stop soon after starting, require towing and a fuel system service. The NRMA survey also found that 10 per cent of those who filled up with the wrong fuel were left with a damage bill of up to $500, an additional 5 per cent said their bill reached as high as $1,000. In addition, the survey showed men were more likely to have filled a vehicle with the incorrect fuel than women. The findings also showed three quarters of respondents (76%) incorrectly filled their own vehicle, followed by a company vehicle (11%) and then a family member’s vehicle (10%). The NRMA has introduced a fuel evacuation service trial for motorists within the Sydney Metro area who have inadvertently filled their vehicle with the incorrect fuel type. The service where available will be free for Members during this trial period. The NRMA’s Fuel Evacuation Units attended 39 jobs in the past three months, providing invaluable assistance to stranded motorists. An average of 49 litres of fuel was removed from each Members’ vehicle with the procedure taking approximately two hours. NRMA Group CEO Tony Stuart said oil companies needed to do a better job of clearly marking the various fuels they sold at the pump. Forty-five per cent of survey respondents who filled their vehicle with the incorrect fuel said they picked up the wrong nozzle due to confusing signage at the pump. “It’s clear that with so many motorists getting caught out at the pump that the oil companies need to do a better job of clearly marking their pumps. The NRMA is concerned that motorists are causing damage to their cars by accidentally filling up with the wrong fuel. If that occurs don’t start your engine because you could make it worse – call the NRMA for help.” Mr Stuart added the NRMA’s Fuel

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Evacuation Service is only successful in averting motor damage if the car has not been started. Unfortunately the survey revealed that eight-outof-10 of those motorists who realised their mistake at the service station still started their car.

Cyprus, Petrol station owner modified pump electronics to cheat customers

A petrol station owner in Larnaca was arrested on suspicion of tampering with the computer system controlling the pumps to give customers less fuel than they paid for. Larnaca police spokesman Christos Andreou said a fuel company reported the 28-year-old petrol station owner to police, claiming that he was fiddling with the pumps to reduce the quantity of fuel delivered. “Men from Larnaca CID working in collaboration with a Commerce Ministry official went to the station to investigate. They found that the quantity of fuel delivered to the public at this specific station is less than that indicated on the fuel pump,” said Andreou. The 28-yearold was arrested in connection to fraud. Police confiscated various electronic items from the station for further analysis and to use as possible evidence. The station opened in May 2011. Police are looking into when devices used to alter the quantity of fuel released were implemented.

Iran, 50 CNG outlets to open

Some 1,826 compressed natural gas (CNG) stations are currently operating across Iran and 50 more will be inaugurated next month, said the administrator of the CNG station construction project of Tehran province. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of a CNG station in Javadabad district of the city of Varamin, Tehran province, Amir Kishadi said that the CNG stations supply 19 million cubic meters of natural gas to vehicles per day. He added that some 450 CNG stations 23

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returns, confirming for the first time that the company now leads price increases. Chief executive Mike Bennetts said while Z would apply for resource consents to build new fuel storage at Lyttelton, Wellington and Mt Maunganui, physical work would not take place until returns of the industry improved. The company, jointly owned by Infratil and the New Zealand Superannuation, is currently rebranding the Shell petrol stations to its own brand. In recent months it has become increasingly vocal in its complaints that the industry's returns are inadequate to support an increase in investment, without which supply will become less reliable, as infrastructure ages. Bennetts denied the company was forcing the country to pay more for fuel. “We want to be sure that interested parties understand the context that we're in. The country still works, right? So we're not in a situation where we're holding anyone to ransom, we just don't think it's a sustainable proposition, and we want to be able to invest in a way that gives us the returns we're looking for.” According to Z its profit on retail petrol is around 3 cents a litre, a figure the firm believes should double to encourage investment. When the Shell petrol stations came under New Zealand ownership for the first time in 2010, the company, then known as Greenstone, inherited its policy of never leading a price increase and trying to be the first to cut prices. This has now been abandoned, with Bennetts confirming it had led two increases in February, a policy it was prepared to continue.


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were established in the country during the past Iranian year (ended March 2011). Referring to the government's plans to develop CNG stations, he said 25 CNG stations have been inaugurated in Tehran province simultaneously. Kishadi also said that Tehran province has 258 CNG stations, of which 205 are currently operational and 50 are near completion. Earlier in September, managing director of National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC) Jalil Salari said that Iran has now overtaken Pakistan ranking first among Asian nations in terms of establishing and developing CNG stations.

Macedonia, Qatari company to open 20 filling stations in Macedonia

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A Qatari company mulls opening filling stations in Macedonia, a Macedonian newspaper informed. The news broke after the visit of a Macedonian government delegation to Qatar. The Macedonian delegation was headed by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. The company in question is Qatar Petroleum, which plans to open 20 filling stations on the territory of the Balkan country. The locations of the new filling stations are already chosen. Qatar is interested in launching studies for possible oil and natural gas fields in Macedonia, but also in acquiring 49% shares in ELEM Macedonian Power Plants.

Qatar, Woqod launches new petrol station design in Muaither

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Mohamed Turki al-Sobai. “Woqod continues to expand in strategic areas across Qatar to reach out to as many customers as possible,” AlSobai said. “Woqod’s new service station at Muaither is the second of a series of service stations planned for this year. Six more service stations will be opened before summer and more by the year end.” Apart from fuel, the new service station features a Sidra convenience store that includes an ATM, Qtel self-service machines and an Internet cafe. Standalone Sidra convenience stores will open shortly in Katara and on the ground and first floors of Woqod’s office tower in West Bay. “The convenience store opportunity in Qatar is huge,” al-Sobai said. “The convenience stores have been proven in Woqod stations and now we will expand it to satisfy the demand for high quality local convenience stores that are open for long hours.”

China, Petrochina overtakes Exxon as biggest oil producer

US giant Exxon Mobil has lost its crown as the world's biggest listed producer of oil to PetroChina, figures suggest. The Chinese firm said it produced 886.1 million barrels of oil last year - the equivalent of 2.43 million barrels a day. In January, Exxon said it produced 2.3 million barrels a day. Exxon's production fell in 2011 by 5%, while PetroChina's rose 3.3%. Exxon remains the more valuable firm, with a market capitalisation of $400bn (£250bn) against PetroChina's $280bn. It also remains more profitable. Exxon made a net profit in the final three months of last year of $9.4bn. According to figures from the Reuters news agency, state-owned PetroChina made $4.7bn over the same period. Production at Exxon has been falling as older fields start to run short of oil. Some of the company's overseas contracts also limit the amount of oil it can produce. For these reasons, Exxon has said it expects production to fall again this year. In contrast, PetroChina expects production to

increase during 2012. Analysts said the news that the Chinese company had overtaken Exxon was not surprising, given the more competitive nature of the US oil market. “If you look at total oil product ion, the US is still quite a long way [ahead] and produces twice as much as China does,” said Julian Jessop, commodities analyst at Capital Economics.

Russia, Moscow. Lukoil expands its network of petrol station in West Europe

Lukoil Belgium N.V. (a member of Lukoil Group) signed an agreement with Verolma Group to acquire 46 filling stations in the Netherlands and 13 in Belgium. Out of the total number of petrol stations 29 are owned by dealers. The transaction is to be finalized in the second quarter of 2012 after the appropriate permissions are granted by the Dutch and Belgian regulating authorities. Lukoil Belgium N.V. signed an agreement with NGM Group to acquire 8 filling stations in Belgium in January of 2012. The acquired filling stations use different brands in their operation and will be rebranded to be compliant with the Lukoil corporate style after the deal is closed. Thus, after the transaction completion 228 LUKOIL filling stations will be located in the Benelux countries (including 29 stations owned by dealers), with 180 in Belgium, 46 in Holland, and 2 in Luxembourg. The fuel is supplied to these filling stations from the Zeeland Refinery (former TRN) where LUKOIL acquired a 45% stake in 2009.

Bulgaria, Sofia. Bulgaria to fine 4 fuel retailers over price cartel

Bulgaria's anti-trust regulator has decided to slap fines on four major fuel retailers for conspiring to increase fuel prices, according to local media reports. The Commission for Protection of Competition launched the probe in the summer of 2011, encompassing Lukoil

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Philippines, Total plans expansion of fuel retailing network

Fuel retailer Total (Philippines), Inc. will open 20 new stations this year as part of its growth program. “Our target is to open 20 stations this year. Before we would open only 18 new stations every year [but] we increased it,” Malou L. Espina, Total manager for corporate communications said in an interview. The company currently has 174 retail stations nationwide with the majority of the stations located in Luzon. The estimated cost for one station is P30 million, according to earlier reports, an investment which partly goes into meeting safety standards. Ms. Espina said the company wants to grow its market share in the country particularly in areas near its depots. “The Philippines continues to be an important market for Total. We continue to be confident. Luzon, of course, continues to be a growth area for us and so is the Visayas. Mindanao will always be a consideration but of course you have to first establish your supply source then your network,” said Ms. Espina. The company has three satellite depots in Panay, Negros and Cebu which allows it to deliver fuel to its stations there. Total earlier said it wants to build more stations so it can eventually

reach a critical mass of 300 to 350 stations. The company’s market share is about 4.3% according to data from the Department of Energy. If it meets the critical mass of stations, the company could grow its market share to about 10%. Total’s Philippine operations are limited only to fuel distribution as it imports much of its fuel products. The firm’s exploration arm, Total E&P, has signalled interest in commodity production in the country by participating through the 4th Philippine Energy Contracting Round. The contracting round will offer up 15 areas in the country for oil exploration. Total E&P will be partnering with Australian firm Nido Petroleum Ltd. to bid for areas in the contracting round.

Croatia, Pildne launches floating fueling station in Croatia

On March 30 the official presentation of a PILDNE fueling bunker station took place in the Marina Frapa, Croatia. The opening ceremony was attended by highlevel officials, owners of yachts, captains of the ports and other authorities. The company PILDNE has designed, built and delivered this floating fueling bunker station, which has already been successfully operating for several months in Croatia and has established itself as a quality and reliable product. The installation is owned by CRNO Zlato, which has plans to establish a network of floating fueling bunker station across Croatia.

Bulgaria, Rompetrol expands business in Bulgaria

Romanian oil company Rompetrol is opening ten new petrol stations in Bulgaria by the end of April, 2012, the company reported in a news release. With the new fuel stations, the number of Rompetrol outlets in Bulgaria will grow to 70. According to the Rompetrol management, there is increased interest from owners of smaller,

independent fuel stations in Bulgaria (the so-called “white” stations, which are not part of large networks) to join the Romanian business as franchise partners, meaning its network in the country could expand even further. “The share of independent petrol stations is about 70% of all stations. In order to operate according to amendments to Bulgarian legislation, smaller fuel merchants need to be in partnership with large fuel retailers. We expect a significant market movement and promise that Rompetrol is ready to accept and work under the new conditions,” says the Commercial Director of Rompetrol Bulgaria, Stanimir Smilkov. The company's goal is to reach an 8% share of the fuel retail market in the country within the next few years.

USA, Exxon Mobil Corporation to continue sale of petrol stations in Europe

Exxon Mobil Corp has put 78 French gas stations on the block, part of a wider effort to sell out of such activities in Europe following similar moves in the United States, a financial daily reported. The newspaper quoted Esso France Chief Executive Francis Duseux as saying there could be an agreement on the sale of the French service stations within weeks. Exxon Mobil operates 680 gas stations in France under the Esso brand name. A European steering committee devoted to examining the likely sale of gas stations in Italy, Belgium, Germany and Britain will meet, the paper said. Such gasoline distribution activities are seen as too unprofitable to justify tying up Exxon Mobil's capital, the paper said. The stations will likely be sold to operators who would continue to operate under the Esso brand and be supplied through long-term contracts. In addition to independents, potential buyers for the service stations include Russia's Lukoil and Israel's Delek, the paper said.

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Bulgaria, Naftex Petrol, Rompetrol and OMV, 24 Hours daily reported, citing a document by the regulatory body that it has obtained. The commission is also investigating whether Lukoil Bulgaria, controlled by Russia's Lukoil, abused its dominant market position. The news comes as hundreds of Bulgarian drivers staged numerous rallies across the country to protest against fuel prices. Local consumers say they are being overcharged by Russian-owned company Lukoil Bulgaria. Under local competition law fines for cartel agreements should total up to 10% of the turnover of the companies involved during the previous year.


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USA, Pasadena. Price error at a Conoco petrol station causes fuel frenzy

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A price error at a Conoco petrol station in Pasadena had people flocking to the station and filling up their cars. The Conoco station accidently sold petrol for $1.01. The price was supposed to be $3.78 for regular unleaded, which is a saving of $2.77 a gallon. The error lasted for more than an hour overnight before it was discovered and the pump was reset. “We didn't believe it,” said Daniel Quintero, one of the drivers who took advantage of the cheap petrol. “I ended up filling up my truck, my wife's car, my dad's truck and his other truck.” Drivers spread the word to their friends by phone and social media. The area around Queens and Allen Genoa got so crowded, police came out to direct traffic. “When they told me on Facebook, I thought it was a joke,” said one driver. “Then my brother told me so we just came down.” Other drivers called it blessing. “Finally, we're getting a break,” said, Mr. Quintero. “Economy's bad right now so they're giving us a break ... might as well take advantage.” According to AAA, the average price for a gallon of petrol in Houston is about $3.89.

USA, From LED lights to recycling water, Kwik Trip is going green

Eco-friendly may not be the first thing you think of when you see a petrol station, but David Ring of Kwik Trip says they are trying to change that. “Kwik Trip is committed to improving the environment and the communities in which we serve, and one way we do that is through sustainability initiatives,” said Ring. As part of Kwik Trip's sustainability initiative all of its new stores, as well as those that have been renovated, will be LED certified. In other words, Kwik Trip is becoming as “green” or eco-friendly as possible. “We find it's the right thing to do, the economics 28

are very clear cut,” said Ring. Kwik Trip shared its new measures in sustainability at Fuel Rochester’s event at Cascade Meadows in Rochester. “A lot of businesses are kind of on the edge on whether they think implementing a green business practice is a good business practice,” said Mike Benike. “So we want to invite these businesses to hear it right from them.” One of the steps Kwik Trip has taken to be more eco-friendly was to simply replace the light bulbs in the coolers, but in their new LED certified stores there will be many more eco-friendly features. The new stores have LED energy efficient bulbs, low flow sinks, energy management systems, and car washes that recycle the water. “We reuse half of the water and to date it has saved us 4.8 million gallons of water,” said Ring. The hope is more southern Minnesota companies will join the movement and follow suit. “Businesses are doing things here and it's not difficult,” said Benike. “They can join in with the rest of us.” While it may be a little more costly to go green Kwik Trip says it pays off. “The pay backs are significant and it's the right thing to do to improve the environment,” said Ring.

USA, CA, Davis. Sly thieves use bread van to steal fuel from petrol station’s underground tank!

What will they think of next? Surging petrol prices caught the unwanted attention of some crafty thieves who used a bread truck as a cover-up to steal thousands of dollars' worth of petrol from an underground tank in California. Surveillance footage shows the two men rolling up to the pump with their delivery truck, supposedly to fill it up with petrol. Which they did, but not in the way the petrol station owner would have liked. While one man was pretending to put petrol in the truck, the other man sneakily lifts the lid off an underground tank. They then used their own pump to fill up the customized truck, which was equipped with a 1,000-gallon petrol

tank! Their downfall, of course, was that they got too greedy. The owner of the petrol station, Darshan Mundy, told CBS News that his Valero shop had been hit six times in the past month alone by the same suspects, costing him $8,000. “It is tough. This is another big loss,” said Mundy. “Then we started watching what was happening.” A petrol station employee eventually caught on to the trick and called police that apprehended one of the thieves, 27-year-old Tyler Bird, while the other man managed to flee on foot and is being sought by authorities. “This is the first time in my 20 year career that I've seen something like this,” Lt. Paul Doroshov told Today's THV News, adding that police were very concerned about public safety. “You're talking about a lot of vapour a lot of flammable fluids and the people doing it are not exactly your petrol truck operators that are well trained,” said Doroshov.

USA, MA, New Bedford. Petrol station canopy falls on father and son

Strong winds caused a canopy at New Bedford in Massachusetts to collapse. It fell down on people pumping gas at the Sunoco X-tra Mart on Durfee Street. The dad was getting petrol at one of the pumps. Then he got in his minivan with his son, who was already in the back seat. Before he knew it, the pole started wavering back and forth in the wind and came crashing down. Gordon Dean's minivan was a wreck. He's just happy he and his 7-year-old son are alive. “I just got through putting my petrol in it, put my son in, I jumped in. It was like as soon as I jumped in I heard boom,” said Dean. I thought something had exploded. I thought there was an explosion.” He quickly learned it was the canopy above the petrol pumps and the pole holding it up. Gusty winds knocked it down, landing on top of them. Dean was in the front seat, his son Logan was in the back. The pole just missed them. “I just

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snatched him out of the car and we got out of the car and got away and went over by the building,” said Dean. That's when he called Logan's mum, who was at work miles away. “I didn't know. I wasn't here,” said Patricia Raposo, “Freaked out, scared of course. I'm upset with it yes, it happens I guess. I don't know.” But everyone is okay. Logan thinks it was all an adventure. I don't think he really realizes what went on, you know, 7 years old he's think Iron Man and stuff like that.

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USA, Washington DC. EPA approves first applications for registration of ethanol to make E15

In Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved the first applications for registration of ethanol for use in making gasoline that contains up to 15 percent ethanol – known as E15. To enable widespread use of E15, the Obama Administration has set a 30

goal to help fueling station owners install 10,000 blender pumps over the next 5 years. In addition, both through the Recovery Act and the 2008 Farm Bill, the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Agriculture have provided grants, loans and loan guarantees to spur American ingenuity on the next generation of bio-fuels. EPA’s action follows an extensive technical review required by law. Registration is a pre-requisite to introducing E15 into the marketplace. Before it can be sold, manufacturers must first take additional measures to help ensure retail stations and other gasoline distributors understand and implement labeling rules and other E15-related requirements. EPA is not requiring the use or sale of E15. After extensive vehicle testing by DOE and other organizations, EPA issued two partial waivers raising the allowable ethanol volume to 15 percent for use in model year 2001 and newer cars and light trucks. E15 is not permitted for use in motor vehicles

built prior to 2001 model year and in off-road vehicles and equipment such as boats and lawn and garden equipment. Gas pumps dispensing E15 will be clearly labeled so consumers can make the right choice.

USA, Pittsburgh. Flying-car prototype goes for test flight and drive

Want to watch a car take flight? You are in luck. Terrafugia, makers of Transition - the world's first flying car has released video of a productiontype prototype flying over Plattsburgh, N.Y. The flight was the first successful test of the two-seat personal aircraft that you can park in your garage, drive on the road and fill up at a petrol station. “This is a very exciting time for Terrafugia,” said Carl Dietrich, the company's CEO and CTO. “We are on our way up -- literally and figuratively!” The Transition reached an altitude of 1,400 feet during its

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USA, California. Linde hydrogen station for fuel cell buses and cars begins operating in California

Linde’s newest hydrogen fuelling station has officially opened at AC Transit’s municipal bus operating division in Emeryville, CA in the US. It is fuelling twelve fuel cell buses and up to twenty passenger cars a day. This is the first public hydrogen station in the San Francisco Bay area. It offers fast fuelling at both 700 bar and 350 bar pressure with a delivered petrol temperature of –40°C. Daimler tested fuel cell cars at the station on several occasions to show that it successfully meets all requirements; the station can fill four fuel cell vehicles back-to-back at a

fill time of three to four minutes per car. The station is one of two being supplied by Linde North America, a member of the Linde Group, to AC Transit. This Emeryville station began operating in late 2011 and the second, located at the Oakland operating division, is expected to begin operating in 2013. The stations are part of AC Transit’s HyRoad project to demonstrate the commercial viability of hydrogen fuel cell technology in public transport. The company is the transit bus operator for thirteen cities in the East Bay Area and also operates a trans-bay service to San Francisco. Replacing diesel with hydrogen fuel eliminates greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the vehicle tailpipe. Using fuel in a fuel cell rather than combusting it is also more efficient, helping to lower overall GHG emissions. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) estimates that fuel cell buses will deliver a net reduction of 2.7 pounds of carbon dioxide per mile (~0.8 kg/km) using hydrogen reformed from methane, and 6.3 pounds per mile (~1.8 kg/km) using hydrogen derived from solar power, wind power, or other renewable energy through the electrolysis of water. Each bus is projected to travel 36,000 miles per year, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 44 metric tons per year per bus when using methane as a source of fuel, or 103 metric tons using renewables.

USA, Lightning explodes FRP tank in Kentucky

After reading “Lightning strike explodes FRP UST” in the December issue of Tank Talk, Stephen Kent, UST Compliance Section Supervisor in Kentucky, sent information about a similar incident in his state. On June 10, 2011, the UST compliance office sent an Emergency Response Team to a gas station in western Louisville. A tank pit had exploded following a severe thunderstorm. Team members said

Close up of burned and melted FRP tank

Lightning explodes FRP tank

that lightning caused the tank pit to explode. Of the three FRP tanks in the pit, the 10,000 gallon gasoline storage tank on the outer wall of the excavation was completely exploded and burned, according to the official report. The second tank had only the end caps remaining— the center section was exploded into pieces. The State of Kentucky had conducted a routine inspection on June 4, 2010. At that time, the tanks had been registered as temporarily closed, with less than 1” of product in each tank. Tank and piping were registered as FRP. The third tank was not damaged. Concerned about potential leakage of residual fuel in the tanks, the state inspectors declared an emergency and conducted permanent closure of the UST system. Courtesy of: Stephen Kent, Compliance Section Supervisor Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection Division of Waste Management Underground Storage Tank Branch Website: http://waste.ky.gov/ust

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first test flight, and spent a total of eight minutes in the air, company officials said. In the video, Terrafugia's chief test pilot, Phil Meteer, is seen pulling the Transition out of a garage, driving it around a suburban neighbourhood and then filling it up with fuel from a regular petrol station. When he gets to an airport, the car/plane's wings automatically unfold. When the “transition” is complete, Meteer completes a pre-flight check and then takes to the skies. “It's a remarkable vehicle both on the road and now in the air,” said Meteer in a statement. “When I drove it into the shop, literally from the road through the garage door, I was amazed that I had just flown it in Plattsburgh a few days before.” There are still six more phases of flight testing planned, but a spokesperson for Terrafugia said the company is still on track to deliver the plane by late 2012. Anyone with a driver's license can drive the Transition on the road, potential pilots will need a light-sports-aircraft license. The Transition has a 23-gallon petrol tank. It gets about 35 mpg on the road and burns about five gallons of petrol per hour when it is at cruising speed in the air. Terrafugia said it has already received about 100 orders for the Transition.


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Singapore, Shell stations to take down price boards

Oil company Shell will stop displaying pump prices at petrol station entrances to the disappointment of the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case). Motorists can now only be informed of fuel-price changes when they drive up to a pump island or via oil

Air1 Engineering Service

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Air1® knows that supplying AdBlue® is much more than supplying the fluid alone. However, as the population of dispensers and bulk tanks has increased at a rapid rate it is fair to say that field repair and maintenance of equipment for the AdBlue® sector has not always kept pace with the demands of the market. Air1® have recognised this and have focused on changing this situation by concentrating on the service support being offered and, more importantly, attained within our own infrastructure. Following an extensive programme of assessment of service and software providers administration systems, this has resulted in a sizeable re-organisation of the Air1® service and maintenance activity. We are now pleased to announce that a long term agreement has been signed with Westfield Services, who will service and repair Air1® tanks and dispensers. This includes those sited in transport depots and forecourts on a UK wide basis. Westfield Services have a strong and experience of heritage providing service to the commercial fuel sector and provide mechanical, electrical, civil and instrumentation activities all in-house. While this service is primarily for Air1® owned equipment that is rented to customers, inclusive service contracts are possible for customer owned equipment – this means, subject to a one-off annual fee, all parts and labour are covered for service and breakdown repairs. To successfully manage this 32

companies' websites. Case executive director Seah Seng Choon expressed disappointment at Shell's latest move. He said that it is a step backwards in terms of transparency. The move, which ends Shell's solo campaign to raise price transparency in the industry, came after research showed that customers prefer information on services and products at stations instead of prices. Shell's general

manager of retail and operations Dawn Phang said that the company engaged an external research company to conduct reasearch on consumer preferences. The research company conducted focus-group discussions and interviews but Phang declined to reveal how many were polled. Shell has already started removing price boards from its 60 station entrances.

engineering service activity Air1® has further invested in a bespoke software package. This enables all repair and maintenance jobs to be booked and tracked, ensuring that no activity is overlooked and that up to date progress information is provided for Air1® customers. Given the partnership agreement with Westfield Services, this is a shared web hosted package allowing both parties to access and maintain data in a real-time shared format. AdBlue® is a registered trademark of the Verband der Automobilindustrie e.V (VDA). Air1® is a registered trademark of Yara International ASA. For more information contact Charlotte Blades on 01472 889254 or visit www.air1.info.

technology provides a solution for forecourt owners with its pre-pay option. The OPT can also be used to create a “fast lane” on sites, that allows fuel-only customers to quickly re-fuel, pay and leave. This increases throughput, enabling the site to serve more customers and is particularly useful for parents who don’t want to leave their children out of sight when paying in-store. It also makes the shopping experience quicker and more convenient for both fuel-only and convenience customers. FlexPay NP3 can also be used in unmanned mode, allowing drivers to purchase fuel 24/7 when the forecourt store might be closed. The technology can be installed in remote rural areas where staffed forecourt sites might not be an option. The FlexPay NP3 OPT is designed in the style of an ATM, giving customers a familiar and easy to use interface, increasing customer adoption. The system is robust and resilient and designed to be used in harsh environments. The OPT is connected via Ethernet to the Torex EPoS system, which manages the transaction process alongside instore transactions. An optional larger screen allows forecourt retailers to make additional revenue from advertising to encourage drivers to come and spend in-store with promotions. Neil Atkinson, Account Manager, Torex explains: “Torex and Gilbarco Veeder-Root are both leaders in the convenience and forecourt industry, with best-of-breed solutions that complement each other. This partnership will allow our customers to benefit from both technologies whilst reducing drive-offs, which are becoming increasingly common in

Torex and Gilbarco Veeder-Root join forces to fuel forecourts with integrated Outside Payment Terminal technology

Torex, the leading global provider of innovative technology to the retail, hospitality and convenience and fuel markets, is today announcing its new partnership with Gilbarco Vedeer-Root to offer forecourt customers the latest in integrated Outdoor Payment Terminal (OPT) technology. For the first time, Torex EPoS technology is being linked to Gilbarco Veeder-Root’s modern and flexible stand-alone FlexPay NP3 OPT. As rising fuel prices increase industry competition and the risk of drive-offs, FlexPay NP3 OPT

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an already competitive fuel industry. It’s well-known that major operators using OPT see an overall increase in customers and an increase in shop sales.” Dale Woodcock, UK Retail Solutions Sales Manager, Gilbarco Vendeer-Root: “We’re excited to be helping Torex customers enjoy the benefits of our secure and reliable FlexPay NP3 Outdoor Payment Terminal. It’s already a popular system across Europe, where thousands of Gilbarco Veeder-Root payment terminals have been installed. We’re looking forward to helping roll it out in the UK.”

Kevin Eastwood, executive director, British Oil Security Syndicate; and Catherine Hetherington, government relations adviser, Shell International Petroleum Company Ltd. For more information please visit www.bossuk.org.

New operations manager for Motor Fuel Group

British Oil Security Syndicate at 10 Downing Street

PRESS RELEASES 27 April 2012 - British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS) executive director Kevin Eastwood was invited to a meeting at 10 Downing Street to meet senior government policy advisers for discussions around developing systems that implement CCTV and ANPR technology on fuel service station forecourts. BOSS operates industry-leading crime fighting schemes on behalf of major oil company and independent fuel retailer members, and was accompanied by senior Shell representatives. Pictured going into the meeting at 10 Downing Street are (l-r) Michael Hunt, HSSE manager, Shell UK Oil Products Ltd; 34

Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) announces the appointment of Matthew Bird as its new operations manager. Matt joins MFG after working for Murco Petroleum for the last nine years. He initially joined them as an area retail manager; he then was promoted to regional manager for their northern area. Matt will report to MFG’s managing director Jeremy Clarke who said: “Having Matt on board will enable us to quickly implement the important structures and procedures that we want to put in place for the long-term success and growth of the company.”

EPA says vapour recovery systems at the pumps can be phased out

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that the systems used at gas station pumps to capture harmful gasoline vapours while refuelling cars can be phased out. Modern vehicles are equipped to capture those

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emissions. Beginning later this year, states may begin the process of phasing out vapour recovery systems at the pump as approximately 70% of all vehicles are equipped with onboard systems that capture these vapours. This final rule will ensure that air quality and public health are protected while potentially saving the approximately 31,000 affected gas stations located in mostly urban areas more than US$3,000 per year when fully implemented. It is expected that the phase out will save fuel marketers around US$93 million a year. Since 1994, gas stations in areas that do not meet certain air quality standards have been required to use gasoline vapour recovery systems. The systems capture fumes that escape from gasoline tanks during refuelling. However, as required by the Clean Air Act, automobile manufacturers began installing on-board refuelling vapour recovery (ORVR) technologies in 1998, making gas stations’ systems increasingly redundant. Since 2006, all new automobiles and light trucks (pick-ups, vans and SUVs) are equipped with ORVR systems. This final rule responds to public comments on EPA’s July 2011 proposal, and will take effect upon publication in the Federal Register.

KPS certifies installer no. 2000

In April a milestone was reached when KPS installer certificate number 2000 was issued to Mr. Zola Pato from Total South Africa. Mr. Pato was trained and certified by Wayne Milligan, authorized KPS trainer, in line with the global KPS installer training and certification standard. In just little over a year, KPS distributor ColVic has arranged for over 100 South African installers to


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MFG drives towards forecourt improvements

After only four months in his role as managing director at Motor Fuel Group (MFG), Jeremy Clarke is taking significant steps to improve the management and profitability of his Group’s 48 station network. Recently, MFG has signed three significant contracts with Istobal, Gilbarco Veeder-Root and Fairbanks, all resulting from MFG’s desire to improve their forecourt offering to customers and provide MFG with much better forecourt maintenance and management services. Istobal have been awarded a three-year contract to maintain all of MFG’s existing valeting, vacuum and air/water equipment, provide a chemical top-up service and, when required, replace old or obsolete equipment with latest specification Istobal units. Another three-year contract has been awarded to Gilbarco VeederRoot to provide pump and gauge maintenance cover and, in addition, to supply pumps and gauges in line with MFG’s forecourt upgrade plans. The first orders, of which, have already been placed. And finally, an agreement has been signed with Fairbanks to provide wetstock management and loss prevention services. A full meter audit across every forecourt in the company has already taken place as well as implementing their automated fuel ordering service; further assisting the management of MFG’s petrol forecourts. With regard to these three significant contract signings, Jeremy Clarke, managing director of MFG says: “It is vitally important for us in

these early days of our business to put in place key relationships that will bring management benefits to us and service benefits to our customers. These three contracts are part of the aggressive growth plans that we have for this company.”

Fill master with Midas fitted

Motor Fuel Group, 4 Email: info@motorfuelgroup.com Web: www.motorfuelgroup.com

Phenomenal MIDAS Misfuel Identification and Avoidance System launch at PetroForum Singapore

Berrys Technologies launched one of the most exciting innovations to happen in world forecourt control, at PetroForum in Singapore to overwhelming industry support. MIDAS stands for Misfuel Identification and Avoidance System. It is a fully automated intelligent valve system that can discriminate between petrol and diesel fuels. The valve is fitted to above or below filling points and will only allow the correct fuel that has been allocated to that tank to enter the storage space. If it is not the correct fuel the valve will not open and the system will alarm both visually and audibly to warn the driver that there is an error. Berrys’ Technical Director, Jacque

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be trained and certified for installation of the KPS Petrol Pipe System™. The KPS training and certification is reviewed yearly for best quality and standardized for complete consistency. Theoretical and practical certification criteria are the same for all installers, regardless of country, trainer or installer’s previous experience.

Below ground spill container with MIDAS fitted

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Williams explains more, “We initiated this product development after meeting with oil company engineers who indicated that misfuelling storage tanks was a major environmental and financial issue. The launch at PetroForum in Singapore was an overwhelming success, gaining the backing from some high profile companies. We are delighted but not surprised because Midas is a complete solution to an expensive problem. Problems of misfuelling include the uplift from and clean up of the tank, pump down time and loss of sales and the cost associated with refining the fuel back to spec. If the mistake is not realised, customers unwittingly fill their vehicles with the wrong fuel which leads to breaks down and engine damage leading to customer claims, negative publicity and damage to company image.” This claim is supported by a large supermarket group that has conducted cost benefit analysis against a misfuel event and forecasts a loss in the region of £100,000 per incident. The MIDAS unit is a completely stand alone system and powered by an internal battery pack, able to provide a typical life expectancy of 5-7 years on a site with two fills a day due to its “hibernation mode” during inactive periods. It is also almost maintenance free. If the valve does experience a fault it will alarm on the indicator panel that a maintenance call is required. The service engineer will wirelessly connect with the unit via a hand held Datatec unit. This is used to set the parameters, calibrate the fuel type, capture data and conduct diagnostics tests. Jacque continues, “MIDAS is much more than a misfuel prevention device. It also offers black box technology, able to log any attempted misfuel events in non volatile memory which can then be used to retrain personal if the misfuel incidents are common to a particular individual. The only interaction required, will be for the driver to “wake up” the unit with a motion activated key fob which is 36

“waved” over the indicator panel. The rest if fully automated. The primary function of the MIDAS is to prevent misfuels , but it can also be used along with a special fully testable tank probe to monitor the fuel levels in the tank and warn the delivery driver of an impending overfill situation. If no action is taken by the driver in a set time, then MIDAS will automatically close the valve by 98%, thereby throttling back the delivery, but still allowing the driver to drain the hose. Conventional mechanical overfill sometimes when activated requires removal and manual re-latching and this requires confined spaces entry and potential health and safety issues showing that another potential problem can be avoided using the MIDAS valve. The MIDAS valve offers affordable misfuel prevention and bring total control to the filling position. With the added benefits of being self powered and low maintenance, MIDAS is set to revolutionise the tanker filling process on the forecourt. With its global opportunities MIDAS’ designers, Berrys Technologies designed the product with all known filling positions in mind. For more information visit Berrys Technologies at www.berrys.com. Berrys Technologies has lead the UK forecourt systems for 46 years specialising in design and manufacture of fuel and vapour transfer systems.

First shop refit for Motor Fuel Group

Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has just completed the first shop refit of a £1½ million, 12-month programme to improve the shop offering on its 48 station network.

MFG’s Boscombe Service Station

near Bournemouth has a new Mace

branded shop, offering customers

an exciting range of chilled dairy

goods, fresh produce, snacks and

hot drinks and off-licence fixtures. Tony Walker, MFG’s Non Fuel Director said: “Shop income is becoming increasingly more important to forecourt operators like us. We, therefore, decided to make this investment and improve the quality of our shop offer to both drive on and walk in customers. “In addition, we are also determined to give our customers the best choice on quality, range and price, all in attractive and comfortable surroundings. Boscombe is the first of 48 and we look forward to improved shop revenues, increased shop footfall and, of course, happy customers.”

Fibrelite continues to expand dispenser sump range

Fibrelite has recently invested in new tooling to manufacture three additional dispenser sumps to supplement its already extensive list of models offered. March 2012 alone saw the introduction of the Tokheim Quantium 510 and the Tokheim Quantuim 500T Adblue fibreglass dispenser sumps. These Kiwa approved models are watertight, fully conductive and are currently being supplied to Shell in the Netherlands. In April 2012 Fibrelite completed tooling for the Tatsuno Sunny XE dispenser sump which is being

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made in the new Malaysian manufacturing plant for delivery to Shell in Thailand. Fibrelite consistently manufacture quality, fully conductive products that can deliver in the toughest onsite conditions and meet the international needs of customers. Fibrelite has expanded its global operations with the recent opening of a new Malaysian production and service facility in order to meet accelerating demand. In addition to this new manufacturing facility, Fibrelite also has a 30,000sq ft. factory in the UK and a 35,000sq ft. plant in the US. The new production facility is now fully operational meaning Fibrelite can supply locally its full range of tank covers, tank chambers, dispenser sumps, fill sumps and penetration fittings. More information regarding Fibrelite can be found at www.fibrelite.com

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OPW announces launch of AVANCE fueling nozzles and system solution across Europe, Middle East and Africa

UKPIA comments on the future of oil refining

Prague, Czech Republic – April 16, 2012 OPW Fueling Components EMEA is proud to announce that its next generation nozzle and system solution, AVANCE, is now available for sale across the EMEA region. AVANCE is a direct result of extensive consumer research as well as industry customer’s input on how a next generation nozzle should ideally perform and look. With its multiple patents, AVANCE will set a new standard for fueling nozzles worldwide. AVANCE’s technical innovations will increase profitability, decrease service and maintenance costs for operators and protect consumers and the environment during the filling process. The leading edge industrial design can be colour customized to suit each operator’s unique needs and wants. 38

AVANCE is available as a conventional nozzle, a vapour recovery nozzle and as a fully certified and complete system solution with AVANCE hose and AVANCE swivel. The multi-plane swivel breakaway rotates 360 degrees around its axis and 70 degrees from side to side. All components are of course fully backwards compatible with the installed base in the field. Any AVANCE nozzle tested so far has successfully completed, on average, over 1.500.000 fueling cycles before maintenance was needed. AVANCE is yet another product of Dover Corporation’s global sustainability initiative. Find out what AVANCE can do for your business on www.avancebyopw.com For more information about OPW, go to www.opwglobal.com

At the Platts Annual European Oil Storage Conference held in Amsterdam on 10 May 2012, Chris Hunt, Director General of UKPIA outlined some of the major challenges facing the oil refining sector in the UK and the rest of Europe. These issues will also be discussed when the Energy Ministers of EU Member States, together with industry representatives, meet the EU Energy Commissioner on 15 May at the Refining Round Table meeting in Brussels. Chris Hunt commented: “There is a real opportunity for joined up thinking on policy direction around the long-term sustainability of European refining when EU Energy Ministers meet the Commission on 15 May. UKPIA urges all participants to make a determined effort to agree a set of initiatives that lead to real action and not merely passive monitoring.” He added: “If the governments of Member States are sincere in wanting a robust European refining industry that continues to deliver quality employment, energy supply

resilience and feedstocks for chemical, bitumen and other key industries, they must be proactive in developing policy that creates a level playing field for this vital energy sector against its global competitors.” Enquiries to: Nick Vandervell, UKPIA Tel. 020 7269 7604

“Hands Free” Vehicle ID from Cameron Forecourt

A new automatic vehicle recognition system (AVR) which instantly identifies vehicles at the refuelling point has been launched by Cameron Forecourt. The AVR system uses a tag with a unique code which is attached on or near the vehicle fuel filler to communicate with a transponder mounted inside the fuel nozzle. Information is then passed to the fuel island controller via a radio link, which allows fuelling to commence once a “positive ID” is received. The German-engineered DervPoint system has been proven in use throughout Europe and is now available in the UK through Cameron Forecourt. Key benefits of the system include time-saving by removing the need for the driver or fueller to enter data into the fuel island terminal, positive identification of each vehicle as it is presented for fuelling and removing the risk of “ghost” vehicles or containers being filled illegally. It also means that the ID media and the reader are permanent fixtures on the vehicle and in the fuel nozzle head, guarding against the loss or misuse of other types of

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Enquiries please contact:Martyn Gent – Sales & Marketing Director Cameron Forecourt Ltd Chambers Road, Platts Common Industrial Estate, Barnsley South Yorkshire, S74 9SE Tel: 01226 742441 Email: info@cameron-forecourt.co.uk www.cameron-forecourt.co.uk

Gemini provides simpler and safer secondary containment installation as well as an overall materials and installation cost savings. Gemini revolutionises secondary containment systems by splitting the secondary fitting into two pieces, which enables the installer to

primary and secondary fittings, and further reduces the number of necessary parts, welds, time and overall cost. The full range of Gemini pipe fittings (including tee, 90 degree bends and in-line or 45 degree bends) will be

Gemini Group Two

slide the secondary fitting away so that the primary joint can be fully welded, pressuretested and inspected before welding secondary fittings. This process makes the speed and ease of installing secondary containment even more efficient, as well as allows up to 50% reduction in

Franklin Fueling Systems introduces revolutionary Gemini secondary containment system

Madison, Wisconsin USA – April 2, 2012 – Franklin Fueling Systems (FFS) is pleased to announce the launch of Gemini; a true revolution in fittings design for secondary contained pipe systems. Combining an innovative design, engineering expertise and skilled manufacturing, Franklin has created the future in secondary containment systems.

Gemini Primary Weld Wide

Gemini Split

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access devices such as smart cards, keys or other types of tag. The same system can also provide mileage or hours-run information to an additional unit placed in the can, which is powered by the vehicle and reads pulses generated by a tachograph, speedo or CanBus. The system can be fitted as part of new installations of Cameron Forecourt fuel island and GPRSbased fuel management systems or retro-fitted to most types of commercial fuelling equipment. Comments Martyn Gent, Cameron Forecourt Sales and Marketing Director: “This system takes away the risk of human error or misuse. Unless the unique ID is successfully registered it will not allow fuel to be drawn and it only allows fuelling while the nozzle is in the neck of the tank.” Automated mileage transfer from either an On-Board device (Fitted to the vehicle Tachograph or CanBus) or directly from existing vehicle tracking system servers also helps to automate and manage fuel & vehicle MPG figures far more effectively.

Gemini Independent Primary

available in the coming weeks. Further details can be obtained from your local FFS sales representative. An exciting, dedicated website has been launched to support Gemini, featuring in-depth product information, multi-lingual literature downloads and contentrich videos to introduce this innovative new product. Visit franklinfueling.com/gemini to find out more about Gemini and its unique features. Franklin Fueling Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Electric, a global leader in the production and marketing of systems

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and components for the movement of water and automotive fuels. Recognised as a technical leader in its specialties, Franklin Electric serves customers around the world in residential, commercial, agricultural, industrial, municipal and fuelling applications. For more information visit www.franklinfueling.com.

marcusevans Launches Oil and Gas Conferences in Kuala Lumpur

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Oil and gas is being increasingly exploited from mature provinces where the producing and transporting installations are of significant age compared with their original design life. The number of ageing offshore platforms has increased globally and a substantial number are facing operation beyond their intended design life. With increasing focus on the state of offshore installations as many approach and often exceed their original design life, there is a need for practical and cost effective methods to assess facility condition and assist operators and authorities in making decisions about the future investment and divestment of these assets. marcusevans, one of the world’s largest conference organisers, has announced that Offshore Structures Asia, a regional conference targeting the oil and gas sector from the Asia Pacific and Middle East region, will be held on 19th-21st November 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Co-organised with the Malaysian Structural Steel Association and Universiti Teknologi Petronas, the main theme of the conference is maximising on CAPEX by prolonging the lifecycle of offshore structures with an optimised design, excellent asset integrity management programmes and sound decommissioning plans. The multi-streamed conference will be covering a range of topics including Offshore Structure Design, Asset Integrity & Reliability and Decommissioning. 40

Some of the key presenters at the conference are Associate Prof Ir. Dr. Shahir Liew, Head of Civil Engineering Department Universiti Teknologi Petronas and Head of Center for Offshore engineering Research of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia; Rehan Ahmed, Head of Corrosion of Ras Gas, Qatar and Chairperson of Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC), Qatar; Zahari Razak, Principal Structural Engineer Engineering Department of Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd; Vijay Vijayaraghavan, Principal Integrity Engineer of SANTOS Australia; and Rolf Gubner Vice President of European Federation of Corrosion, Chair in Corrosion Engineering of Chevron-Woodside, Australia, and Director Corrosion Centre for Education, Research & Technology (Corr-CERT), Department of Chemistry of Faculty of Science and Engineering Curtin University Australia. This conference is specifically designed to target professionals involved in the complete life-cycle of offshore structures – from conceptual design and asset integrity, to decommissioning. It will feature a combination of case studies and expert insights from key oil and gas players operating in mature markets; and will facilitate discussion amongst renowned professionals from leading oil and gas operating companies. On a similar note, the stiff competition that exists within the oil and gas industry has paved the way for an increase in the number of terminals being built and more stringent regulations being put into play over the years. With global demand, fluctuating oil prices and economic uncertainties, terminal operators are facing increased pressure in optimising their tank and piping operational efficiency and integrity. This has led to the announcement of the 4th BLS: Tank Integrity, Maintenance and Safety conference that is geared towards achieving excellence within the bulk liquid storage arena. Organised by

marcusevans, the main theme of this conference is maximising storage tank integrity and safety through proactive inspection, maintenance and safety systems to optimise bulk liquid storage operations. Participant of this conference will gain industry insights on topics such as optimising tank integrity through quality inspection and maintenance; preventing fire and explosion incident through incorporating capable prevention and protection systems; maximising emergency response capability to minimise access damage; tackling corrosion challenges with effective corrosion prevention and control; utilising cost effective tank cleaning tools and technologies while ensuring safety; as well as prolonging the life cycle of ageing tanks and ensuring long term integrity. The 4th Annual BLS event is sponsored by Fuel, Tank and Pipe Pte Ltd and Emerson Process Management, Rosemount Tank Gauging. The esteemed panel of endorsers and media partners are the Association for Petroleum and Explosives Administration, Pigging Products & Services Association, Asia Oil & Gas and E&P Daily. marcusevans is one of the world's leading providers and promoters of global summits, strategic conferences, professional trainings, in-company training, business-tobusiness congresses, sports hospitality and on-line information. Founded in 1983, the company now employs over 3500 employees operating in 35 countries around the world. The company's revenues are generated from clients across the majority of the world's top 1000 companies. Our international network of offices provides a onestop shop for a company's business intelligence, learning and training needs. For more information, please visit www.marcusevans.com. For more information about this topic, please contact Cherrie Koay at 603-2723 6662 or email to CherrieK@marcusevanskl.com.

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Exhibition Conference Awards Dinner

8 NOVEMBER 2012 RICOH ARENA COVENTRY

APEA Live 2012:

the specialist annual event for the petroleum industry is back! Don’t be the one to miss out, book your place today!

APEA Live, the best 24 hours on the trade calendar, is back on 8 November 2012 at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena. This is the specialist annual event for the petroleum industry, incorporating an engaging Exhibition, unmissable Conference and glittering Awards Dinner and ceremony, all in one fantastic day.

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Event Overview

Why attend?

APEA Live 2012 delivers a phenomenal business experience, across one incredible day. A fast growing event, expanding year-on-year; this is an occasion where the petroleum industry gathers to:

Key Information

Event APEA Live 2012 Date 8 November 2012 Venue Ricoh Arena Coventry, CV6 6GE Info booking.f2fevents.co.uk/apea

Do business; establish new business partnerships. Network with peers, customers and prospects. Learn about the industry’s latest products, innovations and players. Understand new relevant legislation and regulations. Share information. Raise standards by celebrating trade excellence. Who attends?

Put simply, anyone that plays a pivotal role in our industry, including:

Forecourt owners (individual and group, oil and retail companies). Forecourt product / service suppliers. Engineers. Contractors. Regulators. Health & Safety representatives.

Bottom line: if you’re serious about this industry, then you must attend APEA Live.

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The Exhibition: stay on the pulse of your market...

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Discover the latest products and services; a unique collection of the leading specialist brands.

The Exhibition is free-to-attend, however pre-registration is essential*. To register your place online today, visit booking.f2fevents.co.uk/apea!

This ticket allows you full access to the exhibition floor, giving you the unique opportunity to interact with other companies, view the latest products and see first hand, what developments are going on in your industry right now. *Pre-registration at booking.f2fevents.co.uk/apea is essential. Anyone that has not pre-registered will be charged £10 on the door.

Exhibiting companies confirmed (at time of going to press):

LCM Environmental Ledbury Welding & Engineering LIS (North Western) Petrocom PFS Fueltec Pumpwatch Risbridger Scheidt & Bachman UK Suresite Tanknology Terence Barker Tokheim Wayne (UK)

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Adler & Allan (E&S Environmental) APEA Berrys Technologies Car Wash UK CFG Nationwide Site Services CSD Sealing DP Fuel Tank Services Elaflex Fairbanks Franklin Fueling Systems Global MSI Hytek GB KPS

For a full, up-to-date exhibitor list, visit booking.f2fevents.co.uk/apea.

The Conference: all about you and your business...

The daytime elements of APEA Live provide an unparalleled trade experience, where the industry’s senior decision-makers congregate to network with peers and prospects, and discover the latest product developments and market trends.

The Conference, sponsored by Franklin Fueling Systems, is dedicated to anyone who wants to make sure their business is in synergy with their industry, and debates the leading issues in a programme led by internationally recognised speakers. Programme to be announced shortly!

Conference attendee rates:

£40 + VAT APEA members £80 + VAT non-members Price inclusive of lunch and refreshments

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The Awards Dinner: rewarding excellence...

The prestigious APEA Awards Dinner is, hands down, the industry’s night of the year and provides a magnificent climax to the event.

The glittering evening recognises industry excellence, delivers gourmet food and fine wine, and provides electrifying entertainment. Entertain your best clients and prospects, or reward your team for a ‘job well done’ in 2012!

Last year saw a record breaking audience enjoy a remarkable night. This year’s event will raise the bar even higher!

Awards Dinner ticket rates:

£125 + VAT £1,335 + VAT

Individual tickets Table of 12

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The Awards Categories

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Hot off the press: two new awards added to 2012 roll of honour...

The APEA Events Committee have introduced two exciting new categories for this year’s ceremony, namely ‘Lifetime Achievement’ and ‘Service Station of the Year’. These will be added to five other stellar titles, creating a prestigious line-up of awards that recognise elite industry achievements.

NEW F OR 2012!

New awards, in focus…

‘Service Station of the Year’ will reward the best forecourt (either totally new build or major rebuild) that has opened over the past 12 months. Owners, designers, project managers and contractors can submit joint entries, conveying why their facility deserves to be recognised as the best new site of the year. ‘Lifetime Achievement’, sponsored by Elaflex Ltd, will recognise an outstanding individual that has dedicated a career to our industry, registering extraordinary achievements and demonstrating consistent excellence along the way.

The APEA Live 2012 Awards list: • • • • • • •

Lifetime Achievement Award* sponsored by Elaflex Ltd Health and Safety Performance Award sponsored by Franklin Fueling Systems Innovation Award Environmental Protection Award sponsored by Terence Barker Ltd Quality Award Personal Contribution to the industry in 2011/2012 Award Service Station of the Year Award

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Exhibitor & Sponsorship Opportunities 2012 Engage your brand with the most influential industry players.

Your customers are bombarded with thousands and thousands of advertising messages every single day. This is a problem; achieving marketing penetration over this ever growing advertising noise is getting increasingly difficult. APEA Live’s sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities provide unique opportunities for you to deliver brand memories and drive sales, within a ‘permission marketing’ environment.

Leading marketers and sales execs understand live platforms create strong brand recognition and customer affinity, placing them above their competitors and driving company profits. If you are serious about your industry, do not miss this unique chance to sell to:

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Forecourt owners (oil, retail, group and individual) Product / service suppliers Engineers Contractors Regulators Health & Safety Executives

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Sell your products and build your pipelines Develop lucrative relationships with key decision-makers and budget holders Maximise brand awareness; create emotional commitments within a multi-sensory environment Launch and showcase new products Undertake valuable market research To discuss your Be a visible solution

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The Jimmy Mizen Foundation has been set up as a positive way of remembering the life of Jimmy, who was tragically murdered in May 2008 aged 16. Our mission is to make young people safer; we promote participation within the community, increase young people’s awareness of the potential outcomes of actions and support development into independent and responsible individuals. Vision Jimmy will always be remembered and celebrated as a positive force for good in this world. Values We work with other like-minded people and organisations to be a positive force by empowering young people to develop as individuals and help others; developing the ability to manage anger without resorting to violence; and developing their skills and capabilities so they can gain work, training and lead fulfilling lives. Our principle aim is to help young people, up to the age of 24, play a positive role within their communities as independent and responsible individuals. The Foundation has already made significant progress in raising finance to support local scouting organisations and arranging apprenticeship placements within Leathermarket Tenant Management Organisation. We have further set up our Awareness Project that addresses audiences of young people, parents and teachers in schools, prisons and youth clubs to promote anger management, stress awareness and the consequences of violent crime.

Jimmybuses After Jimmy’s death, we were sent money from a group of young people from Canterbury Christ Church University. We knew the Scout Group Jimmy belonged to was raising money to buy a minibus so we decided to give the money to them to help their fundraising. The article appeared in the paper and money soon started to come in to us – enough to purchase not 1 but 2 minibuses! The fourth Jimmybus has been handed to Community Transport Lewisham. Due to the success of the third Jimmybus, which has so far been used by over 1,000 people, the trustees of The Jimmy Mizen Foundation have agreed to continue to support Community Transport Lewisham with a fourth Jimmybus. Our fourth Jimmybus has kindly been donated to us by the Coombe Trust, and we are very grateful!

took place. Together, shopkeepers, police and young people work to increase the reporting of incidents. Led by London Citizens, an independent charitable alliance of 150 institutions working to strengthen civil society, the CitySafe Campaign has won the support of businesses and the attention of political leaders. The first civic safe havens were Lewisham Town Hall and Civic Centre. London Mayor Boris Johnson also declared City Hall the 200th safe haven. Fundraising Events Throughout the year we hold a number of fundraising events, as this is primarily what we rely on to keep the Foundation running. We hold 2 Quiz Nights each year, a Summer Party and a Christmas Party which have now become regular events in our calendar. In addition, we have The Sparkle Cup, an annual football competition and The Peace Cup, an inter-school football competition run in Bexley. Our events are advertised on our website www.jimmymizen.org.

Awareness Project Our Awareness Project aims to increase young people’s awareness of the potential outcomes of actions to help make them safer through sharing Jimmy’s story. We know that if we are to create a community that is safe for all our children, then they need to be part of the conversation on how we all achieve it. We use our personal experience to underline messages to young people, offenders and others to reduce the risks to young people. During our secondary school visits we usually address years 10 and 11, although we have spoken to younger year groups and have also been into primary schools. CitySafe Havens The CitySafe Havens initiative began after Jimmy’s murder and successfully brought together young people, police and shopkeepers to build a safer street where the attack

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Interview with Marshall Mott-Smith By Brian Baker

Marshall Mott-Smith has been a keen supporter of the Association over the years and in the USA, provides conferencing and exhibitions for both the Above and Below Ground Storage Tank Institute. I first met Marshall when he invited me to deliver a presentation to the Above Ground Storage Tank Institute at Orlando, Florida in 2006 and have kept in touch ever since.

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Marshall, how are you? Last time we actually spoke is when you came over and spoke at the APEA Live conference in 2010. That’s right. The meeting was in Coventry and I had a wonderful time. One of the things I’ve always enjoyed in my work is meeting new people. The members of the Association are truly a great group, and I’ve enjoyed the friendships I’ve made there. Let us try and start somewhere in the beginning; when did you first get involved with tank inspections for both above and underground storage tanks in the USA? I started with the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation in March 1977 as an Engineering Technician, and worked my way up the ranks in the department to eventually become a manager. However, I did not get involved with storage tank systems until I was appointed as the first Storage Tanks Program Coordinator in1983. Nobody went to University to learn about storage tanks, so we had to learn about storage tank systems as the program developed. Three years later, I became the administrator, and served at that position until I retired from government in April, 2008. In the UK, we have petroleum inspectors working for local 48

authorities much smaller in size than your counties. I know you have an Inspection programme for tanks that exceed 550 gallons but contain any product. Tell us about the regulations about this? Brian - I would have to respectfully disagree about the size of our counties, both in Florida and the rest of the United States. Some of our counties are quite small, and many do not even have storage tank inspectors. However, all 50 states have underground storage tank (UST) regulatory programs, and some are quite large. As for aboveground storage tanks (ASTs), there are only about 32 states that have regulations, and many of those are only related to fire safety and not environmental protection. The AST regulatory threshold of 550 gallons is just for the State of Florida. Many states have different requirements for minimum regulatory capacities as well as for the products that are stored, but most will regulate common petroleum products such as gasoline, diesel, kerosene, ethanol and biodiesel blends, and aviation fuels. Minimum threshold capacities range from 500 to 1100 gallons, and many states have no limit on the maximum size. The largest regulated tank in Florida has a storage capacity of 25 million gallons. I know that Florida, along with California, lead the way in the USA on pollution prevention and understand you took a lead in Florida to encourage secondary containment. Was that for both tanks and pipework and exactly why did this come about? Florida was the first state in the Union to have regulations for underground and aboveground storage tanks, followed closely by

the State of New York. California probably has the most stringent regulations for underground tanks, but oddly enough, has very few regulations for aboveground storage tanks. California counties have a lot of autonomy with regulations, and there is a great deal of variation. Florida took the lead on secondary containment in the late 1980’s when we realized that singlewall tanks did not provide a sufficient level of protection. If a leak occurred, “the horse was out of the barn”, and someone was going to pay for a clean-up. Ninety-two percent of Florida’s drinking water comes from groundwater, so it was imperative to develop a standard that would protect this valuable resource. DEP had just had a regulatory tank upgrade deadline for upgrading bare-steel tanks in 1989, so we initially gave tank owners in Florida a 30 year deadline until 2019 to upgrade from singlewall corrosion-protected tanks to double-wall tanks. However, as the timing of this new regulation was one month before an election, the Governor and Cabinet directed the department to make the deadline sooner, so we selected a 20 year deadline of 2009. That deadline has come and gone, and 99% of the UST owners in Florida now have secondary containment, including tanks, piping, piping sumps, dispenser sumps, and spill buckets. A lot of your findings came about through Florida’s Leak Autopsy Guidelines, can you tell us what you were finding and why? We were fortunate in Florida to

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have a well-funded leak prevention program, and I had about 150

County Government inspectors that worked for me under contract statewide.

The County Tanks Program

Inspectors

performed

annual

inspections, installation and closure

inspections, complaint investigations, and non-compliance and discharge

inspections. They averaged about 30,000 inspections per year. It is an

exceptional program that has had a

positive

effect

on

reducing

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discharges. In 2003, we decided to have the county inspectors perform leak autopsy inspections to gather information about the sources and causes of leaks. They completed a five page form during a discharge inspection to gather on-site “autopsy” information, along with the effectiveness of the leak detection, and a number of other system attributes. This information was field-verified and statistically valid, and helped us spot trends and problems. More importantly, it helped us direct our focus on the problems that were significant, and gave us data that we could defend before government rulemaking authorities or in civil or administrative enforcement action. It basically reinforced what we had known anecdotally for years, that tanks were not the main source of leaks, and that we needed to concentrate on leaks from spill buckets and piping. In Europe and I particularly in the UK we have our Environment Agency who deal with leaks to ground and pollution issues but in the USA it is different and believe that reports can end up with Congressional Committees. Can you go through how this happens? Actually, our system is similar in that state environmental agencies are the first line of defence for ensuring compliance with federal and state laws and rule. The way our system usually works for most environmental regulations is that the United States Congress passes laws 50

that give federal agencies the authority to write rules for the environmental laws. The federal agencies have grants or may delegate the program implementation to state government environmental agencies. The state legislatures in turn must pass statutes that give the state regulators the authority to write rules that are compatible with the federal law and rules. Most states are prohibited by state law from having rules that are more stringent than federal law, but some states like Florida, California, North Carolina, and others have been able to obtain authority from their state government to have rules that are more stringent. Congressional Committees have the authority to investigate many things related to the scope of their authority, and several have chosen over the years to investigate issues related to UST and AST system regulation. I have testified before four committees on four different occasions – three on a potential for a federal AST regulatory program, and one on UST financial responsibility. Climate plays a big part in storage whether above or underground but understand that you have experienced lightning strikes that have actually seen tanks blown up and out of the ground. Tell us about this? Yes, but it’s just from normal weather and not “climate” and it’s not just lightning. Many states have experienced flooding conditions from heavy rainfall like the UK had several years ago that caused a number of problems with UST and AST systems. Hurricanes have caused a great deal of damage as well from flooding, storm surge, and wind to ASTs and USTs, large and small. Tornadoes have flattened many facilities down to the dispenser islands, and we’ve also have some problems from wildfires. I know of two lightning-induced explosions in the past several years –

One in St. Petersburg, and the other in the Midwest. The St. Petersburg incident was interesting in that it virtually destroyed the diesel tank with a direct strike, and sent a 100 pound manway cover 100 feet in the air up through the canopy. I’ve attached a few photographs.

St. Petersburg

Mid-West

On top of this, Florida is often affected by hurricanes from the Mexican Gulf Stream. How big a problem is that, remembering the effect of Hurricane Katrina especially in 2005? Storage tank facilities along the Gulf and East Coasts of the United States are at risk every year from hurricanes and tropical storms. It can be a big problem, depending on the path of the centre of the storm. The closer it passes to bulk terminal facilities, the greater the problem. Hurricane Katrina caused extreme wind damage to large ASTs, floated many off of their foundations, and even turned several of them up on their sides. In addition, flying debris damaged and punctured tanks and led to releases of petroleum products. The problem is exacerbated by a number of pre-storm factors. The press tells everyone to “fill up their cars” because fuel will not be available in the post-storm power outages. This increased demand,

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before the storm to fill the bulk ASTs creates a difficult situation. The

facility owners are reluctant to

distribute the fuel because they will

need to ballast their AST to prevent them from floating off of their

foundations if the waters rise. Of

course, this happens at the time of peak demand for the USTs. As

previously mentioned, post-storm

power outages make it difficult to pump fuel out of USTs, but we’ve

also learned that smaller ASTs used for

emergency

electric

power

generator are insufficient because the flow-rates of the generators

consume the fuel in three to four days. If the power outages persist, it causes a problem for hospitals,

nursing homes, and other similar

facilities.

Marshall, do you serve on any regulating committee or bodies in the USA? Yes – I’m on the UL 971 Committee for underground piping. I was previously on the API committee for Leak Autopsies, and the API 2350 Committee (Overfill Protection). Now a few years ago, you went and set up your own consulting group. How successful has this been and can you tell us of some of the work you have or are doing at present? I have really enjoyed my foray into the private sector with the MottSmith Consulting Group. It is truly a family business, with my brother Ernest as a Professional Engineer and an expert in petroleum remediation, and my oldest son Ian as a Project Manager. While we don’t have the footprint to compete with larger companies on larger projects, we specialize in solving government problems. We do equipment approvals, waivers, variances, alternative procedures, research, enforcement, and product representation. I do expert witness testimony, and we represent several product lines for larger ASTs.

I’ve done work for large oil companies, power companies, equipment manufacturers, convenience store chains, rental car companies, and numerous other business entities. I’m a disabled veteran as well, and we have been trying to team with larger companies to compete for government and military business. I’m also the Chief Operating Officer of AET Compliance. AET Compliance provides monthly visual compliance inspections and services for convenience stores. We inspect over 1000 stores a month from Florida north to Ohio and west to Arkansas. We also have an onsite fuel quality service for bringing the fuels in USTs with phaseseparation or problems with UltraLow Sulphur Diesel back into their original specifications. In addition to Mott-Smith Consulting and AET Compliance, I’m also the Vice President for the National Institute for Storage Tank Management. We have a large annual international AST Conference in Orlando, and we have smaller conferences in a different state every month to help owners and operators of storage tank systems with regulatory compliance. Now I know you have a love of soccer (we call it football in the UK) and you enjoy refereeing. Do you still do that? I retired from my duties as a football referee last year. After 13 knee operations, with two total knee replacements, as well as my 57 years and busy work schedule, it was time to give up the sport I’ve enjoyed playing, coaching, and refereeing. I my now enjoy watching grandchildren play (we have five now!). What else do you do when you are away from work? What do you do with yourself? I really enjoy deep sea fishing. Whenever time allows I take my 20ft boat offshore in search of grouper and red snapper. I enjoy being out

of sight of land with a fish on my line and a cold adult beverage in my

hand.

Other than fishing, I enjoy

enjoy

reading

golfing, surfing, and yard-work. military

I

history,

particularly about the British Army

and Navy in the Napoleonic wars. My favourite author is Bernard

Cornwell.

Do you still have that Milton

Keynes Dons soccer shirt I gave you 6 years ago? I hope you follow their

results?

I still have the shirt, and when I

wear it I receive many compliments

from people that I meet and know.

As for the Dons, I was sorry to hear

about the recent two-nil outcome on May 12 against Huddersfield…

Finally Marshall, if you could look

back

and

change

something

professionally, what would it have been?

As much as I appreciate the

knowledge

and

experience

I

gained as a government regulator, I wish I would have entered the

private sector a little earlier. I love

running my own business, helping my customers, solving problems

quickly, being able to use personal initiative,

and

actually

rewarded for hard work.

getting

I have

learned so much more since I left the

government,

and

I’ve

particularly enjoyed learning the

business side of the storage tank industry. I love capitalism, and the

personal individual freedom that we

have here in business.

Thanks Marshall, thank you for

taking time out for us and look

forward

to

hearing

from

you.

Regards to the family and hope your

son Ian is still following in Dad’s footsteps! Thanks

Brian

I

value

our

friendship, and look forward to

seeing you again in the U.S. or the

UK...but I would prefer having a pint with you in England!

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along with the fact that tankers and

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EN 12115 : 2011 Standard for Chemical Hoses New Specifications about Electrical Conductivity By Anton Martiniussen, Managing Director, Elaflex Ltd The current version of EN 12115 presents

changed and amplified definitions regarding the

required electrical conductivity of chemical hoses.

For each member country, EN standards are

adopted into a National version. Since 1999, the German EN 12115 version has required that “OHM”

hoses would need electrical conductivity through

the hose wall (max. electrical resistance 109 Ω). This

now has been universally adopted in the standard.

Wherever the EN 12115 is valid, the new safety

requirements are applicable: Ω (and M) hoses used

in explosive environments must have an electrical

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resistance through the tube wall of maximum 109

Ω. To indicate this property, these hoses are identified as Ω/T respectively M/T hoses.

Hose assemblies with an electrical resistance

through the hose wall of greater than 109 Ω are

marked with M or Ω respectively.

Chart 1: Overview of the changes, EN 12115 old / EN 12115 : 2011

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Chemical hoses, marked according new EN 12115 : 2011

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Electrical conductivity of hose assemblies - Use in explosive environment Hose assemblies can build up electrostatic energy, due to the medium passing through them, or due to e.g. pulling over the ground. If not dissipated, the charge can reach such a high energy level that for example coupling the hose might create a spark that brings an explosive mixture to ignite. To avoid this dangerous situation, hoses used for liquids - whose gases can form explosive mixtures and / or - which are used in an explosive environment have to conform to European and international regulations for their safe construction. An important constructional property is the electrical resistance between the hose end fittings.

When safety requirements are highest, EN 12115 : 2011 and IEC 60079-32-1 : 2011 (basis of EN 12115 regarding electrostatic safety) call for additional safety measures. This is for example the case if the hose assembly is used entirely or to a major part within an explosive environment (Ex zone). In this case, an electrical charge on the inner surface of the hose lining must be able to be safely dissipated through the hose wall (IEC 60079-321 : 2011, 7.7.3.4). The resistance of the hose wall may not exceed 109 Ω. On the other hand, if a hose assembly is used under normal conditions (e. g. for filling a container where an Ex zone usually is confined to the coupling area only), the hose wall is not required to be electrically conductive (IEC 60079-32-1 : 2011, 7.7.3.4, Table 17).

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Chart 2: Ex Zones and Explosion Groups

Guidelines for the selection of chemical hoses according EN 12115 : 2011 Ω/T = For highest safety requirements. The complete hose assembly consists of electrically conductive rubber blends. Conductivity 109 Ω through the hose wall. Suitable for explosive mixtures inside, and for the use in hazardous areas (hose entirely or to a major part within an Ex zone). Suitable for media of explosion group higher than IIA (IIB or IIC). Also suitable for critical, non-conductive chemicals like toluene.

Ω = High security due to conductive rubber mixtures. Suitable for normal use, for example as a filling hose for liquids of explosion group IIA. If the hose is only partially used in a hazardous area - e.g., the Ex zone is confined to the coupling area which is mostly the case - the use of an Ω hose is admissable.

“Less Conductive” is Safer From the current standards regarding Ex requirements, e.g. EN 12115 and IEC, it can be seen that in comparison to M type hoses, Ω/T and Ω hoses offer higher safety when used in their particular application range, because there are no restrictions to be taken into account, as is the case with M hose assemblies. When talking about electrical resistance, it is important to understand that high conductivity (very low electrical resistance) does not mean that a hose is safer to use. Due to the fact that the electrical connectors are

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M/T = Principally this type can be used as Ω/T hoses. However, contrary to Ω and Ω/T hose assemblies it must be considered that the electrical conductivity of M/T (and M) hoses is created by metallic conductors. The electrical connection within the tube is subject to high loads. In the worst case it can be broken. Regular monitoring of the conductivity is recommended. Further, the use of M/T (and M) hose assemblies should be avoided when so-called stray currents can be expected in the environment of the hose.

M =

Suitable for normal use, for example as a filling hose for liquids of explosion group IIA, but this type is subject to the same restrictions as M/T hoses.

bonded to the couplings, M type hose assemblies have an electrical resistance (measured between hose ends) of max. 100 Ohm. On the other hand, Ω hose assemblies show a higher electrical resistance, up to max. 1 Million Ohm. Possible external currents, such as stray currents from distant electrical systems (e. g. E-locomotives, generators) can be safely dissipated. In contrast, with M hoses, because of the very low resistance, there is a risk that very large currents flow through the hose, potentially leading to sparks which can ignite explosive mixtures.

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the lining is non-conductive, this energy can not be

passed on to the couplings and if it reaches a high level,

it might break through the hose lining. This can damage (puncture) the hose.

By choosing a hose assembly with an electrical

resistance of max 109 Ω through the hose wall (Ω/T conductivity), this can be avoided.

Example ELAFLON PLUS FEP - max. 106 Ohm resistance between hose end fittings - not conductive through the hose wall. According EN 12115 so far classified as M hose, according EN 12115 : 2011 now an Ω hose

Example ELAFLON PTFE - max. 106 Ohm resistance between hose end fittings - max. 109 Ohm through the hose wall. According EN 12115 so far classified as Ω hose, according EN 12115 : 2011 now an Ω/T hose For more information please contact ELAFLEX Ltd. Riverside House, Plumpton Road, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 0PA Phone: 01992-452-950 www.elaflex.co.uk sales@elaflex.co.uk

Ask The Experts

In the Blue Book under the Electrical Section, page 146, reference is made to carry out a risk assessment for Lightning Protection at a site’s design stage. What is actually involved in such an assessment and how will it benefit the overall safety of the site? The “Designer” who could be a firm of consulting engineers or indeed the electrical contractor if it’s a “Design and build” project must at the earliest opportunity when the site boundary and layout is known carry out a suitable risk assessment for the site’s building structures and of course the vent pipes should be included. A filling station is at no greater risk of being struck by lightning than any other building, however because it has potentially explosive fuels this, of course, does mean the consequences of a strike could be

greater than other buildings. If a contractor does not have suitable experience and expertise in carrying out the risk assessment then there are plenty of reputable lightning and earthing specialist companies that could help and do this work. How do we know if we actually need a protection system or not? Well there’s no intuitive way of doing this – you need to carry out a risk assessment in accordance with BS EN 62305:2006 Part 2. The risk assessment in BS EN 62305-2 is much more detailed and has many more parameters than the assessment contained in BS 6651. The determination whether a protection system is needed or not will be based on the results of the risk assessment. Generally speaking filling stations do not normally require a lightning protection

new Ω marking: hose is suitable for explosive mixtures

new Ω/T marking: hose is suitable for explosive mixtures and for explosive environments

system, but of course without doing the risk assessment then you won’t know. I would also indicate that 14.8.10 in the “Blue Book” indicates that a connection may be made to the vent pipes for lightning protection to a suitable earth electrode. The risk assessment and subsequent lightning protection system would detail all the parts of the system including air finials, down conductors and earth electrode points and resistance reading parameters. These details, of course, being held in the site’s records, made available for inspection and of course the system would have to be maintained in good condition!. Just because a site has not been subject to a lightning strike doesn’t mean it will not; York Minster was around 600 years old before being struck in 1984 causing irreplaceable damage. A site doesn’t have to get “Struck” by lightning - just being in close proximity to a strike could

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“Ω/T Conductivity” - Further Explanations For some applications, Ω and M hoses with nonconductive lining (surface in contact with the medium) but conductive reinforcements and hose cover may bear the risk that the lining is damaged by electrostatic discharge. This can be the case with some critical, electrically nonconductive media like Toluene or Heptane. Electrical charge can build up on the surface of the hose lining. If


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have a detrimental and catastrophic effect on the site’s electrical installation. In particular electronic and data devices are prone to damage. The latest amendment No1 to BS7671 the British wiring standards have added a new section (534) and should be used by the designers and installers of the electrical installation for surge and lightning protection detail.

†course it’s critical that during a site emergency only those items allowed to be powered up are and the rest shut down by the emergency switching devices or if the “fault” is actually on the site itself the back up supplies don’t operate on that occasion. Gareth Bourhill Consultant

extract from the HSE ACOP L138. Paragraph 232 - The conclusions of an area classification study usually take the form of drawings identifying the hazardous areas and types of zones. This is normally supplemented by text giving information about the dangerous substances that will be present, the work activities that have been considered, and other assumptions made by the study. Whenever such drawings and documents have been produced, they should be retained as part of the documentation in support of regulation 5. These documents should be considered whenever new equipment is to be introduced into a zoned area. The full extent of the zones are detailed in both plan and elevation in the APEA/EI Guidance for Design, Construction, Modification, Maintenance and Decommissioning of Filling Stations (Revised June 2011) (the Blue Book).

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I have been told that the On a new site, should back up electrical power supplies be classification of a hazardous zone installed to maintain all power on a petrol filling station is a legal systems? requirement. Where does this come There are many pieces of from and do they have to have any electrical equipment on site, plans showing where these areas particularly back office systems, are? dispenser data systems, tills, CCTV Regulation 7 of the Dangerous and Explosive tank gauge and leakage systems, Substances car wash systems that all come with Atmospheres Regulations 2002 is some form of “Back up”. This may entitled “places where explosive just be an internal discharge atmospheres may occur”, and is capacitor or rechargeable battery supported by schedule 2 of the that keeps the equipment running to regulations. They require that any store data on mains failure power area that has the potential to an explosive Brian Humm loss then be shutdown after the experience critical data and/or information has atmosphere during a working Head of Petroleum (Enforcement) been stored. process be classified into zones. London Fire Brigade There is as far as I’m aware no These zones on a filling station will fall In the Blue Book, page 44 on requirement for anything greater into the following categories, Zone than the above unless the DSEAR risk 0, where an explosive atmosphere Autogas, there is a table that refers assessment indicated that for safety, may be continuously present or to separation distances. Do these explosive and environmental present for long periods; Zone 1, apply just to a petrol filling station or protection a piece of equipment or where an explosive atmosphere any installation? Also, what if the part of the system is backed up by may be likely to present during storage vessels are installed below some form of mains power i.e. a UPS normal operation occasionally and ground, do the same distances or back up battery system or Zone 2, where an explosive apply? Separation distances apply to all atmosphere is not likely to occur but standby mains generator. LPG vessels and major related In the late 1970’s and early 1980’s if it does it will persist for only a short components. The table in the Blue continuity of mains power from the period. Book is a summary and more details supplier was more prone to power The requirement for a plan of can be found in the UKLPG Codes of outages due to system failures and these areas is shown below in an Practice. industrial action. Nowadays I’m pleased this is not as regular and where in particular all motorway and some dual carriageway sites installed back up generators to run the full or at least the main fuel dispensing function these generators are not really installed today. Sites might put in a connection that a hired generator could be connected but that’s about it. It really comes down to a commercial decision by the site operator what they would like running on loss of mains power and if the financial figures add up. Section 14 of the “Blue Book” Typical HAC drawing showing that the separation distance is significantly greater than the potential 14.3.7 explains further. Of hazardous areas. It is essential to remember that HAC is assessed during NORMAL operations. 56

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A separation distance should not be confused with “hazardous places” as defined by the HAC (Hazardous Area Classification) assessment required by DSEAR. The Codes of Practice state “Separation distances are intended to protect the LPG facilities from the immediate radiation effects of fires involving other facilities as well as to minimise the risk of escaping LPG being ignited before it has dispersed or diluted.” Separation distances may be reduced by using fire (radiation) walls on a maximum of two sides of a vessel and/or by the provision of greater fire protection. More details are given in the Codes. For underground and mounded vessels there is still a requirement for separation distances, but due to the inherent protection of the type of installation, the distances are less than for an above ground vessel of equivalent size. Richard Wigfull John Wigfull & Co Ltd

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What types of pipework are acceptable now and what is no longer used? Pipe work is often coupled together as one type but we should all remember that some pipe goes underground and some above ground. There is also the application of that pipe to be considered when designing a system; it could be a pressure pipe which operates at around 3.5bar or an open vent pipe which would operate at atmospheric pressure. You may also, for safety or environmental reasons, install secondary containment around the pipe.

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flexible metal pipework for underground installation at petrol filling stations. We would expect the a manufacturer to provide certificate from a recognised test house to show the pipe has been fully tested and complies with that standard, and it must also be marked as complying. In the UK, the industry mainly use HDPE pipes and there are at least four recognised manufacturers supplying the market. In Europe another supplier uses a stainless steel pipe which has a PE outer which also complies with the standard. The general rule is that anything underground should be non metallic and everything above ground should be metallic; most manufacturers supply good transitional fittings in this situation. We have also had different pipe types installed underground in the past and certainly GRP pipe and flexible hose type pipes have been used but it seems for commercial reasons are not currently installed in the UK. Above ground the pipework should be galvanised steel pipe and should comply with BS1387 Specification for screwed and socketed steel tubes and tubular and for plain end steel tubes suitable for welding or for screwing to BS21 pipe threads. What is important is that unprotected steel pipe which was used for many years in this industry for suction and pressure pipe should no longer be buried underground. The risk from leakage due to corrosion is well documented and historically the vast majority of leaks over 70%, have been attributed to galvanised pipe which has corroded - even when installed in concrete.

Jamie Thompson Jamie Thompson Associates

In the Blue Book, Section 11, Leak Containment and Leak Detection Systems, it refers to detectable leak rates at certain threshold limits. What does all this mean? This section of the Blue book covers the various types of leak detection method and equipment and describes their capability to detect a leak in terms of the rate of fuel loss which will cause an alarm to be raised. It is important for a service station operator to know that the method they select is ‘approved’ and to this end it is widely accepted that such approved methods will be those meeting the USEPA performance requirements EPA/530/UST-90/004 through EPA/530/UST-90/010 (March 1990.) Equipment covered includes: Automatic Tank Gauging Systems; Tank Tightness Testing Methods; Pipeline Leak Detection Systems and Statistical Inventory Reconciliation (SIR) Methods. With regards to the capability to detect a tank leak, these methods are based on the statistical analysis of data relating to dispenser sales, tank stock level change, and system pressure change all of which are affected by parameters such as measurement accuracy, temperature change and fuel properties. Therefore determining whether a tank is leaking cannot be absolute. The performance protocols in fact state a loss rate threshold which must be detected for a tank to be declared leaking or tight. The typical threshold for a tank gauge, precision tank test or for SIR is 0.38 litres per hour (or 9 litres per day) and so for example if a loss of 7 litres per day equivalent is measured then this will not be deemed to be leaking under the USEPA protocol. Also due to the parameters stated above, it is also necessary to include a level of probability regarding the test results. So it is accepted that a leak test ‘Fail’ result which would cause a system alert and even a system shutdown in the case of pressure line leak detection, will be subject to a 95% confidence; in other words up to 5 out of every 100 test fails may be false alarms. Bob Conlin Fairbanks Environmental Ltd

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THE ASSOCIATION FOR PETROLEUM AND EXPLOSIVES ADMINISTRATION

Company Number: 2261660 ABBREVIATED ACCOUNTS For the year ended 31 December 2011 I N D E X (page 1) Page No: 1

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE COMPANY

2

ABBREVIATED BALANCE SHEET

3/4

NOTES TO THE ABBREVIATED ACCOUNTS

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE ASSOCIATION FOR PETROLEUM AND EXPLOSIVES ADMINISTRATION

We have examined the abbreviated accounts set out on pages 2 to 4, together with the financial statements of The Association for Petroleum and Explosives Administration for the year ended 31 December 2011 prepared under section 396 of the Companies Act 2006. This report is made solely to the company, in accordance with Chapter 10 of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. Our work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company those matters we are required to state to it in a special auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTORS AND THE AUDITOR The directors are responsible for preparing the abbreviated accounts in accordance with section 444 of the Companies Act 2006. It is our responsibility to form an independent opinion as to whether the company is entitled to deliver abbreviated accounts to the Registrar of Companies and whether the abbreviated accounts have been properly prepared in accordance with the regulations made under that section and to report our opinion to you. We conducted our work in accordance with Bulletin 2008/4 issued by the Auditing Practices Board. In accordance with that Bulletin we have carried out the procedures we consider necessary to confirm, by reference to the financial statements, that the company is entitled to deliver abbreviated accounts and that the abbreviated accounts to be delivered are properly prepared. OPINION In our opinion the company is entitled to deliver abbreviated accounts prepared in accordance with section 444(3) of the Companies Act 2006, and the abbreviated accounts have been properly prepared in accordance with that provision. Helen Rumsey (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of Ensors Chartered Accountants Statutory Auditor 15 June 2012

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ABBREVIATED BALANCE SHEET (page 2)

As at 31 December 2011

Note

2011 £

2010 £

1,870

1,900

Debtors Cash at bank and in hand

114,111 235,767

80,269 222,317

CREDITORS: amounts falling due within one year

161,885

101,257

NET ASSETS

189,863

203,229

FIXED ASSETS

Tangible Assets

2

CURRENT ASSETS

349,878

NET CURRENT ASSETS

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

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Capital reserve

187,993

8,840

Profit and loss account

181,023

MEMBERS’ FUNDS

189,863

302,586

201,329

8,840

194,389

203,229

These abbreviated accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small company regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. Approved by the board on 22 February 2012 and signed on its behalf:

M J Silmon Director

The notes on pages 3 and 4 form part of these financial statements.

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NOTES TO THE ABBREVIATED ACCOUNTS (page 3) For the year ended 31 December 2011 1.

ACCOUNTING POLICIES

b)

Tangible Fixed Assets Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off the cost of each asset over its estimated useful life:

a)

Basis of Accounting The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Small Entities (effective April 2008).

Computer and Office Equipment Fixtures and Fittings Chairman’s Jewel

– 33 1/3% on cost – 25% Reducing Balance – 10% Reducing Balance

c)

Foreign Currencies Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the rate of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated at the rate ruling at the date of the transaction. All differences are taken to the profit and loss account.

d)

Financial Instruments Financial instruments are classified and accounted for, according to the substance of the contractual arrangement, as either financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

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NOTES TO THE ABBREVIATED ACCOUNTS (page 4) For the year ended 31 December 2011 2.

TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Computer & Office Equip £

Total £

5,957 -

1,346 20 1,366

13,274 567

13,841

5,971 547

6,518

5,957

Depreciation At 1 January 2011 Charge for the year

5,702 316

5,307 181

365 100

11,374 597

500

469

901

1,870

At 31 December 2011

6,018

Net Book Value At 31 December 2011

At 31 December 2010

62

Chairmans’ Jewel £

Cost At 1 January 2011 Additions

At 31 December 2011

3.

Fixtures & Fittings £

269

5,488

650

COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE

465

981

11,971

1,900

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Design and Project Management for Petrol Filling Stations

triumph over practicality and we are always mindful to advise our clients

regarding the ease of use of the site

by the public, delivery vehicles and

staff. A site which has poor access or

egress will never be successful

By Michael Whiting, Director Martindales Architects Ltd

regardless of how visually appealing

Martindales Architects have been

requirements and recommendations

formation of the company in 1979.

to take into account the desires and

designing petrol stations since the

There cannot be many towns in the

of the Blue Book. But we also need aspirations of our client. clients

Some

want

to

make an architectural

statement

with

their petrol station

it may be. We also need to bear in mind the on-going health and safety aspects in both the construction and the maintenance of the PFS. The CDM 2007 ACOP has helped focus us all on the need to design out risks, but we do not believe that this should necessarily stifle the design of the visual elements of the projects.

Shell Petrol Filling Station

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Eco Friendly PFS

Heron Petrol Filling Station

and over the years

Below Ground Tanks

we

have

UK which do not have a Martindales

witnessed some inspired designs of

still during that time and we are

we cannot afford to let design

designed PFS. Design has not stood always looking to develop and

incorporate

innovative

canopies and buildings. However

Martindales offer a turnkey service

to

our

clients

comprehensive

including Project

Management, architectural design, BREEAM Assessor and CDMC duties.

and

We are keen to offer as much

advice

and

environmentally friendly systems,

assistance as we possibly

next couple of years we believe that

Martindales

we

have

experience

in

the

methods and materials. Within the

can to our clients. At

we will be able to design a carbon

built up a wealth of

neutral PFS.

Good PFS design is based on

petroleum industry which

simplicity and there are many rules and

regulations

which

we think is unrivalled. We

are keen to take all of

can

the hassle away from the

sometimes serve to rein in the design

elements. Obviously we ensure that our

designs

comply

with

the

Somerfield Petrol Filling s

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with a total package

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Above Ground Tanks, Biggleswade

which will deliver their project on time and within budget. As part of this package we undertake the

often tricky liaisons with local authorities and

government agencies. Our aim is to make the

process as easy as possible for our clients. To this

Michaelwood South, M5 Motorway

end it is our aim to build and develop relationships

with our clients which will endure. We are there to

advise and not to dictate, we will never say “you can’t do that” but we will advise on the probable

repercussions of any chosen route. Typically a PFS project will begin with a feasibility study. We’ll look at the suitability of the proposed

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Timber Kiosk

Pay Point for Temporary PFS

location for the PFS, the relationship with adjacent roads and buildings. It’s at this stage that our experience can prove invaluable to the client. Not every site is suitable for a PFS and every proposal presents its own unique issues. We try to ensure that the desires of the client are met as far as is possible but at the same time we need to ensure that the scheme will be acceptable to the various legislative bodies. For example we may have to consider the 64

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Eco Friendly PFS

impact of above ground tanks

should the proposed site be in an environmentally sensitive area. We will

employ

environmental

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consultants and other specialists to

help us where necessary to manage out the issues and design solutions

which are acceptable to all parties.

Every project presents different

challenges. For existing sites which require

refurbishment

or

wherever possible. One very good example is the Temporary PFS which

we

developed

together

with

often

Williams Southern for Sainsbury’s. The

whilst the works are undertaken.

standalone PFS located in the main

redevelopment

we

are

challenged to keep the PFS trading Over the years we have employed various tactics to achieve this

Temporary

PFS

provides

a

store car park which maintains a

petrol retail offer to customers whilst the

main

Previously

PFS

is

a

redeveloped.

major

PFS

redevelopment meant a 10-14 week closure and the resultant loss of

trade both in the PFS and in the

main store. The Temporary PFS was

first utilised at Sainsbury’s Hankridge

Farm in Taunton. This is one of

Sainsbury’s busiest PFS’s but needed a major environmental upgrade

and

forecourt

redesign.

The

Temporary PFS was installed and the existing Sainsbury’s - Calcot 2004

matched

volumes

through

were the

8

almost filling

positions offered by the facility. The Store Manager reported negligible

loss in trade in the main store and the experience proved so successful

that Sainsbury’s ordered a second Temporary PFS.

To date we have

used the Temporary PFS at over a dozen sites.

Once the scheme is agreed then

we

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will

submit

the

planning

application and provide whatever

support is required in order to make

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environmentally friendly but that

doesn’t mean we shouldn’t look to

do everything we can to reduce their impact on the environment. On

recent

projects

we

have

incorporated photovoltaic cells on PFS buildings and are looking at

developing a PFS canopy with PV’s.

We have worked with car wash

suppliers on rainwater harvesting and although this has been installed

at new PFS sites for a number of

years we continually review and the process as smooth as possible. We try to ensure that the application is detailed enough in order to limit the number of conditions attached to the approval. We’ll also set into motion the legal applications such as the Petroleum Licence. We will then produce a full set of detailed working drawings, typically in the region of 25-30 drawings for each project. At this stage we will meet with the client, the building contractor, their sub-contractors, CDMC the QS and other key stakeholders to ensure that everyone is clear on all aspects of the project. We firmly believe that teamwork is the key to the success of every project we undertake. We aim to build lasting relationships with all stakeholders, not just the client. It’s vital that all members of the team are given a sense of ownership of the entire project, not just their element. We stress the importance of communication and openness throughout the project and that every individual’s contribution is important. We frequently work with the same contractors on different projects, some of these relationships go back nearly twenty years. We value the working relationships we have fostered but this does not mean that we cannot embrace change and innovation, the industry doesn’t stand still and neither do we. With all key parties engaged and briefed we’ll agree the programme and co-ordinate the issue of preconstruction information.

During the construction process we will be in regular contact with the Contractor on behalf of the client. We’ll obviously deal with any architectural issues but will also act as the focal point for the project. We want to make the system as simple as possible and we believe that this is best done by being the centre of the information stream. By giving everyone a single point of contact no-one needs to guess “who does that?” On completion we will conduct a full site inspection and identify any snags. We will ensure that all of the legal requirements are in place and obtain the approval of the Petroleum Officer and Building Control Officer. We will then hand over the PFS to the client and get the site open and trading. But our responsibility and involvement doesn’t end there. We maintain historic information on every PFS we have ever worked on. This is important when the times come for refurbish/redevelopment or decommissioning. Using our retained information and the knowledge of our staff we can advise on all issues that any redevelopment may encounter. There are PFS’s in the UK which we have worked on four or five times over the years, from simple reimaging projects through to KDRB jobs. But we are also constantly looking at alternative building methods, alternative materials and other innovations. PFS’s by their very nature are not perceived to be

develop the systems. We look to use

LED’s and motion sensors to ensure that energy is not wasted lighting

areas which do not need to be

permanently illuminated. We are constantly looking to incorporate

systems which will improve and

enhance the carbon footprint of any development. Innovations such as timber buildings, recycled plastic

kerbing, sun tubes, air to air heat exchangers and utilising grey water

to flush WC’s. We are always keen to investigate the use of renewable

energy

sources

such

as

wind

turbines. Obviously it is not always possible to incorporate every ECO

concept

but

encourage

incorporate

we

our

ECO

wherever practicable.

will

always

clients

to

innovations

We believe that in the very near

future we will be in a position to design a carbon neutral PFS. This is

one of our major goals and with the

constant developments in building methods, materials and systems we

are confident that the ECO friendly PFS is not far from being a reality.

At the same time we have to be

aware of the pressure on budgets,

especially in the current economic

climate. Not every client can afford to take a long term view of their

investment in the PFS but with our

knowledge and experience we can help them make the right decisions for the right reasons. ©Martindales 2012

Michael Whiting Director

Michael.whiting@martindales.biz

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Fast Manhole Cover Replacement, an Innovative, Cost-Effective Solution By Ian Thompson, Fibrelite

Fibrelite, the industry’s leading manufacturer of high quality composite manhole covers, has teamed up with an American company that has developed a revolutionary method for removing and replacing manhole covers on petrol filling stations. The American company, FASTECH, Inc. of Buena Park, California, has created a novel circular saw cutting rig that allows for fast and efficient removal of old, underperforming manhole covers.

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Replacing Non-Watertight Steel and Poorly Performing Plastic Covers This method now provides the perfect solution to a very common problem caused when nonwatertight steel manhole covers and poorly performing plastic or composite covers on modern filling stations need upgrading. Until recently, major hurdles to removing and replacing manhole covers had been cost and the disruption to the site. Typically the cost of breaking out the concrete around the manhole frame using traditional methods and replacing the tank pad can be prohibitively expensive. Additionally, with cure times of between three to five days for the new concrete, this can often disrupt the fuelling operations on site. Worse still, if the area affected restricts tanker deliveries, an upgrade may not be possible at all, as busy sites may run dry of fuel before the concrete has cured sufficiently to withstand tanker loads. Why Is This So Unique? As with most great ideas, a very simple solution proved to be the answer to this age old problem. FASTECH, a fuel equipment and 68

maintenance contractor (and also a Fibrelite distributor) received a large purchase order from Shell Oil Company to replace Fibrelite first generation raised covers with Fibrelite’s newest flat watertight version. The program involved removing and replacing six to eight covers per site on over 250 filling stations in North and South California. Using their own in house team of technical experts

removed the new cover frame is quickly installed using high tech epoxy concrete, ready to take vehicular loads (including a fully laden fuel tanker) after four hours. The saw consists of a 36” or 42” diameter cutting rig, depending on the size of manhole to be removed, a hydraulic power pack and two concrete saw blades. The saw is clamped into place over the

2 The circular saw making a horizontal cut beneath the in-situ frame

manhole and a first horizontal saw cut is made below the existing frame. See image 2. After the first horizontal cut, the saw blades are changed and the cutting jig re-positioned to make a second, vertical, circular cut around the outside of the in-situ frame to be replaced. See image 3. 1 Hydraulic circular concrete saw in action

The saw blades are

diamond tipped and are

FASTECH prototyped and developed an innovative industry first, a circular, hydraulically powered concrete saw. See image 1. New Cover Frame Quickly Installed Using FASTECH’s patented method of cover replacement means one saw can replace three to four manholes a day. Once the old cover is

3 The saw blade is repositioned to make a vertical cut behind the in-situ frame

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rebar reinforcement. Depending on

Immediate Benefits of High Tech Epoxy Concrete

the type of concrete used in the

tank pad and the amount of rebar

re-enforcement, the total cutting

time per frame is typically 30-40 minutes. After completing both

intersecting saw cuts, the frame and concrete are easily broken out

leaving a clean concrete shelf 4”

wide and deep ready to receive the new frame. See image 4

6. New frame after the second pour of epoxy concrete, coloured to match the existing slab

After forty minutes the first pour of the epoxy concrete has set, a second pour of epoxy (usually coloured to match the colour of the concrete) is then administered. With care and trained technicians it is possible to achieve a high quality finish around the frame with minimal visual impact to the concrete 4. Previous frame removed by saw cutting leaving a slab as a whole. The epoxy is clean rebate to receive the replacement frame then allowed to set for four Installation of New Replacement hours, by which time it is fully cured. Fibrelite Frame The site is then ready to be fully reOnce the rebate in the concrete opened and to take normal traffic. has been thoroughly cleaned and See image 6.

degreased, the shelf is ready to

receive

the

new

replacement

frame. Prior to installing the frame, six to eight holes are drilled and

rebar dowels are inserted in to the holes. The frame is set to the correct

height

(approx.

15mm

above

grade) and tied to the rebar dowels using wire. The epoxy concrete is

then poured in to the rebate in two

separate pours. The first layer of epoxy concrete is a high strength material that permanently bonds

the frame to the concrete pad. See image 5.

5. New frame after first pour of epoxy concrete

cordoned off to protect the public and prevent vehicular access. Expansion of Saw Cutting in the US This project for Shell in California was a huge success. Operating two concrete saws and two crews on each site meant six to eight covers could be removed and replaced in one day allowing the site to return to full operational capacity within hours and with minimal disruption. On completion it was soon apparent that this type of operation had huge potential and a presentation was made to New York City Transit Authority to replace wearing covers at re-fuelling facilities at their bus depots across the city. FASTECH entered a licence agreement with Fibrelite’s US office to lease a saw and the technology for this project. Within twelve months numerous New York City Transit (NYCT) bus depots had been upgraded with Fibrelite’s 40 tonne rated 900mm watertight covers whilst allowing buses to re-fuel continuously during the upgrade. See image 7.

Health and Safety As the operation is in a zone 1 area and is effectively performing “hot works” it is critical to eliminate all health and safety risks to ensure a safe method of removal and replacement. This type of “hot works” is dependent on a safe atmosphere being maintained at all times, all sumps are degassed and ventilated and the atmosphere is continuously 7. Newly installed Fibrelite watertight covers using the monitored and assessed. concrete saw at a NYCT bus depot Pumps/dispensers, vents and remote fill lines are isolated if Fibrelite’s US Division continued to within the 4.25 metre boundary. The promote the obvious advantages of saw is hydraulically powered and cover replacement and the the cutting blades are kept cool concept soon caught the attention and lubricated at all times with of a District Energy Authority (Veolia) water. A technician vacuums this providing thermal energy (steam) to slurry/water during the operation to the City of Boston. Veolia has miles ensure a clean and tidy process. of underground steam pipes across Additionally the entire work area is the city and access to this pipe work

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capable of cutting through all

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is via steel manhole covers typically 24” or 30” in diameter which are located in sidewalks, pavements and the road. Steam releases (typically at 350 deg F) from joints and manifolds in the pipework vent through the manhole heating the steel and posing a high risk to public safety. See image 8. Fibrelite covers, being made from composite, are excellent insulators and although subject to temperatures of 350 deg F on the underside are typically only 70 deg F on the surface of the cover. These excellent thermal properties and the availability of the concrete saw led to significant orders from Veolia to replace their steel covers with Fibrelite’s ‘cool to touch’ composite covers with minimal disruption to the public. See image 9.

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8. Hot metal steam covers on the streets of Boston

9. Newly installed Fibrelite steam cover using the concrete saw

Types of Cover Being Replaced Once it became apparent that not only first generation Fibrelite covers, but steel covers could easily be replaced using the concrete saw, Fibrelite began to market the saw’s potential to replace competitor covers including composite and nylon covers which were failing and poorly performing. Low quality fibreglass composite 70

International Expansion of Saw Cutting Program In conjunction with FASTECH, Fibrelite commissioned an installation video showing the ease of removal and replacement of covers using the new concrete saw. This video came to the attention of the Global Alliance in the UK who were interested in the process to replace a number of composite covers installed on BP sites. Following a thorough review of health and safety procedures by the APEA Fire & Petroleum Safety Officer, Brian Baker and the UK HSSE manager for the Global Alliance, Martin Rackley, a Permit to Work Program was established to eliminate/reduce the potential hazards. The go ahead was given to remove and replace covers at BP Mill End in London on a trial basis. The trial proved to be a great success, five covers were removed and replaced in two days and the site fully re-opened to the public, despite being carried out in very typical cold and wet January weather. Following this the Global Alliance commissioned a sixty site cover replacement program, in two phases, replacing over 250 covers on BP sites across the UK. Encouraged by the positive reaction Fibrelite were receiving from using the concrete saw, another saw was licensed and exported to Singapore in South East Asia. In conjunction with Kwong Ngee Engineering Pte Ltd, Fibrelite’s Singaporean partner, the saw was marketed to replace the many poorly performing locally made composite covers. See image 12. This solution was of particular interest to Exxon Mobil who commissioned Kwong Ngee to replace problem 10, A poorly performing composite cover covers on a rolling program which is exhibiting permanent set and pooling of surface water now in its third year. See image 13. The concrete saw is now established internationally as the perfect cost effective solution to quick and easy manhole cover replacement and is currently being trialled in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Spain. 11. A failing composite cover within four years of installation

covers typically fail due to excessive deflection, resulting in permanent set and ultimate failure when continuously loaded by vehicular traffic. Fibrelite covers are 100mm in depth and typically deflect 4mm across their span under typical vehicle axle weights. Many competitor composite covers deflect by more than three times this amount leading to the familiar sight of bowing of the covers, pooling of surface water. See images 10 and 11. The distorted cover is no longer watertight and will eventually collapse or break. Another frequently observed problem of nylon composite covers is they soon become extremely difficult to remove from the frame and in many cases become stuck completely. What should be a simple one person operation to remove a lightweight cover quickly became a call out for technicians to free the cover even before the scheduled maintenance can commence. With these problems becoming more and more common Fibrelite again teamed up with FASTECH to import a saw into the UK and then made approaches to Oil Companies with a potential solution to the exact same issues in the UK.

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Recently FASTECH received a large order to replace 1,200 36” and 42” steel multiport covers on 300 Chevron stations in North and South California and is currently mid way through this 18 month upgrade program. See images 14 and 15. About Fibrelite Fibrelite was the first company in 12, A site in Singapore selected for the world to design and cover replacement using the saw manufacture a composite access cover for any application and is recognised as the world’s largest supplier of underground access and containment systems. Fibrelite sells to 70 countries world wide. Based in the UK, Fibrelite have a 30,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility and sold it’s first covers to Esso in 1985; at the time only one size was available (600mm sq.). Since then we have, on average, developed a new cover design every year and now manufacture 25 different access covers both square and round. As trends have developed, round 13. Thirteen Fibrelite covers were installed with minimal disruption to access covers are now the industry traffic and no detrimental impact to the standard in many parts of the world tank slab with the most common sizes being 900mm or 1020mm diameter, available in both 25 tonne and 40 tonne load ratings. Seven years ago Fibrelite pioneered the first ever multiport composite cover, an industry first, as previously it was only possible to produce load rated covers, with holes in, out of steel. This model has proved extremely successful in the US where secondary contained direct filling is common. 14. A steel multiport direct fill cover selected for replacement by Chevron In 2004, to meet increasing in California demand in the US, Fibrelite opened a 35,000 sq. ft. factory in Connecticut on the East Coast. Following significant investment in both plant and machinery the factory became fully operational in 12 months and now produces over 6,000 covers a year in addition to a wide range of tank and dispenser sumps for the North and South American market. In recent years 15. An upgraded Chevron site with Fibrelite covers in just 24 hours

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rising living standards and an ever increasing car ownership in South East Asia has meant tremendous investment by major and local oil companies in new filling stations region wide. In addition, many existing stations have been substantially re-furbished and upgraded to comply with more modern equipment standards. In 2011 Fibrelite decided to increase its international coverage and invested in a 15,000 sq. ft. plant in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia is a very modern economy, business friendly towards inward investment and a large sales market for Fibrelite. It was therefore a natural location for a South East Asia base. Within 12 months the factory is fully operational and supplies Fibrelite’s customers in Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong and China. After 25 years the requirement for quality, watertight, corrosion resistant manhole covers that last the life time of site, without replacement, is stronger than ever and the 20,000 covers that Fibrelite produce a year is testament to that. Failing that there is always the circular concrete saw… From high performance composite covers to watertight tank and dispenser sumps, Fibrelite manufactures fully conductive products that can deliver in the toughest on-site conditions. For further information, please contact: Fibrelite Snaygill Industrial Estate Keighley Road Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 2QR Tel: +44 (0) 1756 799 773 Email: covers@fibrelite.com www.fibrelite.com FASTECH, Inc. 7050 Village Drive Buena Park, CA 90621 Contact: Daniel McGill (714) 325-4869

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The APEA Eastern Branch met at the Imperial war museum Duxford on May 31st. It was a sunny day befitting such an occasion. The talks were interspersed with the sound of the occasional roar of a Merlin engine or an Apache helicopter doing a flyby. We were also grateful to Louise Morgan, chair elect, for coming to support the branch. Members were reminded of the competition act. After the formal welcome and presentation of the agenda the branch conducted its AGM. The audited accounts were presented and approved by the members. All formalities were concluded and election of officers voted on to serve for the coming year. The previous year’s officers were thanked for their service, contribution and support which is very much appreciated. We had another excellent attendance and it seems that interesting venues play an important part in this too. The event offers excellent value for money measured against any industry barometer and the feedback from members confirm this. Since The branch introduced the facility to pay online it has simplified and reduced some of the admin burden. Committee meetings Earlier in the year The eastern branch committee met and resolved to host a notable event to London commemorate the Olympics, a so called “postOlympic Games” celebratory meeting in London. A proposal was submitted to Council who have graciously agreed to underwrite some of the costs should there be a shortfall. There will be marketing opportunities to put up a small pop up stand and display literature, so if you are a company please contact me to confirm your interests. We expect take up will be fast so don't delay in responding. More details will be released once we have finalized arrangements of the event. A number of the venues are being considered. (If you have something sensational to contribute or can do “fix” do let me know!) “LinkedIn”; Our branch 72

Adrian Holyolmes, Hytek

representative Adrian Holyomes attends these meetings. With our mandate he proposed that the APEA should have a Linked-In group which could also help capture further interest in the APEA from other areas. The APEA Council agreed this was an excellent idea and are keen for this to be done. They have taken up the offer from Alex Boudry to help set-up the APEA Linked-In group. For more information Contact Alex or Jane Mardell (APEA Business Manager) admin@apea.org.uk or 0845 6035507. The meeting and speakers Our guest speakers talked about topical and important subjects of the day and we thank them for giving of their time to come and talk to us. Jean Fincken of the London Fire Brigade opened with “Regulator update”. This is an important slot that gives you the very latest about what is going on.

Jean Fincken

Jamie Thompson followed and presented on “Standards and working groups”. This is a new slot to update on current standards, and gives early notice of what is being prepared or planned relevant to you.

Alex Boudry, Franklin Fueling Systems

Alex Boudry of Franklin Fueling Systems talked about “Advances in Automatic Tank Gauge Systems”. His presentation looked into recent advances in technology with regard to ATG’s and how these advances have increased the level of management that forecourt owners

Jacque Williams, Berrys Technologies

can now have over their valuable wetstock assets. Jacque Williams, Technical Director, Berrys Technologies Limited, talked about the subject of “Tanker misfuels,” and Berrys’ solution. The presentation was on an innovative new product called MIDAS, which stands for misfuel identification & avoidance system. Jacque claims with an interesting demonstration how their product brings full intelligent control at the tanker to storage tank interface and eliminates crossovers. Hylton Reid , Senior Engineer, Hazardous Areas, NICEIC came and talked to us about “Competence Requirements for Electrical Contractors”. This dealt with contractors who undertake annual Inspections & Tests on Filling Stations. It covered the Legal Requirements for competence, and the responsibilities of the Duty Holder for the Filling Station site. It outlined the training available for Contractors

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and the Competence Scheme run by the NICEIC to enable contractors to demonstrate that they are fully competent. Anton Martiniussen of ELAFLEX LTD, talked about “Forecourt dispenser hoses”. Under the title “Hose awareness: wear and tear in service”, he covered “What operators and staff should look out for to reduce incidents, hose construction, standards and experiences.” He also touched on the new ZVA Slimline 2 nozzles, the technical benefits and features it brings and how it considered safety and handling by the motorist especially senior citizens and those with smaller hands in its design criteria.

Eastern Branch delegates

Daniel Biddle and Andrew Thomas of Contacta

Daniel Biddle, NRAC Consultant, ACIOB, FRSA Head of Inclusive Solutions at Contacta Ltd. “Innovations and designs for the disabled at filling stations and work with ASDA’s”. Daniel is a 7/7 survivor. Daniel has been with Contacta since October 2010 and heads up the Inclusive Solutions practice. Daniel has worked in the construction industry for 16 years working his way up from a site engineer through the various management levels until the 7th July 2005 when he was caught up in the atrocities which were the London bombings. This resulted in the loss of both legs, an eye and a catalogue

Eastern Branch officers for 2012/13: Chair Jean Fincken Hon Sec/Treasurer Anton Martiniussen Branch Rep Adrian Holyomes Committee Members: Mike Alston Jamie Thompson Peter Roll Lee Markham Alan Morgan Alex Boudry Auditor :Mike Alston Anton Martiniussen Branch Secretary

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Anton Martiniussen, ELAFLEX

of other life threatening injuries, Daniel was in hospital for a year, and it is here where a new career path was to be found. Daniel retrained and became an accredited access consultant, but after leaving the company he worked for at the time of the bombing he found it difficult to find meaningful employment as the prospect of employing a disabled person for some reason was too daunting for most. So he set up his own practice working with many leading retailers, constructors and architects showing them how to make buildings more accessible not just to disabled people but also to the rest of society. This work won Daniel the Chartered Institute of Building Paul Andre award for

outstanding achievement in a specialist field. In late 2010 Daniel joined Contacta and with the help and support of Contacta has been able to forge ahead with his life and continue the work that both he and Contacta are so passionate about. Daniel with his personal experiences talked about the difficulties he has found when trying to fill up his own car. His project “The Call Button” device is a simple practical device alerting the forecourt staff that assistance is required. The things that most of us take for granted as an everyday thing. The formal meeting concluded with lunch after which networking took place.

Yorkshire & Humberside

The Yorkshire and Humberside branch spring meeting was held on the 3rd of May at the Rendezvous Hotel in Skipton with 22 members in attendance. The Chairman, Andy Kennedy, welcomed the guests to the meeting and introduced the first speaker, Phil Lambeth. Phil is the BP European Fuel System Design Manager and Chairman of the Energy Institute Service Station Panel.

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split into management of

Phil’s topic was the Energy Institutes proposed project to develop a guide to ‘Key Equipment Testing and Inspection, identifying what, how and when it should be done’. The plans are to produce a guidance document for the industry to ensure that the industry is working to a recognised regime of inspection and testing of key safety equipment. Site operators are responsible for ensuring an appropriate maintenance regime for safety critical equipment: They have a responsibility to ensure the following are carried out.

historical contamination and

current/future contamination, primarily

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• Obtaining specialist advice and assistance as necessary. • Ensure inspection and testing of equipment in accordance with policy • Recording and reporting equipment that is overdue for inspection and testing Phil then discussed the historical problems of ensuring critical safety equipment was tested and the lack of knowledge in whether it actually still worked as it was designed to do. There was then a discussion in the room as to what the maintenance expectation of the manufacturers of the equipment was and what actually took place on site. Phil then gave a couple of examples of the proposed guidance for maintenance and inspection that will be put forward to the industry for discussion to ensure the above is met. If agreed and accepted, these

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inspection

equipment

EU

approach across Europe.

• Use of trained, competent, and qualified inspection and test staff

and

by

Directives to give a unity to

• Maintenance inspection and testing policies and procedures

testing

driven

of

key

would

become the standards for our

industry. Obviously this will have

repercussions for the site owners,

operators and contractors and will

no doubt be followed with great interest in the future. The second presentation was given by Mark Webb on ‘Managing Environmental Consequences of Wetstock Loss’. Mark Webb (Technical Director, Environment) is from ARCADIS UK Limited, part of an international company, providing consultancy, design, engineering and management services in the fields of infrastructure, water, environment and buildings.

Wetstock Loss Where does it go wrong? Tank Failures can be catastrophic (e.g. dipstick hole) or gradual. Losses range from a few hundred to many thousands of litres. Double skin tanks will reduce the potential losses significantly. Line Failure is believed to be the most common leak point. Often small daily loss but can lead to substantial volumes with time - 50 to a few thousand litres. Modern gauging systems have assisted greatly in reducing loss volumes. Offset fills leaks are usually low volumes – typically up to 1000L but are hard to detect as the losses are outside most gauging systems measurement. Management of a major stock loss Initial Priority – Stop loss. If a leak is suspected the immediate priority is to prevent further loss and risk to human health - don’t delay, e.g. uplift fuel from suspect fuel system component, take lines out of use. Then minimise the lost volume to reduce the potential severity of consequences. Sites should have an emergency response plan and must inform the regulator. Site survey/desk top study Assess immediate pathways for off-site migration of fuel and vapours. Look in access chambers and vapour survey local receptors e.g. streams. Confirm the loss/quantity of the wetstock loss as this data affects the next steps.

Petroleum fuels are hazardous

substances – it is against the law to discharge into the environment

without a permit (Water Framework

Directive). Legislation is generally

Initial Management

The size of loss and sensitivity of site

will affect the level of response. Initial

short

include:

term

vapour

equipment/venting,

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may

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tankers

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recover fuel from access chambers foam filling of ducts to prevent

vapour migration, installation of

absorbents in water courses, gas

Investigation The investigation should be focussed on understanding distribution of impact and subsurface conditions that will affect behaviour of contaminants in the ground. This normally involves drilling of boreholes and soil sampling, followed by installation of monitoring wells and groundwater sampling. The First Metre - Vacuum Excavation? Most (but not all) utilities are located within top 1.2 m of the ground where hand excavation close to potential services may not be safe. Many incidents of services being damaged are the result of hand excavation, so vacuum excavation can be used to reduce risk to personnel and chance of damage to the services. Drive In Percussive Sampling Hammers hollow tube into the ground which is quick, cheap and cost effective for shallow to medium depth investigations. This allows collection of soil samples and installation of wells for groundwater sampling Rotary Drilling Coring and open hole drilling use a drilling fluid (water, mist, foam, mud) to cool the drill bit and remove the cuttings. Remediation – key points • Initial focus is focussed on recovering and controlling migration of fuel – reduce area of impact

•A rapid deployment of remediation increases likely percentage of loss recovered and hence reduces overall remediation timescale • There may be a need to change remediation approach throughout to get most efficient recovery. • Best technology for fuel removal not necessary best for groundwater treatment Questions and answers followed the two presentations and then the delegates enjoyed an informal buffet lunch with time to meet the presenters. After lunch the delegates made their way to the nearby Fibrelite factory for a tour of their manufacturing facility. David Holmes from Fibrelite escorted the delegates along the process of manufacturing Fibrelite products from start to finish. The delegates were struck by the complexity of the manufacturing process and the

labour involved. What appears to be a humble access chamber cover is actually a high tech and intricately designed piece of engineering, with the requirements of strength and lightness being a constant desire of their product development. The delegates were also interested in how quickly Fibrelite can design and introduce new production lines to meet customer requirements, with new products going from design to build in a matter of a couple of weeks. Andy Kennedy Branch Chairman

North West

The next North West Branch meeting will be held in early March 2013 at a venue to be advised. We are always on the look out for speakers therefore if any of our members have anything new or interesting to share and would like an opportunity to present at the meeting please contact Clive Drake at clive@lisgroup.co.uk. Additionally the meeting will host

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a small exhibition with stand space for a banner/pop up display at the exceptional price of £120.00 per stand. Please register your interest with Clive Drake at clive@lisgroup.co.uk. Clive Drake Branch Secretary

Southern

Nothing to report.

Scotland

Nothing to report.

Midlands

Nothing to report.

Ireland

Nothing to report.

North East

Nothing to report.

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Branch Representative and Secretary Contact Details Eastern Adrian Holyomes - Rep HYTEK GB LTD Delta House Green Street, Elsenham Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire Tel: 01279 815600 email: adrian@hytekgb.com Anton Martiniussen - Sec ELAFLEX Ltd Riverside House, Hoddesdon Herts EN11 0PA Tel: 01992 452 950 Mob: 07831 595620 email: elaflex@aol.com North East Mike Silmon - Rep and Sec W O Silmon Ltd Industry Road, Heaton Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne & Wear NE6 5XB Tel: 0191 224 0777 Fax: 0191 224 0707 email: associationtreasurer@apea.org.uk 76

Midlands Rob Tunnicliff - Rep 37 Victoria Park Road Tunstall Stoke on Trent ST6 6DX Tel: 07815 069846 email: rob.tunnicliff@stoke.gov.uk Helen Rounce - Sec Welcome Break 2 Vantage Court Tickford Street, Newport Pagnell Milton Keynes Bucks MK16 9EZ Tel: 07771834669 email: helen.rounce@welcomebreak.co.uk North West Louise Morgan - Rep Petrocom Ltd Wash Farm (Office) Rainford Road, Bickerstaffe Lancashire L39 0HG Tel: +44 (0) 845 678 0790 Fax: +44 (0) 845 678 7820 Mobile: +44 (0) 7789 744281 email: louisemorgan@petrocom.co.uk Clive Drake - Sec LIS (North Western) Ltd 322 Haydock Lane Haydock Lane Industrial Estate St Helens Merseyside WA11 9UY Tel: 01942 722244 Mobile: 07834 540636 Fax: 01942 722266 email: clive@lisgroup.co.uk www.lisnorthwestern.co.uk Scotland Ian Hillier - Rep 26 Melrose Avenue Balgonie Estate Paisley PA2 9JA Tel: 01505 352004 email: i.hillier@ntlworld.com Paul Devine - Sec South Lanarkshire Council Consumer and Trading Standards North Stand, Cadzow Avenue Hamilton ML3 0LU Tel: 01698 476170 Fax: 01698 476180 Mobile: 07795 090903 email: paul.devine@southlanarkshire.gov.uk

Southern

Philip Monger - Rep

Petrol Retailers Association Meadowside

West EndSherbourne St John

Basingstoke, Hants RG24 9LE Tel: 01256 850164

Fax: 01256 851273

email: phil.psac@gmail.com Sue Meadowcroft - Sec 1 Rock Cottage South Cornelly

Bridgend CF33 4RN Tel: 07795 841891

email: sue@high-cross.com Ireland

Killian Tallon - Rep Topaz Energy Ltd Topaz House

Beech Hill, Clonskeagh Dublin 4, Ireland

Tel: + 353 1202 8705

email: killian.tallon@topazenergy.ie Ronnie McArdle - Sec

McArdle Doyle Limited

Unit A8, Santry Business Park

Swords Road

Santry, Dublin 9 Ireland

Tel: 00353 1 8423404

Fax: 00353 1 8423416

email: mail@mcardle-doyle.ie Yorkshire & Humberside

Craig Brocklehurst - Rep Brulines Fuel Solutions

The Former Post Office

Station Road, Sowerby Bridge

Halifax

West Yorkshire HX6 3AA Tel: 07703336264 email:

Craig.brocklehurst@vianetfs.com Michelle Brocklehurst - Sec Brulines Fuel Solutions

The Former Post Office

Station Road, Sowerby Bridge

Halifax HX6 3AA

Tel: 01422 833122 email:

Michelle.brocklehurst@vianetfs.com

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2012 Training Course Dates Two week session of APEA training courses in September 2012

APEA Training Team

Venue: Bewleys Hotel, Manchester Airport, UK.

Jamie Thompson Independent Consultant

Petrol Filling Stations Construction, Safety and Environmental Protection

Bob Conlin Director, Fairbanks Environmental

10/11th Sept

Petrol Filling Stations Risk Assessment, Audit and Inspection 12/13th Sept

Petrol Filling Stations - Vapour Recovery Installations 14th Sept

Electrical Installations - An Awareness 17th Sept

Forecourt LPG Installations

Louise Morgan Managing Director, Petrocom Brian Baker Consultant Gareth Bourhill Gareth Bourhill Consulting Richard Wigfull Consulting Engineer J. Wigfull & Co Ltd

Wetstock Management

TRAINING

John Dallimore Consulting Engineer John Dallimore & Partners

18th Sept

Kim Bennett Senior Environmental Health Officer Milton Keynes Council

19th Sept DSEAR

20th Sept Petrol Filling Stations - Enforcement Procedures An Awareness 21st Sept

Brian Humm Head of Petroleum, LFEPA

Joe Maerz Operational Manager Rural & Public Protection Team Essex Trading Standards Jean Fincken Petroleum Inspector, LFEPA

Courses will be designed around the new (3rd edition) Blue Book Guidance for the Design, Construction, Modification, Maintenance and Decommissioning of Filling Stations (June 2011). You can purchase a copy directly from the Publications page of the APEA website at www.apea.org.uk, log on to the website first to benefit from the APEA member discount. APEA members can purchase a hard copy at the discounted rate of £70 (non member rate £140). A PDF download from the APEA web site www.apea.org.uk can be purchased with a licence for individual use only by members for £70.00 plus vat or by non members for £140.00 plus vat. It is strongly recommended that attendees have access to this document during courses. All courses can be booked online at www.apea.org.uk on the ‘Training’ page. Bespoke courses can be made available provided the minimum number of Delegates is 8. This offers a discount. For details of this and any other training enquiry, please contact: Jane Mardell - APEA Business Manager, (contact details on page 3) or Brian Baker, Chairman of the training committee Tel: +44 (0) 7541 039 686 email: bakerb4@sky.com

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Changes to APEA training course dates By Jamie Thompson

The Association’s training committee met recently and reorganised the training schedule for 2012 and will also publish the dates and venues for 2013 in the next edition. The new arrangements will concentrate the training sessions in a two week period in two locations in England. In September this year in Manchester the training venue will be at Bewley’s Hotel at Manchester Airport and in May next year the venue will be in the Midlands area. The Explosives and Fireworks course is an exception as it needs to meet the needs of delegates before November 5th. Other venues and locations will be announced in the next edition of the Bulletin.

The Manchester venue is easily reached by the motorway network, by plane and also by rail. The costs of the training courses have had to rise to cover the increase in costs over the years as the last time the costs were increased was nine years ago in 2003. The other venues traditionally advertised in other parts of the UK have not always had sufficient support to run a course. The APEA will, however, put on courses at other venues or at members offices if there is sufficient interest from members, authorities or companies. A recent course was run in Ireland as one of the potential delegates managed to persuade 7

others to attend the course. Usually bespoke courses can be run more economically. Should you wish to have a quote for a bespoke course then please contact Jane Mardell to obtain a quote at admin@apea.org.uk. The bespoke courses that we have organised which have been popular are a three day course which includes part of the construction course and the inspection course providing a half day at a filling station. The other is a one day course responding to and dealing with emergencies like petrol smells, fires and explosions. Courses are designed around the new (3rd edition) of the Blue Book, Guidance for the design, construction, modification, maintenance and decommissioning of filling stations. For more detailed information about the courses and subjects covered please refer to the web site under training at www.apea.org.uk.

TRAINING Delegates from the Construction, Safety and Environmental Protection course held in Manchester in June

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