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of
sites
fulfilling
different
needs,
including:
•
ways, including:
Refinery Storage: With 6 refineries
•
the facilities to receive products
network of pipes which provide a
that flow through the refining,
constant feed to maintain supply.
Ship: Single to multi grades, shipping
operations provide that requirement of
example, BP, Valero and Greenergy,
close coordination between a vessel
storing and distributing a range of
and the storage facility to ensure the
core fuels countrywide, keeping us
safe and efficient transfer of products.
Storage
Companies:
•
Road:
Multipot,
single
to
multimodal
Companies such as UM and Inter
hauled by third party hauliers, some
Terminals which store and deliver
linked to specific long term contracts,
a wide range of products from
with a range of skills needed that go
refined chemicals to fuels.
beyond driving!
Aviation
Fuel
Storage:
Key
•
units
pot,
Third Party Storage Companies:
predominantly
Rail: This provides the ability to haul
component of airport infrastructure,
large volumes of product often inland,
these sites receive aviation fuels
from refineries through to holding
providing specialist storage and
depots for onward transportation to
distribution to the network of
aviation fuel storage, for example.
•
Drums
and
IBCs:
From
process
The Process Sector: A wide variety
operations through to bespoke units
of process companies who receive
that specialise in batching operations.
discrete
•
•
For
Fuel
‘aircraft stand’ refuelling points.
•
Pipeline: From refinery to terminal
or terminal to process unit, the vast
on the road.
•
•
across the UK, it is vital they have
storing and distribution process.
•
petrochemical and products in a range of
batches
of raw feed
products and process these into
3. Role of facilities
a range of everyday products we
The role of facilities is fundamentally
often find on supermarket shelves.
the same, focussing on the safe receipt,
Fuel Distributors: Vast range of
storage and onward delivery of products.
satellite sites, many of which sit sub
These actions must be taken in line
COMAH, but with a range of hazards
with procedures and regulatory controls
and risks that require the same
to maintain safety and environmental
level of competence, allowing
standards.
that network of distribution to be
extended to more remote areas.
Careers within these facilities are varied,
from
engineering
and
maintenance
2. Import/export
through to operations and administrative
As a sector, we receive and deliver
personnel who coordinate stock, financial
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