Midas Mis-Fuel Avoidance

By Sean Berry, Design & Marketing, Berrys Technologies Limited

Mis-fuelling is the most publicly elevated and financially damaging risk involved in owning and operating a forecourt. When incorrect fuel is unloaded into a petrol station storage tank, the impact is detrimental. A domino effect of damage, rippling through from site owner to brand and even down to customer. A mistake worth avoiding. If you have the technology to do so…

Berrys Global Innovations, a subsidiary of Berrys Fuelling Technologies, provider of all things Forecourt – from underground Sumps and Pipework to Collapsible Tank Ventilation, produced a solution that can completely eliminate errors in fuel unloading. Midas - an electronic valve that can differentiate between petrol and diesel fuels; ensuring stations are risk free from receiving incorrect product, saving the downstream petroleum sector hundreds of thousands of pounds each year; in uplift, maintenance, and insurance claims. As oil companies and supermarkets look to decrease costs in their on-site operations, Midas is proving an investment for the future. With over 700 sites equipped with Midas cross-over technology across the UK, Berrys sees a world where every retailer across the country will install the system, in order to future proof the refilling of storage tanks, for years to come.

Engineered to suit all fill styles, Midas is present throughout 16 countries, and available in 5 different models. Customers have a choice in permanently fitting a valve to the unloading station or a more economical solution; having transportation trucks carry the portable edition.

The portable Midas acts as an accessory to driver’s delivery hoses, designed to seamlessly fit in with their existing unloading routine. Simply activate the unit and instantly calibrate using RFID technology; after this, the delivery is no different to usual. Midas recharges using the free-flowing energy of the fuel, so never have to be pulled off trucks for recharging!

Despite government claims to restrict emissions and limit the sale of petroleum products, fuel will inevitably continue to be delivered where there is demand. The future of these deliveries is dependent on this technology, enhancing the process to be more reliable and economical, protecting drivers, securing forecourts and saving customers.