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founded in 1990, is a manufacturer of innovative and environmentally safe fueling components, which make up a complete fuel delivery system connecting the underground fuel storage tanks to the vehicles’fuel tank. The company’s patented flexible piping and containment solutions include the GeoFlex™ flexible coaxial fuel pipe and fittings, liquid tight pipe entry fittings, liquid tight and testable containment sumps and impermeable fueling hose. “Our mission at OPW is to provide the most effective environmental solutions in the world for our customers,” stated OPW president Craig NcNeill, “and to that end, we saw in Environ the same kind of commitment to customer and quality and knew that by combining forces we’d create an unbeatable team capable of developing even better solutions to meet our customers’needs.”

About OPW Fueling Components

OPW Fueling Components, founded in 1892, is a global leader in dispensing products, environmental products, fuel management systems and clean energy fueling products, including dispensing nozzles for vapor recovery, gasoline, diesel, LPG, Hydrogen and CNG; swivels, breakaways, valves and fittings; underground and above ground storage tank equipment, spill containers, overfill prevention devices, secondary containment sumps and flexible piping; tank gauging equipment and automated fuel management systems. OPW is A Dover Company.

Shell and FAFNIR signed global Contract to provide ATG’s

FAFNIR, a German Sensor Manufacturer, has been selected by Shell as their preferred supplier of Automatic Tank Gauging Solutions for their Regions in Asia, Oceania, Middle East, Africa as well as Europe. The Contract is valid for the coming 3 years.

FAFNIR’s VISY-X Automatic Tank Gauging Solutions has been chosen due to it’s very high Quality Standards, Modular Structure and Innovativeness.

FAFNIR GmbH in Hamburg, Germany, have been developing and producing filling sensors, overfill prevention devices, vapour flow sensors and devices for continuous level measurements for the oil, chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries for more than 40 years.

The close and dependable cooperation with their customers is an important factor for putting innovative ideas into practice and ensuring the

Gilbarco Veeder-Root and Ingenico Form Strategic Global Partnership

Retail fuel customers to benefit with the latest indoor and outdoor payment solutions

GREENSBORO, N.C. (USA),–October 9, 2006 – Gilbarco Veeder-Root Inc. (GVR), a global provider of fuel dispensing equipment and Ingenico, a global leader in secure payment and transaction solutions have entered into a strategic global partnership to deliver secure and reliable end-to-end payment solutions for petroleum retailers worldwide.

The companies will jointly develop and deliver comprehensive integrated indoor and outdoor payment technologies that automate petroleum retail sites, with the highest standards for security, ease of use, and convenience. Their developments will lead to a single global development platform and solution to address the requirements of multiple markets, countries and standards and will include unsurpassed EMV/Chip and PIN solutions. The two global leaders combined represent the largest installed base of indoor and outdoor payment terminals in fuel sites.

“Ingenico’s technology and expertise will allow Gilbarco Veeder-Root to deliver seamless payment solutions that extend the general retail environment to the convenience store and the forecourt. As we globalize our indoor and outdoor payment platforms, our customers will benefit through the integration of key Ingenico technologies with products like our EMV approved SPOTOutdoor Payment Terminal.” said Kirsten Paust, global vice president for retail solutions for Gilbarco VeederRoot.

Malcolm Bushell, Ingenico’s Executive Vice President Global Sales & Services , added, “Gilbarco’s expertise in outdoor payment and petroleum retail automation make them an outstanding partner to leverage Ingenico’s unparalleled expertise and technology in retail payment systems. Our common customers will benefit from application portability from our advanced UNICAPT32 platform. This alliance brings immediate value to our customers in the Fuel Industry.”

Gilbarco Veeder-Root and Ingenico are uniquely positioned to provide the best possible solutions for their global customer base, according to Paust and Bushell. With the companies’combined expertise on payment security regulations and similar focus on customer support for advanced technology, they will deliver to petroleum retailers global end-to-end payment solutions that allow them to deploy, quickly and easily, the latest indoor and outdoor payment technologies. Typical Alpha installation

Hytek’s 1000th Alpha goes to Stagecoach

When the Stagecoach depot in Paignton, Devon, were looking to upgrade their fuel dispensing equipment, they chose the Alpha fuel pump from fuel equipment specialists, Hytek.

The Alpha for Stagecoach in Paignton is a 90 litre model and marks a milestone for Hytek being the 1000th Alpha pump they have specified since the product was launched by the company at the beginning of 2002.

The Alpha is extremely robust and reliable and provides everything required for safe and efficient fuelling. Available in 70 or 90 litres per minute, the Alpha has a backlit LCD display contained within a stainless steel cabinet to prevent corrosion. Furthermore, fuel measurement is guaranteed to be accurate to +/- 0.5%.

Hytek has actually supplied a bespoke Alpha pump for the Paignton depot in response to a logistical challenge that Stagecoach had with the placement of the pump on site. The Alpha pump is being retrofitted into an existing cabinet on the end of a storage tank. The Alpha is usually delivered with the fuel nozzle

on the right hand side, however for this installation this would mean that the drivers would not have adequate room to remove the nozzle as the cabinet door frame would be in the way.

In response to this problem, Hytek are supplying the Alpha with the nozzle on the left hand side, at no extra charge to the client, which will mean the drivers have plenty of room to remove the nozzle and fill up their vehicles.

While this is a simple solution it has potentially saved the customer a significant amount of money, as the alternative option would involve moving the fill point to the other side of the cabinet which would have been expensive!

Cameron Forecourt’s Barry Jenner the contractor on this installation says: “With the Hytek Alpha you are getting a quality pump at a lower cost than others on the market, with equal or improved performance – and that’s a fact. Our customers have been extremely pleased with the quality and reliability of the Alpha fuel pump.”

Barry adds, “As well as supplying an excellent product, Hytek also provides a high standard of customer service, as the above example illustrates. They will do whatever they can to ensure the customer’s needs are met. This is obviously a real asset to us as the installer and helps our reputation and relationships with our customers.”

For more detailed information contact: Hytek (GB) Ltd. Green Street, Elsenham, Bishops Stortford, CM22 6DS. Tel: 01279 815600 Fax: 01279 812978 email: info@hytekgb.com or www.hytekgb.com

Franklin Electric announces the acquisition of Healy Systems, Inc.

Franklin Electric Co., Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of submersible electric motors and a global supplier of water pumping systems and fuel pumping systems announced that it acquired Healy Systems, Inc., Hudson, New Hampshire (“Healy Systems”) in a stock purchase transaction. Healy Systems is a worldwide provider of Stage II Vapor Recovery Systems and Components used primarily at gasoline stations to reduce gasoline vapor emissions during vehicle refueling. The purchase price was approximately $35 million plus a percentage of Healy Systems product sales over the next five years, and is subject to a post-closing working capital adjustment. The up front $35 million payment represents approximately seven times trailing twelve month EBITDA(earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization). Franklin Electric expects the transaction to be accretive to its earnings per share in the first year of ownership. R. Scott Trumbull, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Franklin Electric, stated, “The acquisition of Healy Systems will solidify Franklin Electric’s position as a global supplier of fuel pumping equipment. Healy Systems proprietary equipment and technology provide a cost effective means for addressing one of the most significant global environmental concerns –gasoline vapor emissions to the atmosphere. They also address a serious economic issue for our customers—gasoline losses due to evaporation. In addition, the Healy Systems product line is complementary to Franklin’s existing fuel management product offering and will present cross selling opportunities.” James W. Healy, President of Healy Systems, stated, "We are fortunate to have been acquired by a company with a corporate culture so well matched to our own. In addition, both Franklin Electric and Healy Systems are recognized world wide for the quality of the products they manufacture. The combination of Healy’s gasoline vapor recovery equipment line with Franklin Electric’s existing fuel management products should have a strong positive effect on sales. I am looking forward to working within Franklin Electric to achieve that goal."

About Franklin Electric

Franklin Electric is a global leader in the production and marketing of water and fuel pumping systems and is a technical leader in submersible motors, drives, controls, and monitoring devices.

Adler and Allan Limited acquire Cerva Limited

Adler and Allan Limited has acquired the business, including the transfer of all staff, of Cerva Limited, a division of Conder Environmental plc.

The business will become the Separator Services Division of Adler and Allan providing separator commissioning and servicing, alarm installation and structural surveys and repairs.

The integration of the business into the Adler and Allan Group continues its strategy of offering a comprehensive range of related industrial and •Tank services - certification, testing, installation & removal •Oil spill response & remediation •Industrial water jetting & CCTV surveys •Fuel distribution & uplifts •Tankering •Plant dismantling & removal •Building Fabric Maintenance •Total waste management

Adler and Allan’s services are available across the UK, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year on 0800 592 827 or for more information visit their website at www.adlerandallan.co.uk

BPLaunches Target Neutral

BPhas launched a mainstream scheme to “neutralise” carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions caused by driving. The Company wants every motorist in Britain to get involved with “Target Neutral” – an initiative enabling drivers to reduce their individual impact on climate change.

Road Transport accounts for 22% of UK emissions. By signing up to www.targetneutral.com drivers c an determine, through the Target Neutral “calculator” the individual cost of the CO2 likely to be produced by their driving in the year ahead and pay BPa sum of money to fund carbon-reducing schemes to neutralise the CO2 they will emit.

According to BPan average car driven 10,000 miles a year will generate 4 tonnes of CO2 – costing around £20/y to neutralise. After VATand payment handling fees are deducted, the money goes towards funding alternative and renewable projects. Projects so far include a biomass energy plant and Wind Farm in India, an animal waste management and Methane Capture Programme in Mexico. As Target Neutral grows, more quantifiable and permanent projects will be included.

BPstresses that Target neutral is nonprofit making, voluntary and open to all fuel users – not just BPcustomers. Speaking at the launch, Peter Mather, BP’s UK Head said: “Target Neutral is a practical and straightforward step that BPis taking to enable drivers to help the environment. BPis taking the lead because our extensive research shows that there is a a huge consumer demand for such a scheme but a general feeling from customers that they “Don’t know where to start”.

Extracted from Petroleum Review October 2006

Articles APEA2006 Event Report

By Jamie Thompson, APEA

•The date November 2nd •The venue The Royal Court Hotel at

Keresley Coventry •The event the APEAannual conference,

AGM and Exhibition.

The Association this year used Downstream Events a professional event organisation who managed the very successful re-launch of this years event that included for the first time the presentation of APEAIndustry Awards. Downstream Events principals Emma Faure and Fiona Horan managed to fill the Exhibition with 37 booths (and had a waiting list), had 350 attend the conference with many coming from overseas, the US and Europe were well represented and 470 enjoy the dinner and industry awards. It was as many commented “a return to the good times” with excellent networking opportunities, very good presentations, valuable sponsorship and a cracking dinner with entertainment where everyone in this industry enjoyed a richly deserved evening

The positive feedback from the event has provided us with a challenge to meet the high standards for next year and some of the comments we have received are as follows: -

“From our point of view it's a good event to attend as it's relatively (in comparison with International Forecourt show) economical, both in terms of time and cost.” Will Newbury, Sales, Global MSI

“The numbers prove that, but even with out them it was obvious to us that the conference was busy and from the final scrabble for seat to the dinner it too was a success. Got to say the entertainers were knock out, just amazing!” Phil Collier, Product Manager Industrial Hose, Goodyear Engineering

“Thank you for your email. The APEA Exhibition was the first ever that UTLhad attended and we did not know what to fully expect. At the end of the day we realised that we had made an excellent decision in attending and not only was it successful but we experienced a fantastic day. The surrounding exhibitors were both friendly and accommodating. The whole set-up was without hassle and the location was brilliant. It was not so large that the stands looked deserted or isolated but just cosy enough to not be stifling. In addition, we have already received a response to demonstrate our product.” Graeme Mason, It Services Director, Urgent Technology Downstream, for a wonderful event .We will most certainly be booking for 2007” Tom Hocking, Director, D. Berry & Co

“Congratulations and a big thank you for a job well done. PRAguests were very complimentary about the dinner and I have had a lot of feedback from others who attended the conference, that it was very professionally organized with good speakers and interesting subjects.” Phil Monger, PRA

“For us it was a very well organised show with interesting speeches, discussions and meetings. We really appreciated the professional attitude and interest of all visitors and exhibitors. We think, most of us could get all the information and met all the contacts we wanted. “ Peter Narten, Sales Manager, Union Techik

“The event captured the spirit of the industry and as we heard so many times it was like the good old days, to which I added, in the present time.” Anton Martiniussen, Elaflex

Gilbarco Veeder-Root sponsored the Conference and Peter Dilnot introduced his company to the audience and talked of the challenges ahead for the industry. John Mumford from BPprovided the keynote speech and set the tone for the conference and the need for the industry to change with new fuels and provided some examples of how we had changed in the past.

Fraser Duffin of Malthurst provided for the first time a view from a major retailer (not an oil company or hypermarket) and a very interesting presentation of the challenges from this important sector of the industry demonstrated the role they have and the changes taking place as they are taking over a sector of the market traditionally held by the major oils. Phil Lambeth of BPtalked of stage 2 vapour recovery and the technical issues surrounding the short time period the industry has to comply with, and to finish all installations by the end of 2009. Stefan Kunter talked of stage 2 dispensers as it has been clear from European experience that dispensers need monitoring to ensure the vapour recovery systems works.

Andy Taylor of Fords and Graham Hilton of Green Spirit Fuels gave excellent presentations on E85 the ethanol based fuel that is with us now, and will be just one of the new renewable fuels of the future. Finally Mark Yates first-rate presentation on the Buncefield fire clearly demonstrated the dangers of petrol and what happens when the planned for event gets out of hand.

Our new Editor Brian Baker will be working hard to arrange for some of these presentations to be published in a future Bulletin for those unable to attend, and obtain some information on those who won the awards this year.

The APEAis very grateful for the industry awards sponsors who were •Total Oil - Customer Service •Shell - Health Safety & Environment, •Torex Retail - Quality •Toureen Mangan - Innovation.

There were 34 applications for the awards and a judging panel of a cross section of industry met and made the decisions.

The recipients of the awards were as follows

•HSE - sponsored by Shell

Winner Broham Forecourt

Developments Ltd

Presented by Nigel Clarke, accepted by Kevin Porter from Broham

•Quality - sponsored by Torex

Winner Eurotank Environmental Ltd

Presented Brendan Kavanagh, accepted by Edward Wheeler from

Eurotank

•Innovation - sponsored by Toureen

Mangan

Winner Cookson and Zinn Ltd

Presented by Dan Nolan, accepted by

Mike Knight from Cookson

•Customer Care- sponsored by Total

Winner Adler and Allan Ltd

Presented by Richard Chadderton, accepted by Henry Simpson from

Adler.Customer Services

Pre-dinner drinks were sponsored by Fairbanks Environmental and the entertainment for the evening, sponsored by PetroTechnik had an unusual theme, with a number of magicians turning £5 notes into £50 notes, but too rapidly changing them back again! We were then entertained by the “Three Waiters” who competed with each other with some excellent aria’s, and the Italian accent had a hint of “black country” at the end.

Our thanks to Emma and Fiona for all their hard work, to the sponsors for putting their faith in the industry and this event, the speakers for preparing to share their experiences with the members and not least to all those who attended the event and made it such a success.

I am already looking forward to 2007.

Finally thanks to all of you that donated monies to BEN, a total of £1310.00 was raised.