Fuel Oil News June 2017 | Page 4

News CLH Group consolidates UK position IT HAS ONLY BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE THE CLH GROUP STARTED OPERATING IN THE UK UNDER CLH-PS. HAVING INVESTED MORE THAN £30M IN IMPROVEMENTS TO DATE, CLH-PS IS TO INVEST A FURTHER £26M IN 2017 “W e are the only independent provider dedicated to storage and distribution of fuel through pipelines in the UK, and we want to continue raising our service level so that we increase our competitive advantage,” said Nacho Casajus, CEO of CLH-PS. “We are doing something that has never been done in the UK before and that will revolutionise the way the ground fuel logistics industry works in this country. Some of the projects implemented so far include integrity projects such as cathodic protection update to tanks and pipelines and a very extensive cross country pipeline pigging programme to identify and characterise pipeline damage. CLH-PS is now a significant part of CLH Group’s revenues and a key element in the Group’s international expansion programme. “The relations between CLH-PS and CLH Spain are now much closer in terms of both processes and people,” said Juan Bonilla, CLH-PS chairman. The CLH-PS facility at Hallen “There are now a number of joint groups working together in common projects and finding synergies across