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UK Petroleum Industry Association

UK Petroleum Industry Association is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand UK Petroleum Industry Association rather than just read about it. In short: The UK Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA) was a trade body representing downstream companies in the oil and gas sector in the UK. The trade body's website stated that "we and our members are committed to taking a leadership role in shaping a flexible and resilient fuels future for UK industry and ensuring the downstream fuels sector continues to play a part in tomorrow's sustainable, energy-secure landscape".

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Reference excerpt

The UK Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA) was a trade body representing downstream companies in the oil and gas sector in the UK.

The trade body's website stated that "we and our members are committed to taking a leadership role in shaping a flexible and resilient fuels future for UK industry and ensuring the downstream fuels sector continues to play a part in tomorrow's sustainable, energy-secure landscape". In written evidence to Parliament in 2021, UKPIA said that it represents "eight oil refining, distribution and marketing companies that operate the six major oil refineries in the UK and source over 85% of the transport fuels used. UKPIA members also own and operate multiple oil terminals and oil pipelines". UKPIA published reviews and statistical studies about the downstream oil industries in the UK. In August 2023 UKPIA was dissolved, and was restructured as Fuels Industry UK

Membership The thirteen founding members of UKPIA in 1979 were:

Amoco UK, resigns 1990 BP Oil, Burmah Oil Trading, resigns 1996 Chevron Oil UK, resigns 1984 Conoco, Esso Petroleum Gulf Oil, resigns 1997 Mobil Oil Petrofina UK, Phillips Petroleum International, Shell UK, Texaco, Total Oil As oil companies entered of left the industry or merged and were renamed, the number and names of members of UKPIA changed. In 1980 Elf Oil and Ultramar Golden Eagle joined UKPIA, (Ultramar resigns 1986) Chevron resigned in 1984. Repsol joins1992 resign 1994 in 2002 there were nine members:

BP Oil UK Ltd., Conoco Ltd., Esso Petroleum Company Ltd., Kuwait Petroleum (GB) Ltd. joins 1993 resigns 2003, Murco Petroleum Ltd, joins 1991 Petroplus UK, Shell UK Ltd., Chevron Texaco Ltd., ToralFinaElf UK Ltd. By 2023 the eight members of UKPIA were:

Bp., Essar., ExxonMobil., Petroineos., Phillips 66., Prax., Shell UK Ltd., Valero. In addition in 2023 there were nine Associate Members:

Absl., Fulcrum., Certas., Local Fuel., Coryton., National grid., Dragon LNG., Oikos., Exolum.

Directors General During its existence, from 1979 to 2023, UKPIA had six Directors General

Douglas Harvey 1979 - 1984 Ian Berwick 1984 - 1995 Michael Frend 1995 - 2004 Chris Hunt 2004 - 2017 Stephen Marcos Jones 2017 - 2022 Elizabeth de Jong (Chief Executive Officer) 2022 - 2023

Publication The following publications were published since 2000.

Fuels Statistics 2023 Hydrogen Production Factsheet (2022) 2022 Statistical Review Future Skills for the Downstream Sector (2022) The Global Challenge (2021) 2021 Statistical Review The Future of Mobility in the UK (2021) Background on Hydrogen (2021) UKPIA Position Paper Response to Energy White Paper (2021) UKPIA Position Paper on Rules of Origin (ROO) (2020) Transition, Transformation, and Innovation Report (2020)

Lobbying allegations In February 2022, The Guardian published a report alleging that lobbyists representing fossil fuel giants were running All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) to give oil producers a voice in parliament without having to declare an interest. The report notes that UKPIA "is playing a key role in the running of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on downstream energy and fuels", which gave the association's members access to MPs, for example by hosting presentations by UKPIA members like BP and Phillips 66. Following an investigation by the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists concluded that "Based on assurances given, UKPIA has not conducted consultant lobbying activities."

See also Offshore Energies UK Institute of Petroleum Energy Institute Oil and gas industry in the United Kingdom Oil terminals in the United Kingdom Petroleum refining in the United Kingdom

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with UK Petroleum Industry Association

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what UK Petroleum Industry Association claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to UK Petroleum Industry Association before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about UK Petroleum Industry Association ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of UK Petroleum Industry Association

In research: UK Petroleum Industry Association appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses UK Petroleum Industry Association in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: UK Petroleum Industry Association is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Energy in the United Kingdom, Energy organizations, Engineering societies based in the United Kingdom, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for UK Petroleum Industry Association outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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