Copyright (c) 2012, www.northseagroup.com http://www.northseagroup.com Rich Site Summary en info@northseapetroleum.com 2012-02-07T22:17:46+01:00 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/37/Merger-Between-NSG-and-Argos-Oil-in-Effect http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/37 Largest independent oil and energy company of Western Europe The legal merger between North Sea Group (NSG) and Argos Oil (Argos) has come into effect today.. The new Dutch combination will be an important supplier of oil and energy, with a substantial position in the Western European energy market. The company name will be announced at a later date. Press 2011-10-25T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/36/North-Sea-Group-enables-first-commercial-flight-using-sustainable-kerosene http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/36 On Wednesday North Sea Group made a considerable contribution to the world’s first commercial flight using sustainable kerosene. Due to the company’s wide expertise in the field of biofuels the regular KLM scheduled flight from Schiphol to Paris departed around 12.45 hours, flying on 50% sustainable kerosene as fuel. KLM will make around 200 flights on this route between September and… Press 2011-06-29T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/35/North-Sea-Group-and-Argos-Oil-in-merger-talks http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/35 Energy suppliers North Sea Group and Argos Oil are discussing a merger. If the talks are successful, this autumn will see the creation of the largest independent player on the North-west European market in, with more than 850 employees, a combined tank storage capacity of over 1.5 million m3 and annual turnover of approximately € 10 billion. The announcement was made today by Ben Vree, CEO of… Press 2011-05-19T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/34/%22We-want-to-be-a-top-three-player-in-the-worldwide-biofuels-business%22 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/34 While its history has been dominated by petroleum, North Sea Group has made significant strides in diversifying and now has a large foothold in alternative energy. As a downstream oil group, specialising fuel trading, bunkering, wholesale and logistics, it saw sense a few years ago to adapt its model to also include biofuels. Press 2011-03-25T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/32/Changes-in-Supervisory-Board-and-Executive-Board http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/32 Changes in Supervisory Board and Executive Board News 2010-11-19T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/33/B20-on-a-large-scale-available-for-the-first-time http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/33 North Sea Group the first with depot that can supply CO2-saving biodiesel. With effect from 22 november, North Sea Group will be the first company in the Netherlands to supply B20 diesel on a large scale. The Geertruidenberg depot is the first to store this biofuel, which is made of 20 per cent second-generation biodiesel. This fuel leads to CO2 reduction of 17 per cent (compared to mineral diesel… Press 2010-11-19T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/31/North-Sea-Group-distinguished-with-biofuels-award http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/31 North Sea Group was presented with a Biofuels Award on the evening of 10 November. Having been granted this award by the World Refining Association (WRA), North Sea Group can call itself the Bioethanol Corporation of the Year 2010. Other companies nominated in this category were Petrobras and Shell. Peter Nohlmans, CEO of North Sea Group, accepted the prize during the fifth annual WRA Biofuels Congress… Press 2010-11-11T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/28/Food-Security---Sustainable-ethanol http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/28 "If you take biofuels to an extreme percentage of the total fuel necessary worldwide, then it's a dangerous situation," says Nohlmans, "but we are convinced that sustainable biofuels are a good alternative to fossil fuels, lowering emissions and reducing CO2." Press 2010-09-30T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/26/Dutch-and-UK-Company-combine-forces-in-the-field-of-export-and-blending http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/26 Netherlands based North Sea Group BV and UK Company, Blue Ocean Associates Ltd have joined forces to create ‘Hydrocarbon Hotel’ which will build a sea terminal  currently under construction in the port of Amsterdam.The terminal expected to be fully operational by the end of 2011, will be primarily focused on the blending of gasoline, and will also be utilised for both importing and… News 2010-07-16T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/25/Major-share-in-the-delivery-of-bio-kerosene http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/25 North Sea Group had a major share in the delivery of the bio kerosene which was used 16 June for the world’s first demonstration flight with a military helicopter. The demonstration flight took place by the Dutch air force at their base in Gilze-Rijen for which an Apache AH-64D helicopter was deployed. North Sea Group was involved in the demonstration flight through their joint venture SkyEnergy,… News 2010-06-22T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/23/2009-annual-report-is-ready http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/23 The 2009 annual report is ready and has been adopted by the Supervisory Board. The net result of North Sea Group for the 2009 financial year is 38 million Euros. The EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciations and amortisation on loans and goodwill) rose to 78 million Euros, compared to last year. News 2010-05-25T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/24/Loading-racks-at-Zwolle-depot-renovated http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/24 The four loading racks at the Zwolle depot were entirely renovated recently. This resulted in a significant drop in the number of breakdowns. Now that this operation is completed, North Sea Group will start this month preparing for the renovation of the loading racks at the Ghent depot. Drivers in Zwolle responded positively to the renovation. News 2010-05-24T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/22/North-Sea-Group-supplies-fuel-to-Makro http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/22 This year, North Sea Group will supply fuel to all filling stations located at Makro branches in the Netherlands and Belgium. Last year, North Sea Group already supplied petrol and diesel to the Belgian stations, to which the Dutch branches will be added as from 1 April 2010. This concerns a total of thirteen filling stations, six of which in Belgium and seven in the Netherlands. News 2010-04-26T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/21/Start-of-North-Sea-Group-Brazil http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/21 On Monday 22 March 2010, North Sea Group marked the start of its operations in Brazil by organising a cocktail party in Sao Paulo. A studio formed the venue for a social evening where around 65 people celebrated the fact that the company was given the green light for starting operations under the Brazilian legal entity. In the weeks to come, the office will be further equipped and fitted out (in the… News 2010-04-26T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/17/Singapore-office-to-open-soon http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/17 In order to further expand our trading activities and to benefit from the growing economy in Asia, North Sea Group will soon be opening up an office in Singapore. Later this month a delegation will travel to Singapore to look for suitable office space among other things. The office in Monaco has been used for some time for trading in Asia; however, in order to strengthen these activities, setting… News 2010-03-15T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/15/North-Sea-Group-supplies-B20-diesel http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/15 For the next eight years North Sea Group will supply B20 diesel for the buses in the Zaan district. This fuel has been mixed with twenty per cent biodiesel from residue flows. Using this fuel will result in a highly significant reduction of CO2 levels. The use of the cleaner vehicles is part of the concession that was granted last month to transport company Connexxion for the period up to and including… News 2010-03-09T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/16/New-bunker-vessel-reinforces-the-position-of-Reinplus-Vanwoerden- http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/16 The new bunker vessel Schieplus will help to reinforce Reinplus Vanwoerden’s position in the Rotterdam port area. The vessel has a capacity of 300 tons and a pumping speed of almost 200 m³ per hour. The ship will be christened in March by Mrs. Strijbos, the wife of Engineering Manager Jan Strijbos. In addition, Reinplus Vanwoerden will soon put the vessel Reggeplus into use. Thanks to these… News 2010-03-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/18/Dyeing-and-blending-installations-improved http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/18 Many of the North Sea Group terminals use a dyeing and blending installation. Installing the red dye injection systems enables the tanks to be used more flexibly. At an increasing number of depots the blending activities are being expanded and optimised. This allows us to be more efficient in our commercial operations as well as serve our clients better. News 2010-02-05T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/19/Depot-in-Bruges-asphalted http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/19 The depot in Bruges has undergone a thorough clean-up. The ground of the depot has been asphalted so that our clients’ tank lorries can drive over a smooth and level surface. The photos show that the depot, which was bought in 2005, now looks clean and tidy. The asphalting of the grounds around the depot concludes the first phase of the clean-up operation. News 2010-02-04T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/20/Swiss-office-in-Zug-now-in-use http://www.northseagroup.com/en/news/20 North Sea Group has opened a new office in the Swiss city of Zug. After the purchase of the Basle terminal, it was decided last year to look for office space in Switzerland in order to be able to expand sales activities. In mid December the lease for the building at the Industriestrasse 49 was signed, and a month later the first people had already relocated to the new offices. The office can accommodate… News 2010-02-02T00:00:00+01:00