Richard Wigfull Receives APEA Lifetime Achievement Award

Sponsored by ELAFLEX, the APEA Lifetime Achievement Award is a prestigious honour recognising an exceptional individual whose career has been marked by outstanding achievement, sustained excellence, and leadership. The award celebrates professionals whose contributions have made a lasting impact on the petroleum and gas industry—regardless of age or career stage.

Recipients are recognised for work that reaches beyond traditional boundaries, spanning every area of the petroleum forecourt sector: from above- and below-ground infrastructure to associated systems, materials, and components. It also acknowledges progress in areas such as alternative fuels, synthetic solutions, equipment technologies, and fuel innovation.

Richard has long been a respected ambassador for the LPG industry, widely recognised across the petroleum sector, the London Fire Brigade, and the UK LPG industry as a whole. His expertise, integrity, and commitment have made a significant and enduring contribution to industry standards and safety.

We extend our sincere thanks to Richard for his invaluable role in developing the Liquid Gas UK Codes of Practice and for the considerable support he has shown the Association over the past 25 years.

The APEA is a UK-based organisation representing all corners of the petroleum industry, including regulators from national and local authorities, oil companies, equipment suppliers, manufacturers, training providers, service organisations, and more.

Liquid Gas UK is the trade association for the LPG and renewable liquid gases industry, representing producers, equipment manufacturers and suppliers, and service providers. We take a leading role in championing safety, good engineering practice, and the future of LPG and renewable liquid gases across the UK.