News
A positive story for the UK
...total assets (at the end of 2011) put at $42 billion. Market opportunities Keen to know what attracted Valero to the UK market, Fuel Oil News editor Jane Hughes recently...
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Clever chemistry fuels business
...– RGM Fuels believes the non-road mobile machinery and the combined heat and power markets ‘offer huge potential’ for its biodiesel New market opportunities Biodiesel from RGM Fuels has an...
Insight
What future for heating oil?
...for domestic heating, representing 6% of the total heating fuel market. LPG use as domestic fuel accounted for a further circa 200,000 households. In comparison, natural gas is used by...
Opinion
Fuel distributors to prepare for possible fiscal marker change
...– from 18 January 2024 – must comply with a directive that makes AccutraceTM Plus Fuel Marker the common fiscal marker for gas oils and kerosene in the EU. The technology chosen...
Opinion
Hydrogen (H2.0): a new dawn?
...hydrogen’s global success, as the numerous challenges are being met with diverse technological advances, not in lab experiments, but through different simultaneous market approaches, accelerating the broader adoption across end-markets....
Insight
The UK’s refineries: past, present and future
...inland market. Present: Now there are six – the current refinery network Last year, UK refineries supplied about 85% of the country’s inland market requirements. One of the key features...
Interview
DCC on ambitions for Ireland and energy transition
...through customer brands that are in the local market, so whatever the relevant brand is for the local market is the way we operate. DCC is more the corporate brand...
News
Essar strengthens governance through Board appointment of Mark Palios
...provider. Mark Palios Mark has co-owned Tranmere Rovers with his wife Nicola Palios since 2014 and brings over 40 years of commercial and senior leadership experience to Essar. Based in...
Analysis
BP – making a wholesale commitment
As majors continue to withdraw from the downstream market, Fuel Oil News was keen to quiz BP about its position within the UK’s wholesale market. To this end, FON recently...
News
Fuel for thought…
The oil heating market has contracted significantly over recent years, because of what can legitimately be described as the ‘perfect storm’, says marketing consultant John Switzer, who works with Carbery...