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Off grid homeowners benefit from low prices
...form of energy is the cheapest right now. The price of oil has continued to fall over the last quarter and the cost of home heating using oil is now...
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Renewable liquid fuel availability report supports home heating oil market use
The UK domestic heating oil market can easily be accommodated within the overall requirement for renewable liquid fuels according to a major new report. The recently published report has found...
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Will liquid fuels be heating homes in 2030?
...the market for oil boilers predominantly in the replacement sector, OFTEC’s strategy is to retain the present oil-fired boiler market share. Using initiatives such as the Oilsave campaign, OFTEC is...
Opinion
Business and energy minister backs winter fuel readiness campaign
...UKIFDA chief executive adds; “It is our hope that this campaign will help and encourage the 1.5m UK households who have oil heating to take winter readiness measures. Oil is...
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A feeling of insecurity?
...over the last winter have also brought security of supply into renewed focus. The UK’s ability to control the fate of its heating oil price has diminished; something...
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Protecting consumers against summer oil theft
...more secure, remembering to leave it accessible for deliveries. Fitting CCTV and/or security lights to monitor your tank can also go some way to deterring potential thieves.” www.oilsave.org.uk https://blog.boilerjuice.com/3-ways-to-prevent-heating-oil-theft-in-your-area/ ...
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Oil Terminal 2015 – new multi-billion USD projects
...Bashneft. The agenda at the Oil Terminal 2015 industry forum reflects how growing oil exports have led to additional demands to increase the capacity of tank farms and exporting oil terminals....
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Campaign-leading distributor first to lift US imported HVO following tariff removal
...HVO can be used as a direct replacement for heating oil, reducing carbon emissions by up to 88%. The heating boiler conversion process takes about an hour and costs less...
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Fuel Prices Online™ merges with The Oil Market Journal™
...announced their merger. Both FPO and OMJ provide intraday and settlement oil price information to UK and Irish oil distributors, service stations and other large volume oil buyers. Basil Shourou...
Insight
Oil-price survey forecasts Brent to be above $80 a barrel by end of 2024
According to the majority (53%) of respondents to Bloomberg Intelligence’s February oil-price survey, Brent oil is expected to be above $80 a barrel at the end of 2024 – the...
Opinion
North Sea oil industry in crisis?
...Sea being profitable as oil is below $60 per barrel. “It is almost impossible to make money at these oil prices,” says Mr Allan, director of Premier Oil in addition...
Opinion
Preparing for a new oil world
Boris Ivanov Boris Ivanov, founder of GPB Global Resources discusses how the fuel oil industry can begin to prepare for the new oil world. With BP cutting 10,000 jobs and...
Insight
Key challenges and opportunities facing the fuel distributor
...commitment to cease supply of heating oil to properties off the gas grid during the 2020s, when use of liquid fuels for space heating is envisaged to fall to ‘very...
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FPS calls on chancellor to do more for off grid homeowners
...most funding is delivered in urban areas. Oil heating is currently recognised by the independent provider of comparative home heating costs, Sutherland Tables, as being the cheapest form of heating...
Opinion
UKIFDA encourages homeowners to begin transition to biofuels
In a campaign launched by UKIFDA, the 114,000 households across Wales which use oil heating are being advised on a plan to decarbonise the heating in their homes through the...
Insight
How does the french downstream sector compare to the UK?
...heating oil continues to be a material source of fuel/energy for heating purposes. Rationalisation of the refinery network has been pursued with particular urgency over the past five years with...
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Oil-fired homes – the clear winners
...existing buildings in the Republic of Ireland. “Oil prices have tumbled once more, making oil heating the cheapest form of home heating regardless of location, type of property and whether...
Opinion
New ECO3 proposal to exclude oil boilers
...the deadline for responses is this Sunday (29th April). Under the new proposals, oil-heated households will still be eligible to fit energy efficiency measures such as insulation and heating controls...