Interview
Morrow Fuels – goes the extra mile
...manufacturing steel oil tanks for the domestic heating market. He saw his natural progression as moving more into the oil market, and bought his first distribution tanker in 1988. As...
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News
Oil recycling specialist Slicker expands further with Oil Monster acquisition
...with their own carbon cutting and sustainability agenda, re-refining their waste oil back into base oil through our own re-refinery.” “We welcome everyone at Oil Monster into the Slicker family...
News
Jardine Motors Group achieves a carbon-cutting, UK first in waste oil management
...used oil through a fully circular waste oil management solution. Through servicing customers’ vehicles at their 50+ sites nationwide, Jardine generates significant volumes of used lubricating oil which is now...
Interview
Compass Fuel Oils: a new depot facilitates further growth
Compass Fuel Oils is a fuel distribution business based in Penwortham, Lancashire. Formed in 2009, Compass Fuel is an independent, nationwide fuel oil supplier who is proud to announce that...
News
University scientists have developed a greener marine fuel
...up to 500°C to convert them into bio-oil. Solvents were added to the bio-oil, which was then blended with used cooking oil or fat to create the fuel. Dr Abul...
Knowledge
Data: the UKIFDA databank
...non-domestic kerosene shows a marked difference, with non-domestic kerosene increasing – presumably due to the switch from gas oil to industrial heating oil. Pricing The Office for National Statistics (ONS)...
Market Report
The impact of the Red Sea crisis and why expansion to the north could be catastrophic
...20 years, the Aden refinery was one of BP’s most profitable, taking cheap crude oil from inland Yemen and converting it into heavy fuel oil for shipping. However, in 1977...
News
UK refining – hunting for answers
...of our refining and downstream oil industry published in November 2011, Brian Worrall, then UKPIA president, said: “Given the right policy environment, the UK refining and downstream oil sector can...
Analysis
Mabanaft – majoring in innovative independence
...in blending remain strong in the retail market, whilst Mabanaft has concentrated more on the commercial market reselling distillates including kerosene. Reliable supply at a competitive price “One thing’s for...
News
Backing a certainty
...intuitive, enabling the visitor to find exactly what they’re looking for.” Acquisitions In 2001 when DCC Energy moved into the British market it was Ireland’s fastest growing independent oil distribution...
Interview
An interview with Raphael Hüttman, managing director, Mabanaft
...an exceptionally challenging market, Mabanaft began to implement a change management programme designed to transition its operating model to more closely reflect the current and projected market environment in order...
Insight
UK Downstream: the changing landscape
...‘winds of change’. This saw the disappearance of long-established names, as integrated refining and marketing companies, such as Burmah, Mobil, Gulf Oil, Petrofina and Elf (the last two being acquired...
News
Oil – the cheapest of all major heating fuels
...expensive than LPG and 42% cheaper than electricity. A renewed appreciation of the benefits of oil Most experts agree that oil prices will remain low for some time and with...
News
Europe’s most advanced oil re-refinery now operational
...of used oil. Environmental profile As indicated by the name, AVISTA Green has an environmental profile. Passing through the plant, the used oil is up-cycled back into high-quality base oil...
Interview
A growing network
...its brand and maintaining its foothold as a market leader across the fuel sector. John O’Donovan, national reseller manager with Top Oil says the company prides itself on providing a...
News
Waste oil – where are we in 2011
...on waste producers. While all oil streams will at sometime incur a waste, in general, our reference to waste oil is essentially that of used lubricating oils, for example engine...
Interview
Oil v gas
...Faherty. Market share peaked in 2005 with 75% of households using heating oil; reduced to 68% in 2009. Speaking at the company’s base 20 miles from the urban Belfast centre,...
Interview
Green Fuels: fighting climate change with sewage sludge
...oil internally. I can’t fault the policies India has put in place; it’s exactly what’s right to stimulate the local market. “I find my trips to India fascinating. I go...