Insight
Ireland’s downstream oil infrastructure
...million tonnes per year of white oil products, supplies just under 30% of the Republic’s oil market requirements, particularly to the province of Munster. The remainder of the Republic’s oil...
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Oil users – fuel price winners once again!
...(Phoenix) 1036 845 -191 -18.44% LPG 2542 2345 -197 -7.75% LPG (Condensing) 2085 1925 -160 -7.67% Oil 1668 1097 -571 -34.23% Oil (Condensing) 1364 901 -463 -33.94% Wood Pellets 1038...
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Greenergy acquires Amsterdam biodiesel manufacturing facility
...oils but was never commissioned. Greenergy plans to carry out works over the next year to convert the facility to process waste oils rather than vegetable oils and then to...
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Oil Terminal 2015 – positive feedback
The awards ceremony celebrated the achievements of the best tank farms and terminals from over 100 nominated companies. Finalists and winners can be found at www.oilterminal.org/nominations-2015 Major oil companies across Russia and...
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Essar selects tech partner for Stanlow carbon capture facility
...a producer of low carbon fuels. Deepak Maheshwari, CEO of Essar Oil UK, said: “We are ready to move into the next phase of Essar Oil UK’s decarbonisation strategy. “With...
Interview
Tria Energy: leading Ireland’s HVO-first drive
...the discussion, Pat suggested he had been invited to speak as ‘an oil distributor that has done something a bit different’. When Margaret Major, Publishing Director for Fuel Oil News...
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Highlighting the importance of the downstream oil sector
...annual parliamentary reception for the UK downstream oil industry last month. “This successful event presented an ideal opportunity to highlight the importance of the downstream oil sector,” said Martin Vickers...
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...
Interview
A unique fuel industry set up for Convery Oils & Convery Engineering
Eamon Convery is the owner and manager of Convery Oils, a modern fuel distribution business based just outside Kilrea in Northern Ireland. Convery Oils delivers fuel products throughout Co. Derry,...
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OilMaxx launches mobile fuel delivery service
...a one-stop solution for all their fuel and lubricant requirements. OilMaxx Express and OilMaxx are both part of the Oilfast Group of companies based in Motherwell, Scotland. Image credit: OilMaxx...
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
OGUK confident despite Shell Cambo stance
...of oil and oil products such as petrol, diesel and aviation fuel This amounts to just under a tonne of oil per UK citizen. Transport is the primary use. About...
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Campaign-leading distributor first to lift US imported HVO following tariff removal
Cornwall-based fuel distributor Mitchell and Webber undertook the first lifting of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) imported from the US at the Valero terminal in Cardiff last Thursday. Mitchell & Webber...
Interview
Oil clubs, drums, kero pumps and NIOF distributors
...contamination from drips/spillages as it’s poured into the household tank. “Small oil drums are for emergency use only. They should provide a small amount of oil – often in an...
News
Community Buying – The organisers’ view…
...customers to purchase their oil before December to try and avoid paying an inflated price.” Keith Weller, co-ordinator of the Worcestershire-based Bayton Oil Syndicate agrees: “I get people to buy...
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Bungalow destroyed by tank fire
...to installing and protecting oil tanks. As well as the human risk, an unprotected oil tank can cause substantial damage to property if set alight. Government statistics estimate the average...
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Heating oil theft falls
OFTEC registered technicians can assist your customers with advice on the necessary precautions to protect their oil heating assets OFTEC has welcomed research which reveals that heating oil is no...
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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...