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Portland Market Report – oil prices
...attractively low oil prices. The two biggest strategic buyers of oil in the world are the oil reserve companies of the USA and China respectively, both of whom are currently...
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Insight
Association stats show steady progress towards net zero
...55 percent of all biofuel feedstocks in the UK and is used to produce 93 percent of UK biodiesel. China is currently the largest source of renewable fuel feedstock, accounting...
News
Distributor diaries June 2025
...Oilfast announces Adam Burnett as their next music scholarship winner Oilfast, the independent fuel supplier, based in Motherwell, Scotland, recently offered another incredible opportunity to local singer and songwriter, Adam...
News
Stanlow refinery moves closer to low carbon future as EET Fuels commissions hydrogen furnace
...Essar Oil (UK) Ltd, has marked a major milestone in the UK’s transition to cleaner fuel production with the commissioning of the country’s first hydrogen-ready furnace at its Stanlow refinery...
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Major investment at Essar
The installation of the giant new regenerator head will give the refinery unit another 25 years of life Essar Oil (UK) recently completed the successful lift of a giant new...
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Distributor diaries November 2025
Nolan Oils: Proudly supporting the community Nolan Oils, the Oxfordshire-based distributor, is proud to be sponsoring sports clubs in their local community. The business is now supporting Ardley United Football...
Analysis
A deep dive into fuel distribution industry data
Industry trade body, UKIFDA, takes a detailed look at latest sector data in this annual review. Our members UKIFDA represents 121 distributors who, in turn, deliver c90% of the UK’s...
Interview
Mitchell & Webber: driving the ground breaking campaign for a liquid fuel future
...feedback In December 2022, we organised an event with some of the residents of Kehelland to give them the opportunity to give honest feedback to Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA, and...
News
Shortlisted proposal would see UK village swap from natural gas to hydrogen in 2025
...place expected to be made next year Kent, a leading engineering company in oil and gas and Hydrogen (H2) technologies, has been appointed as the FEED Contractor for aspects of...
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EET Fuels appoints Toyo-India for ICC project
EET Fuels, which plans to create the world’s leading low carbon process refinery, has progressed to the front-end engineering design (FEED) stage of its industrial carbon capture (ICC) project. The...
Opinion
“A solution to plastic pollution that makes business sense.”
...UK’s reliance on fossil fuels and spoke with Fuel Oil News to explain how the AHFL approach was developed and what it offers, as well as addressing the barriers to...
News
UK and allies announce price cap of $60 on Russian Oil
...secure affordable oil. A General Licence will be published shortly that will provide an Oil Price Cap exception for third countries, so that firms supplying oil to them are able...
News
Crown Oil completes acquisition of Star Oil
North West-based Crown Oil has strengthened its brand in the North West after acquiring an £18m-turnover oil supplier. The Greater Manchester company, part of the £420m-turnover Crown Oil family of...
Opinion
Crude falls below $100/bbl as OPEC+ increases output but for how long?
...crude oil stocks of 4.5 million barrels, had an immediate impact on the oil price with crude oil trading lower the morning after the OPEC+ agreement was announced. Falling below...
Analysis
Ambitious EV growth targets raise UK grid concerns but what of the impact on oil demand?
...impacting global oil demand? According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), China’s oil consumption increased by only 180,000 bpd in 2024, less than one-fifth of the growth seen in 2023,...
News
Life After Oil community launches to support industry professionals grappling with transition dilemma
...Life After Oil is Nick Smith, owner of Fuel Oil News and a fourth-generation coal and oil supplier who has long navigated the balance between meeting today’s essential energy needs...
Opinion
Highs and lows of the oil price drop
...has been warned that 30,000 jobs in the gas and oil sector could be lost, with oil prices falling to their lowest in two decades. But, despite the global crash...
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Distributor Diaries March 2025 – the latest updates from our distributor community
Oilfast: Proud to continue special partnership Having offered an incredible opportunity to local singers and songwriters, Oilfast, the independent fuel supplier, based in Motherwell, Scotland, has decided to extend its...