Opinion
New ECO3 proposal to exclude oil boilers
“The fact that fuel poverty levels are already higher in rural locations makes government proposals to omit oil boilers from the next round of ECO even more nonsensical,” says OFTEC...
search | essar-oil-uk/feed
News
A victory for oil heating
...lobbying for the oil fired sector both at UK and European level. Without this action it probably would have been unfeasible to manufacture an oil fired boiler after 2015/16.” www.oftec.org...
News
Father and son sentenced for defrauding oil customers
...occurring. One of the victims of the business was the Barr Hall Residential Home in Portaferry which had become increasingly concerned about its oil usage. “Police examined invoices for oil...
News
Growing business in Ireland
In a multimillion-euro deal, Canadian Irving Oil, which owns the Whitegate refinery in Cork, has acquired Top Oil (formerly Tedcastles Oil Products), the brand owned by the Dublin-based Tedcastle Group....
News
Additional help for off-grid customers?
...lowest quote, as some of these high prices are just not feasible.” A copy of the Best Practice guide to Oil Buying Groups is available on the Oilsave website www.oilsave.org.uk...
Interview
One man and a tanker
Celebrating 20 years in business, Jerry Cosgrave and Leon Byrne beside McConville Oil’s tanker McConville Oil is run by Jerry Cosgrave who took over the business from his father-in-law Dermot...
News
A proactive approach in a contango market
...providing an additional 40,000 cubic metres of oil storage. New developments – the installation of mixers/blenders in heated fuel oil and vacuum gas oil (VGO) tanks and radar-based tank gauging...
News
The UK’s downstream oil industry brings major economic benefits
...of the UK downstream oil sector report is available at http://www.ukpia.com/publications or in hard copy on request from the UKPIA press office. UKPIA represents eight oil refining and marketing companies that...
Interview
Jo Ritzema retires from WCF Ltd following distinguished career
...oil supply and pricing, and it takes crises like Covid, driver strikes or the war in Ukraine to highlight this. Sadly, it then gets forgotten until the next crisis when...
Opinion
INEOS warns that “Britain is squandering energy independence” as it marks 50 years of the Forties Pipeline System.
...Terminal at Grangemouth. At its peak, it carried around 40% of all UK oil production, providing the feedstocks for fuels, plastics, and essential materials that underpin modern life. Today, FPS...
Analysis
Products and services for developing fuel depots
...illegal, and potentially hazardous, venting of hydrocarbon emissions into the atmosphere. It was developed as a response to the 2010 Industrial Emission Directive in a bid to help oil and...
Interview
Highlights of 2025 and hopes for 2026
...solid guideline and roadmap for the future of alternative fuels in home heating. John Weedon, MD Mitchell & Webber Receiving feedback from heating oil customers that the renewable solution is...
News
Thoughts on fuel prices – November in review
...to the start of the year when it was trading above 1.30 but given that the UK is (definitely) in a recession it’s a positive. The Chinese influence Oil prices...
News
Distributor diaries August – the latest updates from our distributor community
...sporting success then please do let us know: claudia@andpublishing.co.uk Standard Fuel Oils named amongst North West’s fastest growing companies Standard Fuel Oils, the Liverpool-based distributor, is delighted to announce that...
News
Domestic heating oil users urged to place orders now
Customers are recommended to place heating oil orders with local distributors as normal ahead of the winter period, as industry trade association, UKIFDA, welcomes further increased support for domestic heating...
News
Crown Oil’s new fuel for fleet
...cent. The Greater Manchester business, part of the £420m-turnover Crown Oil family of companies, believes it is the first supplier in the UK to run all of its oil delivery...
News
Recognition for lead on fuel transition
Crown Oil is celebrating after its commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions secured a top industry award. The Bury-based fuel supplier was crowned the winner of the UKIFDA prestigious Green Award...
Interview
Crown Oil – delivering carbon neutrality as it celebrates 75 years
Fuel Oil News congratulates bury-headquartered Crown Oil on its 75th year in business, and speaks with this fuel supplier, which is leading the way in the sector transition, about a...