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Combating counterfeit oil level monitors

...manufacturers and installers, heating oil today represents a safe and responsible fuel choice. However, recently the sale of counterfeit oil monitoring equipment on an internet auction website was discovered, with...

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...

News

Bungalow destroyed by tank fire

...householders to review the positioning of their oil tank and if necessary, to take action,” said OFTEC’s David Blevings. “Oil is a very safe fuel, provided it is stored correctly. ...

News

A good infrastructure?

...to upgrade surplus fuel oil into petrol; then the chosen motoring fuel*.  The next two decades saw the introduction of more stringent specifications for clean fuels and a need for...

News

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...

News

Making light work of heavy oil

The V25 Test Rig at the Trondheim, SINTEF Research Institute Using environmentally friendly methods to process crude and dirty oils, Fluid Oil has commissioned its first heavy to light oil...
George Eustice MP

Interview

In conversation with George Eustice MP

...Margaret Major, Publishing Director for Fuel Oil News, spoke with George Eustice MP, one of the event’s key speakers, to hear more about his involvement with the industry’s Future Ready...

News

Hunt begins for new diesel fuel marker

...opportunities for fraudsters attempting to exploit fuel supplies are reduced and illicit fuel can be detected.” Revenue Commissioner Liam Irwin said: “Fuel laundering and trading in illicit fuel represents a...

Opinion

Fuel industry responds to Transport Decarbonisation Plan

...extends far beyond what is emitted from a vehicle’s tailpipe. The announced changes to the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO), will see a steady increase in renewable fuel content blended...

News

UK Fuels signs JET deal

UK Fuels has relaunched its Fleetone fuel card following the signing of a new deal with JET. Under the new deal Fleetone has been adopted as the national fuel card...

Interview

Crime and punishment

Irish correspondent Aine Faherty with David Blevings, Northern Ireland Oil Federation at the recent Fuel Oil News Distributor Debate held in Templepatrick in March The number of operators selling washed...

News

Certas Energy acquires Advance Fuels

Certas Energy UK has acquired Advance Fuels, the oil distribution business of South Eastern Fuels that operates in the south east of England. South Eastern Fuels, which is owned by...
Lise-Lotte Nordholm

Knowledge

The future of fleets: A focus on LNG

...play a large part in everything from long haul transport to powering our home deliveries. A transitional fuel, in contrast to conventional fuels such as oil-derived petrol and diesel, are...