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Reap what you sow
...15% of its overall business. FAST manufactures a number of agricultural products including fuel upgrade, Gas Oil Extra; fuel soluble biocide, Anti Bug; fuel stabiliser, Fuel Store Plus; and online...
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The downstream customer
...oil and there is a premium price to be paid for last minute deliveries!” Sue reflected: “We think that oil distributors would help, but the quicker you want your oil,...
Interview
In conversation with Bedford Fuels Ltd
An exciting new business in experienced local hands As we celebrate a new year and new beginnings, Fuel Oil News is in conversation with a brand-new fuel distribution company, Bedford...
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BSI publishes revised fuel oils standard to avoid safety and performance issues
...provides detailed, application-specific, fuel oil specifications to reflect the need for changes in end users’ equipment, legislation, market use and the application specific use of fuel oils and fuel oil...
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A product making a marked impact on fuel theft
...2022 many businesses are no longer able to use rebated fuel, known as red diesel or marked gas oil, for their operations and so the stored fuel now appears identical...
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Fuel distributors back calls for renewable liquid fuel tax to be slashed
...liquid fuels for heating as part of the Future Ready Fuel campaign. Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) is currently taxed at a higher rate than fossil fuels such as kerosene heating...
Interview
DCC on ambitions for Ireland and energy transition
...and commercial fuels, heating oils, biofuel and renewable solutions and related products and services in Europe. Claudia Weeks, content editor of Fuel Oil News, speaks with Eddie O’Brien, managing director...
Insight
Security of oil supply in the fuel distribution sector
...days for importers) and, for the full obligation (67.5 days & 58 days respectively) for fuel oil and regular kerosene, this can be met by a category termed ‘Any Oil’...
Interview
Highland Fuels, proud of fuel distribution heritage but future focussed
2022 marks the 65th anniversary of Highland Fuels and is a year that will see some exciting developments for the company. Margaret Major, managing editor of Fuel Oil News, caught...
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The next generation of fuel distributors
...distributor for the then continental oil company (CONOCO) at this time the business had expanded into road fuels, home heating oil and agricultural fuels. “Today Prince Petroleum is owned by...
Interview
Ferguson Fuels: family-run, with customers at its heart
Ferguson Fuels has operated as a family-run fuel business in Northern Ireland for over 50 years. Claudia Weeks, Community Content Lead for Fuel Oil News spoke with Clark Hamilton, Yard...
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Kerosene – supply and quality
...Distributor Debate earlier this year. Julia, a chemist with 19 years experience in fuel and fuel additives, understands fuel. In her capacity as technical business development manager at Fuel Additive...
Insight
Shared deliveries …
...distributors ready to reassess their delivery operations? Looking at other sectors serviced by distributors such as commercial, industrial and agricultural, the features that characterise the domestic heating oil market are...
Interview
BoilerJuice: revolutionising operations
BoilerJuice is one of the leading heating oil marketplace websites in the UK. Established in 2004, the company delivers millions of litres of heating oil to thousands of customers every...
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Fuel poverty – distributors get together
...of 15%. Midlands oil distributors who have supported the fund, and whose customers will benefit, include Midland Fuel Oils, AID Fuels and Nolan Fuel Oils. Before undertaking a national roll...
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Key challenges and opportunities facing the fuel distributor
...the transport sector, for ‘renewable’ fuels as low carbon liquid ‘drop-in’ fuels. Distributors are very well placed to exploit these opportunities. Challenges and opportunities – new and quite different from...
Interview
A better strategy for Irish distributors
...capital employed (ROCE) The RoI heating oil market is oversupplied – simply put, there are too many oil distributors. This equilibrium imbalance can only be resolved by a reduction in...
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September 14 update
...North Sea oil had just been discovered and the slogan “it’s our oil” began to get traction. Back in October 2013, we looked at the downstream oil industry in Scotland...