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Northern Ireland – an overdependence on oil?
...invited to join in the Fuel Oil News Distributor Debate on Thursday 7th March. Highlighting an overdependence on oil, the report says that whilst oil is technically a good heating...
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MPs support bill to incentivise renewable liquid fuels
...on hydrotreated vegetable oil, a renewable fuel derived from waste.” Cost parity The current high cost of HVO as a home heating fuel, when compared with kerosene, is one of...
Insight
Rapidly changing oil market creates pricing and supply issues
...to deliver the fuels the UK needs, while rearranging supply away from Russian crude oil and oil products to alternative sources in compliance with UK sanctions legislation. “Global markets have...
Insight
Oil-price survey forecasts Brent to be above $80 a barrel by end of 2024
According to the majority (53%) of respondents to Bloomberg Intelligence’s February oil-price survey, Brent oil is expected to be above $80 a barrel at the end of 2024 – the...
Opinion
North Sea oil industry in crisis?
...Sea being profitable as oil is below $60 per barrel. “It is almost impossible to make money at these oil prices,” says Mr Allan, director of Premier Oil in addition...
News
Bigger loads, better efficiencies for Kinch Fuel Oils
By upgrading from its previous Isuzu 7.5 tonne fuel oil tanker to a brand-new Isuzu 11 tonne tanker, Kinch Fuel Oils Ltd is benefiting from much greater additional payload using...
Opinion
Warning over red diesel price hike
...where products that optimise combustion and increase fuel efficiencies of diesel, biofuels, HVO and other fuels can make a difference by enabling significant financial savings through reduced fuel consumption as...
News
Four MX-5s are the first cars to drive the length of Great Britain using sustainable fuel
...fuels are, demonstrating the role sustainable fuels can play in de-carbonising both modern and classic cars, and further highlighting how sustainable fuels could complement Mazda’s Multi-Solution approach to achieving climate...
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Distributor diaries September 2023
The latest updates from our distributor community Compass Fuel Oils – delivering 500l of kerosene to a lucky winner! Compass Fuel Oils, the Lancashire-based fuel distributor, has announced the winner...
Market Report
Prices and predictions – what does 2025 have in store?
...own forecasts for 2024 oil prices. Our headline prediction in Jan ’24 was for oil prices to “trend sideways and stay in the $70-$80 per barrel mark”. Arguably this was...
Case Study
A digital transformation for Highland Fuels
...Ian Forsyth, Regional General Manager, Highland Fuels. Founded in Inverness in 1957, Highland Fuels is a growing, forward-thinking supplier of energy for homes, businesses, vehicles and marine craft in Scotland...
Opinion
Industry welcomes fuel duty freeze in Government’s first Budget
...“Fuel duty will be frozen for at least another year. As the largest fuel distributor in the UK, we can sense the relief that customers are feeling with this news...
Opinion
Longer term impacts of coronavirus on the UK and Ireland’s oil industry
...managing director of GPB Global Resources B.V., the broader impacts of coronavirus on the oil industry Plummeting oil prices have had worldwide consequences but have been particularly painful for the...
Opinion
“Do you agree with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) that the Province should have more oil buying clubs?”
...more oil buying clubs, there will inevitably be more – batten down the hatches!” For further comment see the Value Oils blog – www.valueoils.com/blog/home-heating/heating-oil-buying-groups-2/ Joe Bradley, Bradley Fuels “I don’t...
Opinion
OGUK welcomes climate report impetus
...the UK is already cutting fossil fuel extraction. The nation’s oil and gas production actually peaked in 1999 when our continental shelf produced the equivalent of 1.7bn barrels of oil...
News
Fuel for thought…
...at a European, national and regional level. With over 1.5 million heating oil installations throughout these islands and millions more across Europe, the oil storage tank industry and the oil...
News
Oil theft – oil industry shows support with donation
...the oil industry responded generously with Solo Direct offering Whitehaven 1,000 litres of oil to demonstrate their support in this tough situation.” At Solo Direct Andrew Hutchinson told Fuel Oil...
News
Theft threat?
...communications manager. As an industry we must do everything we can to help customers secure their oil tank.” Share your thoughts on oil theft – prevalence and prevention liz@fueloilnews.co.uk https://blog.boilerjuice.com/3-ways-to-prevent-heating-oil-theft-in-your-area/...