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Getting warmer in the community
...tenants. In return CBL has developed a community oil fund that purchases oil on behalf of Cottsway’s tenants. The smart meters inform CBL of oil used, with tenants able to...
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Insight
No easy decisions at Whitegate
...support the country’s oil needs is Whitegate. Oil refining on the island of Ireland Originally commissioned in 1959, Whitegate has a distillation capacity of 71,000 bpd. One third of output...
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Honeywell revolutionises ethanol-to-jet fuel technology in response to SAF supply concerns
Honeywell has announced the launch of its ethanol-to-jet fuel (ETJ) processing technology with this innovative, ready-now solution allowing ethanol producers or transportation fuel producers to convert corn-based, cellulosic, or sugar-based...
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More jobs in oil
As an oilfield tax allowance paves the way for hundreds of new jobs in the UK, the Oil and Gas Global Salary Guide 2013 says UK oil and gas professionals...
News
Is it time Northern Ireland had a competent persons scheme?
...that currently operating in England and Wales? Reported in the July issue of Fuel Oil News (pages 4 and 21), the fire is believed to have started in a shed...
News
Oil heating cheaper than mains gas
Jeremy Hawksley – welcome news for the industry and the 1.5 million UK households who use oil for heating Oil is now the cheapest of all the major heating fuels,...
Opinion
The Distributor Debate
... FON editor, Jane Hughes, said: “We are delighted to be hosting a dedicated event for the fuel oil distribution industry. Fuel Oil News has served this market for over 35...
Interview
Dedication to customer service delivers industry success for WCF Fuels
...Humberside, Northumberland, Lancashire, and Cumbria. WCF Fuels comprises four independent fuel brands: Allan Stobart’s, WCF Chandlers, WCF Fuels North East, and WCF Fuels North West. The team have recently been...
News
Open to debate in Ireland
...the April issue of Fuel Oil News. ________________________________________________________________ Perhaps your concerns about and hopes for the fuel oil distribution industry in Ireland differ…… If you’re visiting FPS Expo next month,...
News
A Wild Wednesday at the Fuel Oil News Distributor Debate
...of customer relationship management software and enhanced real time tank telemetry respectively. To help better prepare for future events, Fuel Oil News welcomes feedback from those who attended to jane@fueloilnews.co.uk....
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Oil recycling specialist Slicker expands further with Oil Monster acquisition
...with their own carbon cutting and sustainability agenda, re-refining their waste oil back into base oil through our own re-refinery.” “We welcome everyone at Oil Monster into the Slicker family...
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NI Oil in Reserve Force exercise with Royal Logistics Corps (North Irish) Regiment
...they identified and established a Bulk Fuel Installation where fuel would be stored prior to onward transportation as required. From this Bulk Fuel Installation, fuel (diesel) was moved to various...
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Jardine Motors Group achieves a carbon-cutting, UK first in waste oil management
...used oil through a fully circular waste oil management solution. Through servicing customers’ vehicles at their 50+ sites nationwide, Jardine generates significant volumes of used lubricating oil which is now...
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Oil price at seven-year high amid supply concerns
...crude oil inventories reportedly lower than previously declared, the Ukraine crisis has also fuelled supply concerns resulting in both Brent and WTI hitting their highest levels in seven years. Global...
Opinion
Non-energy use of oil products a huge challenge to international trade
...cycle — with spikes in the oil price often occurring before economic recessions,” said Chapman. “Oil has been essential for economic growth, but our reliance on it has created vulnerabilities....
Insight
Key challenges and opportunities facing the fuel distributor
...commitment to cease supply of heating oil to properties off the gas grid during the 2020s, when use of liquid fuels for space heating is envisaged to fall to ‘very...
Interview
A career dedicated to fuel
As he looked forward to his retirement in May this year, Fuel Oil News spoke with Bob Taylor, managing director of World Fuel Services’ UK Land Business, who shared with...
News
Rod Prowse
...Oil News. Known to a great many in the industry, Rod worked for more than 30 years across the full spectrum of the downstream oil sector, in both the UK...