News
Oil-fired homes – the clear winners
...existing buildings in the Republic of Ireland. “Oil prices have tumbled once more, making oil heating the cheapest form of home heating regardless of location, type of property and whether...
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UK Fuels launches telematics and fuel management system
...chief executive, Bill Holmes Fuel card provider UK Fuels has boosted its offering to customers with the launch of Kinesis – a fully integrated telematics/fuel card management product with an...
Analysis
Mabanaft – majoring in innovative independence
...presence of independent wholesalers continues to rise in the UK, Fuel Oil News was keen to learn more about Mabanaft’s role “I believe the change in Mabanaft’s business profile really...
News
Embracing change over 50 years
...business grow steadily and in 1984 Ribble Fuel Oils moved to a purpose-built depot at Walton Summit in Preston. To find out more about the business 50 years on, Fuel...
Opinion
Preparing for a new oil world
Boris Ivanov Boris Ivanov, founder of GPB Global Resources discusses how the fuel oil industry can begin to prepare for the new oil world. With BP cutting 10,000 jobs and...
News
Distributor Diaries – February 2024
...HVO, and for being a Renewable Fuel Supplier under Zemo’s Renewable Fuels Assurance Scheme (RFAS), which reassures fleet operators they are purchasing bulk supplies of guaranteed and reportable sustainable fuel....
Opinion
Industry alliance leads the way toward zero carbon heating for Ireland
...capacity to produce enough renewable liquid fuel to meet biofuel consumption several times over. In fact, the projected renewable liquid fuels yield would exceed demand by between 243 – 560%....
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...
Interview
In conversation with Lynx Fuels
...plans for further expansion. Claudia Weeks, Community Content Lead for Fuel Oil News, spoke with Adrian Hancox, Head of Lynx Fuels, to find out more about the new opening and...
Market Report
Portland Market Report – A spectacular own goal or a pivotal act of unknown agents?
...prices hit $40 per MMBtu (Metric Million British Thermal Units) – the oil equivalent of around $675 per barrel – and by the summer of 2022, gas was trading at...
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?
When the price of crude oil rises, reports of oil theft increase. Alex Porter spoke to distributors about the situation in their area A recent article on the Fuel Oil...
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...
Interview
35 years of tanker loading and process metering solutions
...editor for Fuel Oil News, spoke with operations director, Kiran Shaw, and technical director, Greg Clarke, who head up IFC Inflow, to hear more about the company’s evolution and where...
News
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...