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FPS gets ready for winter
The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers has once again launched a campaign to encourage the 1.25m homeowners who use heating oil to be prepared for winter and order heating oil while...
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Scotland’s first vegetable oil heated home
Recycled vegetable oil is being used for the first time to heat a home in Scotland. The revolutionary renewable fuel has been identified as a key alternative clean energy source...
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‘A real thirst for expansion and growth’ at Aztec Oils
Derbyshire–based Aztec Oils recently completed the acquisition of the lubricant, pre-packaged fuel and contract packing business of Multispec Limited – formally Caldo Oils – for an undisclosed sum. (l-r) John Longstaff, BHP Corporate Finance; Andrew Fielder, Banner Jones; Mark Lord, and Janis Hartshorne, Aztec Oils; Matthew Chenery, Barclays and Katie Ash, Banner Jones Aztec...
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Prax Lindsey launches first-of-its kind apprenticeship to support low carbon transition
Prax Lindsey oil refinery, a member of the Prax Group of companies, is partnering with apprenticeship provider, HETA (Humberside Engineering Training Association), to launch a new apprenticeship – the first...
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Joint launch for ‘Get Winter Ready’ campaign
...UK to change their energy habits. Credit: Nastco Advising customers to order a supply of heating oil early, get their boiler serviced and check the oil tank in the garden...
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Heating oil – a year as the cheapest form of energy
Energy costs to heat a 3-bed home over 12 months Sutherland Tables, the independent provider of comparative home heating costs, has confirmed that oil has been the cheapest fuel for...
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EOGB hits out at oil’s exclusion from ECO funding
...acknowledge ongoing innovation in the oil heating sector, following proposals to exclude oil from the next round of the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme. The proposed changes to ECO, which...
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The latest oil industry statistics
...the review, commented: “The downstream fuels sector has an historic role in underpinning economic prosperity in the UK, and as the UKPIA’s latest Annual Statistical Review reminds us, oil still...
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Thames Oilport completes first phase of development
...of these shipments is a major milestone that brings fuel into the terminal for the first time since the closure of the Coryton refinery. The development of Thames Oilport is...
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Stanlow – new long term working capital funding facilities
Essar Oil UK’s Stanlow refinery, which has reported ‘strong results and healthy financials’ produces approximately 15% of UK transport fuels, including three billion litres of petrol, 3.5 billion litres of...
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NIOF launches customer charter
David Blevings, executive director of the Northern ireland Oil Federation, and Antoinette McKeown, chief executive of the Consumer Council, at the launch The Northern Ireland Oil Federation (NIOF) has launched...
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Thames Oilport – diesel and gasoil supply commences
The next phase of regeneration at Thames OilPort, which recently opened for diesel and gasoil, will enable petrol storage and road supply On Monday (24th April) Greenergy began road-loading of...
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In the light of the Purvin & Gertz report discussed in FON’s July issue, are you worried about the UK’s refining resilience?
...International Energy Agency’s projections, showing oil is expected to account for over 80% of transport fuel even to 2030 and beyond. The topic of transport fuel resilience is thus not...
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London launch for Eleven Recruitment
...Recruitment. Oil Recruitment has been well-known in the downstream fuel distribution industry for the past 20 years. Speaking to Fuel Oil News for the October 2018 issue, managing director Nick...
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Raw deal for rural renewables
...using oil for heating and hot water. If an existing oil-fired boiler was replaced with a biomass model then fuel bills would actually rise by £430 per year. Ground source...
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Kerosene prices rise less than other fuels
...options 2008-2012 Heating type Percentage increase over five years Solid fuel 43% Electricity 26% Mains Gas 48% LPG/LPG Condensing 55% Oil/oil condensing 29% Wood pellets 5% Data source: Sutherland Tables....
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Super growth for State Oil
...Harvest Energy with over 100 dealer sites and State Oil, which administers 11 company-owned fuel service stations in the UK. State Oil’s UK aim is to provide competitively priced high-quality...
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127% more expensive than heating oil
...policy. According to the latest quarterly data from the Sutherland Tables, oil remains by far the cheapest of all major home heating fuels, with average annual costs in Great Britain...