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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...
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Insight
What are the issues causing uncertainty in the oil and gas sector?
...While this outlines the strength and importance of oil and gas as both a fuel and an industry to the economy, there are trends that are posing serious concerns to...
News
Oil reclamation stepped up on Teesside
The new tank farm at CSG’s Middlesbrough oil reclamation facility “Our plan is to recover substantial quantities of useful lubricating oils, fuels and other hydrocarbon products from waste oils brought...
Insight
Ireland’s downstream oil infrastructure
...million tonnes per year of white oil products, supplies just under 30% of the Republic’s oil market requirements, particularly to the province of Munster. The remainder of the Republic’s oil...
News
Oil users – fuel price winners once again!
...(Phoenix) 1036 845 -191 -18.44% LPG 2542 2345 -197 -7.75% LPG (Condensing) 2085 1925 -160 -7.67% Oil 1668 1097 -571 -34.23% Oil (Condensing) 1364 901 -463 -33.94% Wood Pellets 1038...
News
Greenergy acquires Amsterdam biodiesel manufacturing facility
...oils but was never commissioned. Greenergy plans to carry out works over the next year to convert the facility to process waste oils rather than vegetable oils and then to...
Case Study
A new fuel distribution system for Rix Petroleum
...East, East Anglia and Essex. Rix also has three fuel depots throughout Scotland: in Grangemouth, Aberdeen and Montrose. Enhancing the customer experience The fuel distribution system at Rix Petroleum is...
News
Trade publications come together to support the fuel distribution market
Fuel Oil News and Downstream join forces under one industry title. UKIFDA and Ashley & Dumville, the publisher of Fuel Oil News, are pleased to announce that, as of October,...
News
World Fuel Services enables airport to offer continual sustainable aviation fuel supply
...fuel to business and commercial aviation customers worldwide. “Making sustainable aviation fuel available at Inverness furthers the adoption of cleaner fuels. World Fuel will continue investing in innovative solutions and expanding renewable and...
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Trade body name change reflects move towards more sustainable fuels
The downstream oil sector’s leading trade body today begins its new phase as Fuels Industry UK to demonstrate its evolving remit to champion low carbon fuels as well as traditional...
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New initiative launched to crack down on fuel thieves
Fuel Additive Science Technologies Ltd has teamed up with Nottinghamshire Constabulary in a bid to put a stop to fuel thieves causing misery to local businesses. Officers from the Worksop...
Opinion
CCUS: why the UK needs it for net zero
...captured CO2 can be reacted with low carbon hydrogen to create E-fuels. These ‘drop-in’ fuels can directly replace conventional fuels using existing infrastructure and are a promising alternative to fossil...
Case Study
A case study: software that is maximising flexibility in fuel deliveries
...providing lower carbon renewable fuels to commercial and retail customers. Now Europe’s largest manufacturer of biodiesel from waste the company continues to invest in development fuels that will help drive...
Analysis
Ambitious EV growth targets raise UK grid concerns but what of the impact on oil demand?
...impacting global oil demand? According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), China’s oil consumption increased by only 180,000 bpd in 2024, less than one-fifth of the growth seen in 2023,...
Opinion
Fuel distributors urge businesses to order now to avoid fuel duty double whammy
...for long-term good”. In the run-up to the General Election, Sir Kier Starmer refused to rule out a fuel duty increase. Craggs Energy Group companies Okehampton-based Moorland Fuels and Calderdale-based...
News
Spring statement sees ‘biggest ever’ cut to fuel duty
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a cut to fuel duty effective from midnight tonight. Unveiling his spring statement in the Commons, the chancellor announced that the cut in fuel duty...
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P66 agrees UK-first sustainable fuel supply
...the continued development, adoption and scaling up of sustainable aviation fuel. “The Humber Refinery was the first in the UK to co-process waste oils to produce renewable fuels and now...
Insight
Mistletoe and Wine!
I unashamedly leave a copy of Fuel Oil News on the kitchen table in the hope that someone in the family is interested enough to read about what I do....