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Why the next PM should NOT slash fuel duty

Despite the ambitions of the candidates for the leadership of the Conservative Party, Britain’s next Prime Minister should think twice before slashing fuel duty, a fuel tech expert commented today....

News

OGUK confident despite Shell Cambo stance

...of oil and oil products such as petrol, diesel and aviation fuel This amounts to just under a tonne of oil per UK citizen. Transport is the primary use. About...
OMJ price reveiw

Analysis

What price oil? Q1 2025 in review

...7th March. All other biofuel premiums to ICE Gasoil rose sharply as Gasoil weakened. UCOME prices briefly came under pressure from low HBE ticket prices which reduced physical blending. On...

Interview

Darch Oil tanker driver Chris Eke on life on the road

...offer the best standards of service. Following our chat with Lee and Ryan at Ribble Fuel Oils (March issue), Claudia Weeks, content editor for Fuel Oil News, caught up with...

Interview

Oil clubs, drums, kero pumps and NIOF distributors

...local market in Northern Ireland, where 275 distributors supply around 500,000 homes, these savings are frankly not realistic. Reviewing the Fuel Oil News Price Totem the actual distributor margin in...

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Community Buying – The organisers’ view…

...customers to purchase their oil before December to try and avoid paying an inflated price.” Keith Weller, co-ordinator of the Worcestershire-based Bayton Oil Syndicate agrees: “I get people to buy...

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Bungalow destroyed by tank fire

...householders to review the positioning of their oil tank and if necessary, to take action,” said OFTEC’s David Blevings. “Oil is a very safe fuel, provided it is stored correctly. ...

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A good infrastructure?

...to upgrade surplus fuel oil into petrol; then the chosen motoring fuel*.  The next two decades saw the introduction of more stringent specifications for clean fuels and a need for...

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Heating oil theft falls

OFTEC registered technicians can assist your customers with advice on the necessary precautions to protect their oil heating assets OFTEC has welcomed research which reveals that heating oil is no...

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UK refining – hunting for answers

...by 2035, the International Energy Agency expects 80% of EU transport fuel demand to still be met from oil derivatives with most demand met by ordinary fuels particularly for the...

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Making light work of heavy oil

The V25 Test Rig at the Trondheim, SINTEF Research Institute Using environmentally friendly methods to process crude and dirty oils, Fluid Oil has commissioned its first heavy to light oil...

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Dealing with price volatility

...to monitor monthly prices, marketing margins and demand data for key fuels, benchmark fuel prices/margins across 26 national markets. www.woodmac.com What aids the decision making for your business? Email liz@fueloilnews.co.uk. ...

Interview

Oil v gas

...confident that as a long established business, customers will remain happy with oil, he is concerned about the knock-on effect on ‘an oversubscribed fuel business.’ “Any increase in gas coverage...