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Data: the UKIFDA databank
...recently produced its August monthly figures for domestic heating oil prices alongside broader inflation numbers. Heating oil prices in August 2023 were 74ppl compared to 89.7ppl in August 2022. Prices...
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News
Fuel poverty could affect an extra 300,000 households this winter
Around 300,000 households could face fuel poverty in the next few weeks thanks to the continued rise in energy prices. Fuel poverty has been defined as a household spending more...
Opinion
North Sea oil industry in crisis?
...Sea being profitable as oil is below $60 per barrel. “It is almost impossible to make money at these oil prices,” says Mr Allan, director of Premier Oil in addition...
News
Oil users – fuel price winners once again!
...are Scotland and Northern Ireland where costs have risen by approximately 2% and 5% respectively. Regional variations can be quite significant and prices are usually highest in Scotland where transport...
Interview
Jay Nair of Mabanaft: transition, inclusion and diversity
...to become a dominant fuel. Hydrogen, electricity, e-fuels – all are in the mix which will create a period of volatile markets in the near future.” Challenge and change Joining...
News
100% increase in demand for low-carbon fuel sees CNG Fuels open tenth biomethane refuelling station
CNG Fuels, Europe’s leading supplier of renewable biomethane for transport, today announces the opening of its tenth low-carbon HGV refuelling station in Castleford, as demand for the fuel takes off,...
News
Future fuel ready tanker is Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year
...new fuel type during 2022; however, this is subject to completion of successful trials and obtaining government approval for use of HVO as a heating fuel. Kettlewell Fuels commissioned COBO...
Interview
Avioxx: innovating processes to deliver price parity for sustainable aviation fuel
Avioxx was a company born from the desire to transform waste hydrocarbons, destined for incineration or landfill, into high grade, sustainable aviation fuel. Claudia Weeks, Community Content Lead for Fuel...
Interview
In Conversation with Sandra Waters, Commercial Director of NWF Fuels
...Sandra to find out how fuel distribution differs from her previous roles, and what she hopes to achieve at NWF Fuels. How did you arrive in the fuel sector? “I...
Interview
Stanlow Terminals: a sustainable energy hub for the future
...correlated fossil fuel requirement. If you take jet fuel for example, the sustainable aviation fuel that Fulcrum will manufacture has to be blended at least 50% with fossil jet fuel...
News
Crossing the finishing line
...Fuel Services under Dave Whiskerd and Mike Grayton managed the contract to supply over 25 million litres of fuel and associated products from the site, operating and manning the fuel...
Interview
Rawlings Fuels putting the customer first
...Fuels business which began as an offshoot of the transport business with the acquisition of Phoenix Fuels in 1993 with Rawlings Fuels formed to supply domestic heating oil throughout the...
Interview
Sustainable aviation fuel: routes to feedstocks that can fill the production gap
...portfolio for sustainable aviation fuels. In any consideration of decarbonisation goals, the main fuels that come under scrutiny are diesel, jet and petrol (gasoline). With electrification largely viewed as the...
Opinion
Hydrogen (H2.0): a new dawn?
...waste-to-hydrogen technologies will improve end-market economics and encourage broader adoption and transition away from fossil fuels. Clean ammonia will likely serve as a transition fuel. It can be burned directly...
Opinion
Calls for ‘vital’ fuel tax cut to remove inflationary pressures on distributors
...fuel is key in the delivery of goods across the UK’s economy, and the knock-on effect of sustained prices will be increased costs for consumers and businesses: “77% of all...
News
Clever chemistry fuels business
...made in the original biofuel market, then the food v fuel debate arose and the sustainable fuel image was tarnished. An emotive topic, the food v fuel debate together with...
Analysis
UK Downstream: bringing in the next generation
...fuel industry was to work in a fast- paced environment where one day is never the same as the next. Although it may have bad press, the fuel industry forms...
Analysis
The changing face of the fuel depot
...of our industry and, today, most fuel distributors are large companies with multi-site operations. The increased legislation affecting fuel depots could have partly fuelled this change. “In a world with...