Analysis
Planning for the future: Nextgen skills for the fuels sector
As we travel towards net zero, Liz Boardman takes a closer look at the changing skills requirement of the fuels sector and talks to some of the industry’s main players....
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Interview
Compass Fuel Oils: a new depot facilitates further growth
Compass Fuel Oils is a fuel distribution business based in Penwortham, Lancashire. Formed in 2009, Compass Fuel is an independent, nationwide fuel oil supplier who is proud to announce that...
Opinion
Red diesel update: Navigating the evolving fuel landscape
...liquid fuels and encourage a move away from traditional fuel options. The red diesel duty changes, therefore, should not be taken in isolation, but viewed through the lens of wider...
News
UKIFDA EXPO 2024: the industry awards
...as alternative green fuels. “As a specialist fuel distribution insurer, we are looking forward to learning more about all the great drivers nominated while we support the industry and applaud...
News
OilMaxx launches mobile fuel delivery service
OilMaxx, a supplier of fuel solutions, has launched a new, innovative, mobile fuel delivery services for small volumes – OilMaxx Express. With a focus on small-volume HVO white and DERV...
News
Stanlow refinery moves closer to low carbon future as EET Fuels commissions hydrogen furnace
...Stanlow site is a move set to significantly reduce carbon emissions, enhancing fuel supply chain sustainability. A new era in low-carbon liquid fuel production EET Fuels, the trading name of...
Insight
Heating future: prospects for kerosene and HVO
...as the principal fuel for aviation, in the form of Jet A/A-1, will outlast the use of all other refined oil products as fuels (as opposed to feedstock), especially in...
Interview
Cotswold Petroleum: 10 years of reliable fuel supplies
Cotswold Petroleum is an independent, family-owned fuel distribution company based in Springhill, just outside Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the business. Established in 2015, Cotswold Petroleum...
News
Energy select committee visits the village at the heart of the industry fuel campaign
The latest development in the UKIFDA and OFTEC led Future Ready Fuel campaign saw the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee pay a visit to Kehelland, in Cornwall, the HVO-fuelled...
Knowledge
HVO – The issue of sustainability
...supplying the fuel that it is committing to when applying for Road Transport Fuel Certificates (RTFCs). Without this, a biofuel would not be a commercially viable option for end users.”...
Review
The system with the intelligence to prevent conditioning downtime
...Technical Director Rob Terry, the CTS engineered Advanced Fuel Conditioner has been added to the range, as the ideal solution for keeping your customers’ stored fuel clean and usable in...
News
WCF further strengthens fuel distribution footprint with North East acquisition
Independent fuels business WCF has announced the acquisition of County Durham-based Easy Fuels (NE) Ltd, further strengthening its fuel distribution footprint across the North East. The acquisition follows WCF’s recent...
Opinion
Autumn Statement is ideal time to correct HVO duty disparity says UKIFDA and OFTEC
...fuels and kerosene when used for home heating are counterintuitive and a significant barrier to wider take up. In comparison, renewable liquid fuels and fossil fuels attract the same duty...
Interview
Josh Burton, WCF Chandlers: The next generation
The next generation is integral to the future of liquid fuel distribution. In this issue of Fuel Oil News, we hear from both the young people in our sector and...
Analysis
Why has the price of heating oil risen faster than crude?
...has fuelled public anger, political accusations and growing industry scrutiny. Yet the reality behind the price spike is far more complex. Heating oil is kerosene-based – as is jet fuel...
News
Taking strategic action
...the emphasis firmly on oil trading. “In those pre-internet days selling marine fuel literally meant driving to the port to ask if anyone needed it! Whilst our fuel supply was...
News
Striving to be the best
...Domestic Oils, Malpas Oils, JP Oils, J&K Fuels, J.W.Keep, Bassett Fuels, G Thomas & Sons, CP Fuels, T Splitt, Fuel Oil Supply Co, Oil Ignition Lessees, Lincolnshire Fuels, Broadland Fuels, Browns...
News
Fuel theft in the UK
...value for domestic fuel theft was £630,163.93. Fuel theft hotspots by recorded instances Commercial Fuel Theft Hotspots Total Recorded Instances Domestic Fuel Theft Hotspots Total Recorded Instances Greater Manchester...