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Kerosene – community buying
...of our residents were living in fuel poverty and couldn’t afford the cost of their oil upfront, so we decided to set up a contract with an oil distributor to...
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Analysis
Mabanaft – majoring in innovative independence
...storage depots? “Oil majors moving their activities and operations back to more core areas of their business is understandable. Refineries are costly to run, and with the volatility in oil...
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Risk reduction for domestic customers
...continue buying their kerosene through Oil Price Protect,” said Chris. “Prior to Oil Price Protect, like most other distributors, we did offer different ways to pay including direct debit. Customers...
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ECO3 – oil is included!
...ECO is to provide affordable warmth and help address fuel poverty, it would have been completely contradictory to exclude the repair or replacement of broken oil appliances when oil heating...
Interview
Morrow Fuels – goes the extra mile
...manufacturing steel oil tanks for the domestic heating market. He saw his natural progression as moving more into the oil market, and bought his first distribution tanker in 1988. As...
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EOGB announces support for OFTEC strategy
...out extensive testing on HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil), a renewable fuel produced from used cooking oils and vegetable fats as well as from non-food grade vegetable oil fractions. If testing...
Interview
Marsh Fuels: two significant milestones
...joined the company in 1997 as a boiler engineer and progressed through the various departments, from gas and coal delivery, driving the tankers to deliver oil and eventually to the...
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MP visits first ever fossil-free HVO village, converted in industry trials
...alternative to oil. Thousands of our customers across Cornwall and the South West will have to change their oil-fired heating systems in the not-too-distant future, and that’s why we’re doing...
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Recognition for lead on fuel transition
Crown Oil is celebrating after its commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions secured a top industry award. The Bury-based fuel supplier was crowned the winner of the UKIFDA prestigious Green Award...
Analysis
Products and services for developing fuel depots
...100 most innovative companies in Germany for two years in a row. Although its solution was originally aimed at oil and gas products, it has since upgraded its technology and...
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Carbon monoxide poisoning – are your customers aware?
...sets in. Oil heating appliances have a very good carbon monoxide safety record as highlighted by a 2012 Gas Safety Trust report which showed oil to be extremely safe for...
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Associations push for more from strategy
...of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) in oil heated homes over the last 12 months, it is clear renewable liquid fuels have a central role to play. However, we are concerned...
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Oil heating is more competitive
The latest independent figures show oil prices have become more competitive over the last four years. LPG remains the most expensive fuel for off gas main customers. According to the...
Opinion
Can hydrogen deliver? Industry leaders weigh in on costs, policy, and progress
...a Senior Consultant in S&P Global – Oil Markets and Downstream (OMDC). He has ten years of professional experience working in the Oil and Gas industry, and is based in...
Interview
BoilerJuice: revolutionising operations
BoilerJuice is one of the leading heating oil marketplace websites in the UK. Established in 2004, the company delivers millions of litres of heating oil to thousands of customers every...
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Open to debate in Ireland
l-r From Corrib Oil in Co Galway – Tom Connolly, Gerry Mullen, Matt Stratford, Eamonn Dalton, with Neil Stewart, Stewart Oils, Co Roscommon 70% of distributors who completed the feedback...
Insight
Liquid fuel industry and heat pump lobbyists in agreement over ‘unfair’ new oil boiler ban
The Heat Pump Federation (HPF) has joined the growing number of voices calling for a rethink on the proposed 2026 deadline for off-grid homes. Commenting that a ban on new oil...
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Unprecedented demand creates temporary oil shortage in Ireland
The recent extreme weather has caused a massive surge in demand for home heating oil in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, creating temporary shortages with distributors forced...