Opinion
Vital role for hydrogen in decarbonising home heating
...realistically transition away from gas heating on the timescales needed to meet Net Zero,” said Professor Shah. “In the UK, we have a mature gas industry supporting a huge number...
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News
Oil NRG expands into East Anglia
Oil NRG – now open for business across East Anglia Independently-owned Oil NRG, which already has a major presence in rural areas from County Durham down to Lincolnshire, has opened...
Opinion
New ECO3 proposal to exclude oil boilers
...but unable to repair or replace an old, faulty or broken boiler with a new oil appliance. Comparable households on mains gas or LPG would continue to have access to...
News
A victory for oil heating
...the necessary lead time to implement any product changes. “The proposed penalty for non-modulating domestic oil-fired boilers has also been removed, which was also a significant threat to the oil...
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Father and son sentenced for defrauding oil customers
...occurring. One of the victims of the business was the Barr Hall Residential Home in Portaferry which had become increasingly concerned about its oil usage. “Police examined invoices for oil...
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Growing business in Ireland
In a multimillion-euro deal, Canadian Irving Oil, which owns the Whitegate refinery in Cork, has acquired Top Oil (formerly Tedcastles Oil Products), the brand owned by the Dublin-based Tedcastle Group....
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Additional help for off-grid customers?
...a 3-bedroom home in Great Britain using an oil condensing boiler £793 – compared to £1548 (LPG condensing boiler), £1600 (electricity) and £1038 (mains gas). With some MPs promoting oil...
Interview
One man and a tanker
Celebrating 20 years in business, Jerry Cosgrave and Leon Byrne beside McConville Oil’s tanker McConville Oil is run by Jerry Cosgrave who took over the business from his father-in-law Dermot...
News
A proactive approach in a contango market
...providing an additional 40,000 cubic metres of oil storage. New developments – the installation of mixers/blenders in heated fuel oil and vacuum gas oil (VGO) tanks and radar-based tank gauging...
News
The UK’s downstream oil industry brings major economic benefits
...of the UK downstream oil sector report is available at http://www.ukpia.com/publications or in hard copy on request from the UKPIA press office. UKPIA represents eight oil refining and marketing companies that...
Analysis
Greenergy – liquid problem solving
...oil prices could have on the country’s financial health. “When crude is high, money goes on foreign oil, sucking the liquidity out of the UK and European economy. The underlying...
Interview
Green Fuels: fighting climate change with sewage sludge
...has a dedicated research team and, since 2020, started producing its own-label fuel production facilities on three continents. Claudia Weeks, content editor for Fuel Oil News, met with James Hygate,...
News
New standard publication will ensure sustainability of liquid fuels for immediate home heat decarbonisation
...of renewable liquid fuels such as Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as part of its commitment to offer low carbon heating solutions for off-gas grid buildings. The specification sets out: That...
Opinion
Like-for-like comparisons key to investment in future marine fuels
...LNG, are fossil-based. In fact, most are produced from natural gas. LNG is simply natural gas that has been cooled to the point it liquefies. Natural gas, and sometimes coal,...
News
The Phillips 66 Interview
...to grow its market share here. Fuel Oil News editor, Jane Hughes asked managing director, Pete George about the business, refining and fuels and its relationship with fuel oil distributors....
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The renaissance of Grangemouth
Carrying 27,500m3 of ethane from US shale fields, the INEOS Insight heads for Grangemouth with the words ‘Shale Gas for Manufacturing’ emblazoned on its side Yesterday morning Fuel Oil News...
Opinion
Hydrogen (H2.0): a new dawn?
...wind and solar energy in the 1990s, the German government has been a particularly vocal proponent of dedicated hydrogen legislation, calling for EU gas definitions to not include clean hydrogen,...
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Street-Porter backs biogas plant
(l-r) Ian Bainbridge, Janet Street Porter, Adam Warren, Antony Warren, and Jayne Winter, RDPE Area Manager (North East) at the Emerald Biogas AD facility in Newton Aycliffe The north east’s...