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Industry responds to CCC Sixth Carbon Budget
...include liquid biofuels in policy for off the gas grid homes. Hydrogen is an option as an alternative to gas heating as well as heat pumps and rural consumers should...
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Report highlights industry’s net zero role
...gas industry give it an essential role in leading the way to a low carbon future. Launching this morning (Thursday 21 October) OGUK’s 3rd Energy Transition Outlook report reviews all...
Knowledge
Data: the UKIFDA databank
...in June 2023 dropped to their lowest level for almost two years, at 59.1ppl. Gas oil and DERV Gas oil consumption continues to decline, decreasing by 63% in the first...
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September 14 update
...& Gas industry (crude oil, natural gas and refined products) accounted for over 50% of Scottish exports and without the sector, Scotland would be running an annual budget deficit in...
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Energy trade body calls for urgent clarification of home heat decarbonisation policy
...currently using a gas boiler, the Heat and Buildings Strategy identified 2035 as the date after which a gas boiler could not be installed. Has this deadline now been scrapped...
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...
Insight
BP Energy Outlook 2022 Edition – the outlook to 2050
...driven by increasing efficiencies and electrification of road transport. Natural declines in existing oil / gas production will necessitate continuing investment in new oil & gas production over the next...
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,...
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The renaissance of Grangemouth
...to revitalise manufacturing in the USA. INEOS will use the ethane from US shale gas in its gas cracker at Grangemouth, both as a fuel and a feedstock, replacing the...
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Oil – the only heating fuel where prices have fallen
...more details. The price difference between oil and gas has narrowed significantly. Three years ago oil was nearly 60% more expensive than mains gas but now it is just over...
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,...
Insight
Fuel Poverty Fact Sheet
...poor compared to 12.3% on the gas grid. • The average fuel poverty gap for households off the gas grid was £804, over three times higher than on gas grid...
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A stepping stone or an underwhelming plan to reach net zero? Industry responds to new energy plan
...acknowledge the significant contribution of the oil and gas supply chain to the UK’s energy security and economy, as well as its role in the transition to cleaner energy sources,”...
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INEOS “more or less likely” to move into fracking
...of shale experts, and the company is also busy investing at Grangemouth to handle large quantities of ethane gas derived from shale in North America. “Britain needs gas as part...
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INEOS completes Forties Pipeline acquisition from BP
...responsibility for a strategic UK asset that delivers almost 40% of the UK’s North Sea oil and gas output, INEOS has further strengthened its long-term oil and gas activity. The...
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A feeling of insecurity?
...from Russian energy imports, a move that largely commenced in 2006 following the Russia-Ukraine gas supply dispute when Russian gas flows to the EU through Ukraine’s pipelines were compromised. A...
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Future energy – a vital topic
...Business School; Fuel Oil News listened to her perspective on the energy markets Oil and gas – mispricing risk Although disagreeing with the peak oil theory, Vivienne sees oil’s role...
Insight
Key challenges and opportunities facing the fuel distributor
...high-carbon fossil fuels to heat homes that are not connected to the gas grid in England from 2026 and non-domestic buildings not connected to the gas grid from 2024. Households...