Interview
In Conversation with NWF and Geoff Boorman Fuels
...with uncertainty, the idea of taking control of your own future certainly has its appeal and, for some, that will be a decision to sell. An acquisition strategy With this...
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News
Irish Alliance achieves breakthrough in use of biofuels in decarbonisation
...scale of the challenge but will continue to push the matter forward: “Those in the home heating sector who have played a central role in meeting Ireland’s home heating needs...
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MP visits first ever fossil-free HVO village, converted in industry trials
...Eustice said: “It was great to visit Kehelland Village recently to hear about how Mitchell & Webber’s new fuel is helping families to heat their homes. It is vital that...
Insight
Managing costs: minimising fleet insurance premiums by reducing claims frequency
...dropped by 78%.2 The success of a fleet risk management strategy is heavily reliant on drivers doing what they can to help achieve the goal. There are two strands to...
News
British invention could help industry slash energy bills and cut CO2
...zero ambitions,” James concludes. Inside a heat cell Each heat cell houses a solid core of aluminium-rock composite encased in vacuum insulation which can store heat at temperatures from 200...
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Prax group enters North Sea market with successful acquisition of Hurricane Energy
...long-term growth strategy’. After a court sanction of the deal, which valued Hurricane at £250m, was granted, the directors of the company, with a 100 per cent operated interest in...
Analysis
ACTION – changing health & safety culture from the ground up
...tasked with delivering a cultural shift in the company’s own approach and chats here with Margaret Major, managing editor of Fuel Oil News about the exciting new strategy that has...
Analysis
A step in the right direction
...the recognition it deserved when the Government put forward an amendment to the energy bill that grants the powers to introduce a Renewable Liquid Heating Fuel Obligation (RLHFO), similar to...
News
The distributor offer revisited
...– amply demonstrated during the harsh winter weather of December 2010, when demand for heating oil soared. Good levels of general customer satisfaction in the domestic heating oil market were...
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Industry body backs fuel poverty campaign
...to discuss the help available to them. Distributor support “UKIFDA members also offer the Cold Weather Priority scheme to heating oil customers age 75+ which enables elderly consumers, who heat...
Interview
The battle to offer a competitive product
...heating season, is putting pressure on the sector, as people use their central heating as a last resort. “People are burning turf or whatever fuel they can and supplementing this...
News
Calls for clarity on recent Budget announcements
...efficiency In response to exchequer funding of £100 million in 2022/23 and 2023/24 to support grant-funding for households and small non-domestic buildings to replace fossil fuel heating, Guy Pulham commented....
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Northern Ireland council embraces HVO in project to reduce carbon emissions by 87%
Last year, in September 2022, The Alliance for Zero Carbon Heating (TAZCH) met in the offices of Longford Council, Northern Ireland with Paddy Diffley, the buildings and facilities manager of...
Interview
A better strategy for Irish distributors
...in terms of heating oil – this has been on the horizon for several years. Reduced demand because of coal, turf and wood burners plus, of course, gas is all...
News
Low carbon fuels are deliverable
...their potential to deliver carbon reductions over different timescales. The research also compares the decarbonisation potential of biofuels with other low carbon heating options in oil-heated homes. The modelling, which...
Insight
The UK fuel industry: latest statistical analysis
...from 2% in 2025 to 10% in 2030, and then to 22% in 2040. The mandate is part of the government’s “jet-zero” strategy to decarbonise air travel, but there are...
News
Linton Fuel Oils – by royal appointment
...across central London and the Home Counties. In addition to the London head office, the company operates from other locations: Nustar’s terminal at Grays, Essex, and Esso’s terminal at Heathrow....
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Handrail safety breakthrough is first shake-up in 90 years
...just to health and safety but also environmentally and economically. A cutting-edge tubular strategy Managers of the £3 million+ a-year firm, which employs 11 people, have harnessed the latest laser-cutting...