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Clugston expands fleet
Ready for action – brand new Clugston tanker Clugston Distribution has announced a £1.5 million capital expansion of its fleet. The expansion is part of a strategy to increase the...
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Opinion
Firth of Forth hub for net zero transition
...development of net zero hubs around the UK has proved a key plank of the country’s strategy towards achieving net zero by 2050. Scotland, which has a 2045 net zero...
News
New fleet director to support Suttons growth plans
...and operations. With a robust fleet strategy and commitment to fleet replacement already in place, the appointment of a fleet director will allow for an increased focus on this area...
Analysis
Strong growth for HGV sales but zero-emission trucks barely feature
...long-term strategy for HGV infrastructure and incentives to deliver zero emission goals. The fourth consecutive quarter of growth saw the number of HGV registrations increase to 11,517. Driven by high...
Opinion
Analysing emissions: why clean can be a dirty word
...smart long- term strategy driven by two key factors – that they never mastered internal combustion engine (ICE) technology, so failed to become a key player in that market, and...
News
HVO trial roll out will fuel Suttons tankers on its road to net zero
In line with its ESG strategy and aim to become net zero by 2040, Suttons Tankers has embarked on an eight-week trial using Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as an alternative...
Insight
Energy transition: Could a multidisciplinary approach be the key?
...is proposed that the sector achieves 90% emissions reductions by 2040 and 100% reductions by 2050. The expectation of the NSTA strategy is for the upstream oil and gas industry...
News
First HVO boiler on new build site in Northern Ireland
With support rapidly growing for the use of renewable liquid fuels in the decarbonisation of home heating, another ‘first’ has recently been achieved. A new build property in Northern Ireland...
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New jobs and a home heat campaign at Topaz
Roz Purcell launches the Topaz home heat campaign 2014 In January, Topaz will create 110 new jobs with the opening of two new service stations developed at a cost of...
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Raising awareness – carbon monoxide and fossil fuels
...fossil fuels. Research in the Republic of Ireland during its CO awareness week in September found that only 50% of consumers were aware of the potential risk from oil heating...
News
Future fuels gain momentum at high-turnout industry event
...to providing a heating solution and affordable fuel to customers. UKIFDA CEO Ken Cronin said: “The general public is clear on what is required, and that is choice. Evidence from the...
News
A Wild Wednesday at the Fuel Oil News Distributor Debate
...the Renewable Heat Incentive, Paul Stephen, editor of Renewable Energy Installer, explained the challenges and the possibilities for oil heating. Endeavouring to give a business a more competitive edge, Fuelsoft’s...
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Oil heating updates on Oilsave website
The Oilsave website has been updated to carry new campaign material to promote oil heating to consumers. Members of the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) are due to receive an...
Interview
Ferguson Fuels: family-run, with customers at its heart
...was met by an increase in the need for oil from our customers to fuel their home heating,” he shares. Initially supplying the North West, the demand for heating oil...
Insight
Strategic supply from Britain’s largest refinery
...refinery complex, with generating capability of 130 megawatts of electricity and 150 of heat. Product movements Fawley is first and foremost an inland refinery. Its supporting logistics infrastructure is...
Opinion
“Do you agree with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) that the Province should have more oil buying clubs?”
...more oil buying clubs, there will inevitably be more – batten down the hatches!” For further comment see the Value Oils blog – www.valueoils.com/blog/home-heating/heating-oil-buying-groups-2/ Joe Bradley, Bradley Fuels “I don’t...
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Fuel poverty – distributors get together
Helping vulnerable heating oil users – Steve Davis, Midland Fuel Oils and Mark Askew with Tina Costello of Heart of England With the help of the Surviving Winter campaign, the...
Insight
A look at the shape of the future UK downstream oil sector landscape
...July 2019, UKPIA declared a commitment to cease supply of heating oil to properties off the gas grid during the 2020s, when use of liquid fuels for space heating will...