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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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National Grid targets off-grid fuel poverty
...the installation of affordable heating solutions in fuel poor households which don’t use mains gas as their primary source of heat. The £150m from National Grid comes on top of...
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OFT boosts transparency on heating oil prices
Following OFT action, GB Oils, the largest supplier of heating oil in the country, has changed its domestic heating oil contracts ensuring quoted prices do not increase from the time...
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A victory for oil heating
...European Commission published the draft Energy-related Products Directive six years ago, the future of the oil-fired heating sector looked bleak. Following a long campaign OFTEC has won a ‘significant victory’....
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XPO switches distribution depot heating fuel to HVO in sustainability drive
...sustainability agenda. The company, which has committed to being a responsible supply chain partner, has replaced the site’s heating fuel with hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) biofuel. The HVO product sourced...
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ESL Fuels develops innovative oil processing technology
...Thornton Science Park. The new and innovative Molexis technology will complement large volume production of diesel, heating oil and marine fuels from sites across the UK. The first production unit...
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The £50 Energy Savings challenge
...the room at 19°C. Increasing room temperature by only 1°C, can increase heating costs by 10%, whilst reducing temperature by 1°C can save almost £6 per month. · Service your...
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Buy your heating oil early urges FPS
...suppliers have spare delivery capacity. I would also encourage all consumers to save money on heating their homes by ensuring their homes are fully insulated.” FPS chief executive, Mark Askew...
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Additional help for off-grid customers?
...bills and reduce CO2 emissions at the same time. Currently, oil heating is still the cheapest form of energy for off grid homes with the annual average cost to heat...