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Celebrating innovation at Dunraven Systems
...world’s first integrated heating oil management system. Not only does OilPal allow customers to monitor the level and volume of heating oil inside their tank, it allows them to check...
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A good infrastructure?
...(Heathrow), Purfleet (Gatwick), Avonmouth and theMidlands (Bromford) from Fawley Mainline serves the Midlands (Kingsbury) andNorth West (Manchester) from Pembroke and Milford Haven Finaline services Buncefield (Heathrow) from Lindsey; currently restricted...
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Shared deliveries …
...cost base is making deliveries. Looking at domestic heating oil – a core market segment for many distributors – a number of factors present challenges: Geographical dispersion of customers Multiple...
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Oil heating stays ahead of the game
In 2014, OFTEC helped secure a major win for the industry, challenging an EU standard which would have required oil heating appliances to meet NOx levels as low as 92mg/kWh...
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Joint launch for ‘Get Winter Ready’ campaign
...to last year. “People who use oil to heat their homes would be forgiven for not thinking about heating their homes at the moment with many of us still experiencing...
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OFTEC – anniversary celebrations and ‘business as usual’ post Brexit
...within the Energy Related Products Directive – which we won in 2014. “Another major threat was the government’s ambition to eliminate oil heating by 2025 via the domestic Renewable Heat...
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FPS highlights low margins in response to claims of profiteering on heating oil
...“there is something very wrong with the price of heating oil”, and that domestic heating oil suppliers have “allowed themselves to be influenced by very short term greed”. The statement...
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Backing a certainty
...and a heating services division with over 70 engineers. An area of particular interest is retail. “This is a very, very competitive sector but retail offers a massive marketplace. We’ve...
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NIOF launches customer charter
...“Sixty eight per cent of homes in Northern Ireland use heating oil as their primary heating source and with such a high dependency on heating oil we need to safeguard...
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The right person to take OFTEC forward
...“He represents OFTEC on a number of national and European technical panels relating to heating. Paul is a member of the Chartered Management Institute, Institute of Domestic Heating and Environmental...
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West Cork school makes history as Ireland’s first to be heated using HVO
The primary school is Ireland’s first to transition to the low carbon biofuel from kerosene to fuel its heating system. To celebrate this important step, staff and pupils from St....
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Is nuclear one of the largest untapped opportunities for decarbonisation at scale?
...company bringing a fresh perspective on how nuclear can enable decarbonisation of heat, transport and industrial sectors. Bringing together many years of experience in the nuclear sector their aim is...
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Calls for an energy efficiency and carbon reduction policy
...ineffective flu vaccine, another important factor was that many vulnerable people could not afford to adequately heat their homes. “In this day and age it’s totally unacceptable that we’re still...
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Ken’s Corner – What does ‘be part of the solution’ mean?
...Fast forward 38 years, and I recently spent a few days in London meeting various politicians and civil servants, including the energy minister responsible for clean heat. I found myself...
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Government portal opens for Alternative Fuel Payment applications
...of the two million people across the UK who use fuels such as heating oil, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), coal or biomass to heat their homes should have received their...
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Latest industry people moves – February 2025
...of my direct time on growing our Heat Engineer Software business which helps heating surveyors, designers and installers accurately size new systems.” Sarah Morgan has moved to the role of...
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Suttons celebrates growth in fuels sector with 100th petroleum regulation truck on fleet
...high service levels to its customers. As David Heath, Head of Fuels, commented: “Our trucks are run day and night, so ensuring we can deliver our promise to customers is...
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East Cork Oil abandons Atlantic and Geaney acquisition plans after competition scrutiny
...entities Atlantic Oils and Geaney Oil via three depots. The two distributors sell home-heating oil, diesel and sulphur-free gas oil and other products. East Cork Oil distributes fuel products, including...