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UKIFDA’s winter campaign launches
...For heating oil users who are struggling to pay for their heating oil, the campaign includes resources such as the Government’s Help For Households initiative and its Help With Your...
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Kerosene – supply and quality
Like driving on the left, the UK is pretty much on its own when it comes to using kerosene as a heating oil Picking kerosene in the UK because of...
Interview
Topaz – keeping Ireland moving
...home heating customers. In its distribution business the company sells home heating oil to Topaz owned businesses north and south of the border and to authorised distributors – some of...
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Oil boilers – significant sales increase
...in heating costs. This is by far the simplest and most cost-effective change that existing oil heating users can make”. OFTEC is promoting the benefits of oil heating to rural...
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OptiMate is the key to MechTronic success in Ireland
...in Ireland, 40% of all homes rely on home-heating oil. In July 2019, heating oil prices reached their highest levels since 2014, following four consecutive years of growth. Naturally Covid-19...
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Oil industry stars recognised
The 2014 OFTEC Awards for Excellence winners The best talent in the oil heating industry was showcased at OFTEC’s 2014 Awards for Excellence event last month. Attended by more than...
Case Study
Digital delivery: selecting a solution
...diverse set of needs including agricultural fuel, lubricants, commercial fuel and home heating oil. With the latter, an extensive depot network allows Carr’s Billington Fuels to distribute heating oil quickly...
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New crackdown on polluting truck drivers as DVSA steps up roadside checks
Starting in August the new roadside checks, which aim to improve air quality in towns and cities, will target those who try to cheat the law. In this major government...
Analysis
UKIFDA databank: industry data update January 2025
...and heating days Heating days in the first nine months of 2024 was 2% below 2023 and 8% below 2019. Heating oil total consumption (ktoe) and pricing The split between...
Insight
Fuel Poverty Fact Sheet
...more than 10% of its income on energy in order to provide a satisfactory heating regime. A number of different charities, including the National Energy Action (NEA), use this method...
Insight
Ken’s Corner: Unintended consequences
The last few weeks of this year have been eventful, to say the least, with three significant announcements, including a new budget, major decisions on heating in Scotland and the...
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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...
Insight
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...
Insight
The UK’s refineries: past, present and future
...well as to Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Humber: Nameplate capacity is just under 11 million tonnes per year through two distillation units, with around 70% of the refinery’s production being...
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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...
Opinion
OFTEC and UKIFDA response to the British Energy Security Strategy
...energy you don’t use, so this is where the new strategy should have started. “We are particularly concerned about off-gas grid households that use oil heating. The government has stated...
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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...