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The future pathway for liquid fuel heating

...Future Framework for Heat in Buildings, to which OFTEC submitted a detailed response. Dr Ernst-Moritz Bellingen, energy policy director of the German Institute for Heating and Oil Technology (IWO) gave...

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The changing world of the oil trader

...Total, etc. These vertically integrated international oil companies (IOCs) have been joined by state owned concerns, or national oil companies ( NOCd )- names such as Aramco, Kuwait Petroleum, IPC,...

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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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Additional help for off-grid customers?

To open further discussions between government and industry on the subject of oil heating and oil buying groups, the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) has written to MPs and energy...

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Lobbying for a better off-grid deal

In the run-up to last month’s Budget, the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) had been lobbying the government on various fronts for the off-grid heating oil industry.  Writing to Mr...

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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...

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Scotland’s first vegetable oil heated home

...cost of renewable liquid fuels is approximately three times traditional heating oil and while the cost of conversion is much smaller than other solutions, it could be a barrier for...

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...

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Joint launch for ‘Get Winter Ready’ campaign

...UK to change their energy habits. Credit: Nastco Advising customers to order a supply of heating oil early, get their boiler serviced and check the oil tank in the garden...

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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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OGUK confident despite Shell Cambo stance

...of oil and oil products such as petrol, diesel and aviation fuel This amounts to just under a tonne of oil per UK citizen. Transport is the primary use. About...

Interview

Oil clubs, drums, kero pumps and NIOF distributors

...contamination from drips/spillages as it’s poured into the household tank. “Small oil drums are for emergency use only. They should provide a small amount of oil – often in an...

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Making light work of heavy oil

The V25 Test Rig at the Trondheim, SINTEF Research Institute Using environmentally friendly methods to process crude and dirty oils, Fluid Oil has commissioned its first heavy to light oil...

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The shipping news

...High Sulphur Fuel Oil LSFO – Low Sulphur Fuel Oil LSMGO – Low Sulphur Marine Gas Oil IFO – Intermediate Fuel Oil ECUK – East Coast UK ECA – Emission...
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Analysis

Energy Resilience – Is the UK facing a crisis?

...had 6 operating oil refineries, all under all or part foreign ownership, other than the Prax Group owned Lindsey Oil refinery based on Humberside. As of today, only five remain,...