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Ministers urged to secure future oil refining capacity
...oil refineries in the UK. “We consider the oil industry to be critical to the UK economy. In an increasingly unstable world where new supplies of crude oil will need...
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Interview
Negotiating the swings and roundabouts of fuel distribution
...from Donall O’Connor, Value Oils in last month’s Fuel Oil News) Numerous consumers now keep a couple of drums and refill these at forecourt kerosene pumps for a minimal premium...
News
Dealing with price volatility
...oil trading centres in Londonand Rotterdamgives us a unique insight in to market thinking and oil intelligence.” wwwfuelpricesonline.com The WP Group has used the service for over 10 years. Managing...
News
US oil price falls below zero for the first time in history
The leading representative body for the UK’s offshore oil and gas sector has warned the latest oil price developments could fundamentally undermine the ability of the industry to recover and...
Interview
Crown Oil – delivering carbon neutrality as it celebrates 75 years
Fuel Oil News congratulates bury-headquartered Crown Oil on its 75th year in business, and speaks with this fuel supplier, which is leading the way in the sector transition, about a...
Interview
CDS: 50 years of powering customer success
CDS has been delivering innovative software, technical support, and customer service to the downstream oil and LPG industries for 50 years. Claudia Weeks, content editor for Fuel Oil News, visited...
Insight
Association stats show steady progress towards net zero
...tolerance compared to those in America and Asia. Unlike crude, Russian oil products -especially diesel and gas oils – were replaced from a large mix of countries, notably India, Kuwait,...
News
Open to debate in Ireland
l-r From Corrib Oil in Co Galway – Tom Connolly, Gerry Mullen, Matt Stratford, Eamonn Dalton, with Neil Stewart, Stewart Oils, Co Roscommon 70% of distributors who completed the feedback...
News
Irving Oil to acquire Whitegate
...very seriously,” added president of Irving Oil, Ian Whitcomb. Irving Oil looks forward to sharing more information on this acquisition upon the close of the purchase and sale agreement. www.irvingoil.com...
News
Isuzu first for Darch Oil
The new Isuzu vehicle at Darch Oil – supplier of fuels, heating oil and lubricants to customers in Somerset, Dorset, East Devon, South Wiltshire and West Hampshire Independent family-run Darch Oil has...
News
NWF Group acquires Northern Energy Oil in £8.3m deal
...years, having started by supplying milk from local farms before expanding into agricultural fuels, heating oil and, most recently, LPG. “Selling our oil business to a larger player who is...
Market Report
Disrupting the sector: the new Nigerian super-refinery
...oil producer in Africa (15th in the world), but it also has the 10th largest oil reserves on the planet. At the same time however, those same casual observers would...
News
Agreement will see UK oil production facility powered by wind
...to create one of the UK’s first oil and gas facilities powered mainly by offshore wind. The deal will deliver the UK’s first Floating Offshore Wind unit manufacturing and assembly...
Interview
Donegal distributor gets lucky
...depot. If oil exploration develops further off the west coast of Ireland – something largely determined by global oil prices – Arthur is hopeful there will be a beneficial knock-on...
News
Choosing a new truck
Founded in 1954 by Arthur McMahon, Donegal Oil remains a family business with the founder’s grandson, also Arthur McMahon, being the present managing director “Since its inception Donegal Oil has...
News
Carbon monoxide poisoning – are your customers aware?
...sets in. Oil heating appliances have a very good carbon monoxide safety record as highlighted by a 2012 Gas Safety Trust report which showed oil to be extremely safe for...
News
OFTEC launches “Tank Safe” campaign
...and the environment. Malcolm Farrow of OFTEC says: “It’s easy to forget about oil tanks during the summer months when central heating systems are not in use. That’s why we’ve...
Insight
Gas grid and storage facilities in the UK
...circa 170,000 miles of pipelines. The above infrastructure supports the largest gas market in Europe at just under 80 billion M3 in 2012 (70 million tonnes of oil equivalent) –...