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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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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
Ken’s Corner – A managed transition?
...range of policy solutions to decarbonise residential heating across Ireland and promote sustainable renewable energy in the home heating sector. It revealed strong support for blended fuels, with 70% of...
News
The right person to take OFTEC forward
...candidates were interviewed. Commenting on the appointment OFTEC chairman, Nick Hawkins, said: “Paul is very well known in the oil heating sector having been technical director at OFTEC since 2011....
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West Cork school makes history as Ireland’s first to be heated using HVO
...Enda’s National School in Dunmanway broke their summer holidays to gather at the school in August and were joined by representatives from Tria Oil, Firebird Heating Solutions, Carbery Plastics and...
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Cornish village marks stand-out success of industry-led fossil free oil trial
...the first company in the UK to convert an oil-fired boiler to trial HVO in Scorrier in 2020. Since then, the Mitchell & Webber team have been converting oil-fired appliances...
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HART Plumbing acquisition sees Rix extend renewable offering
...is headquartered in Two Humber Quays on the city’s waterfront, has acquired Driffield company HART Plumbing & Heating, which will become Rix Plumbing Services as part of the deal. The...
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Identifying vulnerable customers
...FPAG report making reference to the need for fuel oil distributors to keep a priority register for vulnerable customers, Fuel Oil News spoke to Mark Askew, chief executive, Federation of...
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Fuel industry unites in call for government to back renewable liquid fuels
...update on the sustainability and availability of the fuel, which works in existing oil heating systems, following a simple low-cost conversion, and reduces emissions by 88%. Loud and clear Industry...
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Liquid fuel distributors working hard to deliver essential fuels
Liquid fuel distributors working hard to deliver essential heating oil & transport fuel to rural communities in the UK and Ireland The UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association (UKIFDA) distributor...
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Bolstering onshore oil and gas
Tony Smith brings over 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas sector to the Peel Gas and Oil team. Peel Gas & Oil, a member of United Kingdom Onshore...
Insight
The Humber refinery – a key indigenous source of supply
...to seek new sources of crude oil elsewhere. By the end of that decade a consortium, in which Continental Oil was involved, had discovered substantial reserves in Libya. To take...
Insight
The case for a UK CSO agency
...Downstream Oil Reporting System and for importers in the Oil Stocking System. Additional provisions introduced in 2012 require that for motor spirit, diesel/gasoil and jet kerosene at least 22.5 days...
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OSS (Hydrodec UK) buys Eco-Oil business
...OSS and Eco-Oil collect and recycle waste oil and workshop hazardous waste together with fuel oil sales. Under the new arrangement both companies will in the short term continue to...
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Oil Care Campaign prepares to celebrate 20 years
...safe disposal and management of oil. A network of oil banks which accept used engine oil for recycling has been established in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Organisers of...
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Changes to oil regulations in Scotland
Are you compliant with the new changes made to Scotland’s oil regulations? The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has contacted Fuel Oil News for assistance in drawing attention to the...
Analysis
Mabanaft – majoring in innovative independence
...storage depots? “Oil majors moving their activities and operations back to more core areas of their business is understandable. Refineries are costly to run, and with the volatility in oil...
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Risk reduction for domestic customers
...continue buying their kerosene through Oil Price Protect,” said Chris. “Prior to Oil Price Protect, like most other distributors, we did offer different ways to pay including direct debit. Customers...