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BP Energy Outlook 2022 Edition – the outlook to 2050

...driven by increasing efficiencies and electrification of road transport. Natural declines in existing oil / gas production will necessitate continuing investment in new oil & gas production over the next...

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RHI target – an unrealistic goal?

...regressive policy. This is important because rural dwellers and, by extension oil heating users, contain a higher proportion of people living in fuel poverty than the population as a whole....

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Oil heating updates on Oilsave website

The Oilsave website has been updated to carry new campaign material to promote oil heating to consumers. Members of the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) are due to receive an...

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Crown Oil – encouraging customers to use cleaner fuels

...being fully interchangeable. “Businesses which rely on fuel should consider alternatives to heating oils, such as carbon offset red diesel; biofuel; clean-burning kerosene; industrial heating oil (IHO) – when 20%...

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National Grid targets off-grid fuel poverty  

...the installation of affordable heating solutions in fuel poor households which don’t use mains gas as their primary source of heat.  The £150m from National Grid comes on top of...
Ken's Corner February

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No one likes a ban, but everyone likes an EXPO! 

...at reduced cost and disruption. In the same edition there was a different headline, “Tory revolt against ‘premature’ net zero ban on new oil boilers”.  At the time of writing,...

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OFT boosts transparency on heating oil prices

Following OFT action, GB Oils, the largest supplier of heating oil in the country, has changed its domestic heating oil contracts ensuring quoted prices do not increase from the time...

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A compelling case for oil-fired heating

...heating fuel. OFTEC’s submission also supported mandating heating controls along with simple steps such as system flushing and annual boiler servicing to ensure systems are working to maximum efficiency. www.oftec.co.uk...

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FPS and The Road to Zero

...the change without undue penalty – and without affecting the economy through an inability to meet the heating oil or red diesel supply needs’ says FPS technical manager, Tony Brown...

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ESL Fuels develops innovative oil processing technology

...Thornton Science Park. The new and innovative Molexis technology will complement large volume production of diesel, heating oil and marine fuels from sites across the UK. The first production unit...

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The £50 Energy Savings challenge

...the annual oil bill by 18% – a cost saving of £21 per month and £259 per annum for a typical 3 bedroom house. ·      Fit heating controls – simple...
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Opinion

Ken’s Corner: All change please, all change!

...that a pragmatic approach to decarbonising the 1.7 million homes in the UK that use oil for heating should include replacing kerosene oil with a renewable liquid fuel or blend:...