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Call for urgent heat policy intervention
...as part a series of measures required to tackle the fuel poverty crisis at its root.” “Whilst continuing to support oil heating in the short term may seem to go...
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Boiler sales exceed expectations
...winter’s heating season which saw a welcome improvement in boiler sales, this positive trend continued into the spring with oil boiler sales up over 23% on the same quarter in...
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It’s a boy-ler!
...oil – will be raffled to raise money for children’s charity, Acorns Children’s Hospice. Fans of the royals who want to get their hands on the limited edition CDi Compact...
Case Study
Driving customer satisfaction through digitalisation
...and, in 2020, forged a partnership with FoxInsights, European market innovator in remote monitoring intelligence for heating oil, diesel, lubricants, LPG, pellets, and waste oil. The partnership with FoxInsights presented...
Opinion
OFTEC urges support for renewable liquid fuels after PM outlines 10-point plan
...replace heating oil. This option offers a near ‘drop-in’ solution for existing oil-heated homes, greatly reducing capital costs. It could also deliver rapid progress towards net zero if supported though...
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Fighting fuel poverty in the Midlands
...Suppliers (FPS) – together with Midlands-based heating oil distributors, AID Fuels, Nolan Oils and Midland Fuel Oil – have been fundraising to help those in fuel poverty and have awarded...
Interview
In celebration of Prince Petroleum
...time, the business had expanded into road fuels, home heating oil and agricultural fuels. From the early days a steady flow of business gradually moved onwards and upwards to the...
News
Boiler scrappage in next month’s Budget?
...Petroleum Suppliers (FPS), the Heating and Hotwater Industry Council (HHIC) and the UK LPG Association (UKLPG) have written to George Osborne calling for him to introduce an England-wide boiler replacement...
News
Oil heating more compatible with off-grid homes
...contrast, oil heating is much more compatible with rural homes off the mains gas network.” For the distributor reaction to the RHI, see the January issue of Fuel Oil News...
Opinion
Analysing emissions: why clean can be a dirty word
In an industry focused on reducing its own emissions as well as enabling customers to do the same, Margaret Major, editor of Fuel Oil News, speaks with Nick Molden, founder...
Insight
What is the outlook for UK refining?
...Downstream Oil Industry Forum, a Deloitte LLP assessment on resilience to some hypothetical ‘stress test’ scenarios and an assessment of the UK’s refined product supply market, by Purvin and Gertz....
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Irish pay as you go scheme falters
...oil system into the department’s mainstream energy efficiency improvement schemes: (1) Costs associated with production and administration of the pay-as-you-go oil scheme. (2) And, who will supply the oil to...
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Trade publications come together to support the fuel distribution market
Fuel Oil News and Downstream join forces under one industry title. UKIFDA and Ashley & Dumville, the publisher of Fuel Oil News, are pleased to announce that, as of October,...
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Crown Oil becomes UK’s first carbon neutral fuel supplier
Greater Manchester-based distributor, Crown Oil, is the first UK fuel supply company to achieve carbon neutral status under the PAS 2060 framework. A company statement acknowledged the need for action:...
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QM Recycled Energy unveils new HQ
...waste-2-oil processing. From its original, small test and development operation in Longfield, Kent, QMRE has made an ambitious move into 25,000 sq. ft. factory/office suites in Kingsnorth Industrial Estate, Hoo,...
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Roy Durell
It is with great sadness that we report the passing, on 9th November 2023, of Roy Durell, founder of Fuel Oils, aged 83 years. A kind and gentle man, Roy...
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DESNZ advisor Mike Mackay appointed to head up transformation at Essar UK
...25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, Mike also has extensive knowledge of refining and the downstream oil sector in the UK. He recently returned to Essar...
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Distributor diaries June 2025
...Oilfast announces Adam Burnett as their next music scholarship winner Oilfast, the independent fuel supplier, based in Motherwell, Scotland, recently offered another incredible opportunity to local singer and songwriter, Adam...