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...
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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....
News
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...
News
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,...
News
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:...
News
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,...
News
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...
News
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...
News
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...
Opinion
Will rising fuel prices accelerate the switch to renewables?
...power capacity of fossil fuels and nuclear combined.” Conflicts and inflation influencing supply chains Russia is the world’s second largest producer of oil and natural gas. Without oil and gas...
News
Channoil Energy’s new division to tackle energy transition
Channoil Consulting has relaunched as Channoil Energy and created a new division, ‘Net-Zero Solution’, to work with clients specifically on energy transition. For more than 20 years, Channoil has been...
News
Distributor Diaries December 2024 – the latest news from our community
...good list!” Crown Oil – Wear it Pink Day Crown Oil, the Greater Manchester-based distributor, has been busy supporting the charity Breast Cancer Now. The charity organised ‘Wear It Pink...
Interview
Sustainable aviation fuel: routes to feedstocks that can fill the production gap
...not like crude oil, with millions of barrels a day readily available for extraction, meaning that multiple pathways will be required to achieve this level of production. The current feedstocks,...
News
Crown Oil ‘so pleased’ to be crowned winner
After announcing Crown Oil as the winner of our 2020 Tanker of the Year competition, we hear from Crown Oil director, Mark Andrews: “We are so pleased to have our...
News
Oil price recovery and staycations fuel growth for J.R. Rix & Sons
High oil prices combined with a growing demand for holiday homes and lodges saw East Yorkshire family-owned business J.R. Rix & Sons Ltd increase turnover by 42 per cent last...
News
Vessels delivering Russian diesel are ‘sailing through a loophole’
...is diesel,” according to Neil Crosby, senior oil analyst at OilX. With some shipping lines having suspended deliveries from Russia, it is this supply problem that has led some, including...
News
Essar Oil UK announces senior appointment
Essar Oil (UK) Limited (EOUK) is pleased to announce the appointment of Tim Bullock as independent non-executive director. Tim Bullock, independent non-executive director, Essar Oil (UK) Limited Tim Bullock brings...