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Oil-fired homes – the clear winners
...existing buildings in the Republic of Ireland. “Oil prices have tumbled once more, making oil heating the cheapest form of home heating regardless of location, type of property and whether...
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Theft advice to customers
The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) says domestic oil consumers should be extra vigilant when it comes to safeguarding their oil supply. The FPS recommends heating oil customers take the...
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Raw deal for rural renewables
...using oil for heating and hot water. If an existing oil-fired boiler was replaced with a biomass model then fuel bills would actually rise by £430 per year. Ground source...
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Associations push for more from strategy
...of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) in oil heated homes over the last 12 months, it is clear renewable liquid fuels have a central role to play. However, we are concerned...
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Strategic acquisition completes Rix Petroleum’s energy provision for domestic customers
...Heating Specialists, based on Staites Road, Preston, for an undisclosed sum. The move follows two other acquisitions in the domestic energy sector and completes the family company’s heating and plumbing...
Market Report
Volatile grounds: How geopolitical crises shape oil price fluctuations
...per barrel. It was at this point though, that the big hedge-funds re-entered the market and bought swathes of oil futures. This obviously supported the oil price against further falls...
Opinion
Industry urges Government on rural decarbonisation strategy as customer cost concerns grow
...being urged to set out a clear road map for decarbonising rural households, The survey of 1,364 households that use oil heating, conducted by trade associations OFTEC and UKIFDA, revealed...
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Oil – the cheapest form of heating since July 2014
With the first month of Autumn underway, many customers will be thinking about turning on the heating for the first time in a few months. For those on heating oil,...
Opinion
Industry responds to CCC Sixth Carbon Budget
...UK downstream oil sector reiterates that it wants to work closely with UK governments to deliver the most effective policy and economic frameworks needed to reach net-zero. Downstream oil is...
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Rushing to put the heating on
...Those in Durham (42%) were most likely to turn on their central heating, followed by Carlisle (39%). In Bristol 24% resorted to central heating help, and in Manchester 28%. www.emooil.co.uk...
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Industry professionals debate heating strategies
Heating industry professionals favour ‘a more gradual stepped approach to low carbon heating which would be far more palatable for consumers’ says Jeremy Hawksley According to the results of a...
Opinion
Time to ‘axe the tax’ on renewable liquid heating fuels
...disparity on duty between renewable liquid fuels and fossil fuels when used for home heating. Currently, no duty is applied to kerosene for heating use but renewable liquid fuels for...
Insight
Marine bunkering – fuel for a vital activity
...oil/ light fuel oil, with maximum density which can range between 0.890 and 0.920 kg/m3 at 15 degrees C Marine gas oil – meets the inland heating oil specification i.e....
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Distributor showcases future fuel ready Rayburn that indicates belief in HVO
...immediate reduction in carbon emissions of 88%. The low-carbon fuel, made from certified waste fats and oils, can be used to replace conventional heating oil and has been classified as...
Opinion
New ECO3 proposal to exclude oil boilers
...the deadline for responses is this Sunday (29th April). Under the new proposals, oil-heated households will still be eligible to fit energy efficiency measures such as insulation and heating controls...
Interview
ESL Fuels: working with customers to deliver sustainable fuel solutions
...developed and launched Greenflame renewable heating oil, shortly followed by the launch of Ultra 35, a gas oil alternative for boilers. It was the fossil version that proved to be...
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Getting warmer in the community
...the carbon footprint of deliveries. As an organisation that cares about environmental sustainability, we’d prefer not to be running an oil scheme – but for off-gas rural communities, oil heating...
Opinion
North Sea oil and gas must address challenges to mitigate energy crises
...report series from the Oil and Gas Transitions (OGT) initiative. Long a strategically important reservoir for oil and gas, the North Sea is now a pivotal ground zero for net...