Interview
Oil v gas
With heating oil consumption already in decline in Northern Ireland, plans to extend the gas network are not a welcome development to distributors already under pressure reports Irish correspondent, Aine...
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Opinion
Should FPS and OFTEC move closer together?
Designed to boost the oil heating industry, the Oilsave campaign is a joint initiative between OFTEC and the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers. Should the two organisations do more together? Brian...
News
Low carbon fuels are deliverable
...their potential to deliver carbon reductions over different timescales. The research also compares the decarbonisation potential of biofuels with other low carbon heating options in oil-heated homes. The modelling, which...
Insight
Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA urges ‘facts before theories’
...high oil heating numbers with a high Conservative majority. The constituency data is interesting, it reveals that 11,000 homes use oil, which is more than twice the national average. 25%...
News
Households in NI begin to receive long-awaited fuel payments
...Alternative Fuel Payment was announced in November to address the high number of home heating oil users in Northern Ireland – although this is being given to all households regardless...
Opinion
Is the heating oil market threatened by the government’s decision not to support bioliquids under the renewable heat incentive?
Ben More, Moorland Fuels, Devon “After attending The Oil & Renewable Energy Show in October and conducting our own research, it’s clear that alternative energy sources and government incentives have...
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Oil-fired heating – time to back the most cost-effective option
Offering the best decarbonisation solution for oil heated homes, OFTEC says it’s time for government to back low carbon liquid fuels as the most practical, cost-effective solution. OFTEC’s recently released ‘Industrial Strategy for decarbonising oil heated homes’ underlines...
Insight
The downstream oil market landscape of Ireland in the 2020s
...heating, transport is by far the largest oil using sector, at 72% ( followed by residential use, at 15%). The supporting retail infrastructure comprises around 1,500 filling stations. Just over...
Analysis
Cyber Love: Innovation & advances in fuel distribution technology
...the Hastel Smart Guard fuel monitoring probe in 2019 to facilitate the remote monitoring of heating oil. “The device is provided by Hastel Limited, and a proprietary system integrates the...
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Calls for Government support as oil homes switch to fossil-free HVO in numbers
...has been certified as sustainable by the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC). It immediately reduces emissions by 88% and works in existing oil heating systems following a simple £500...
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Tank Storage Association publishes 2022 Review of bulk liquid storage sector
...heating, another sector proving difficult to decarbonise, presents a unique set of challenges to bulk liquid storage. With fuel oil used to heat homes and businesses that are off-grid the...
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A Sweet deal for NWF Fuels as acquisition completes a great 2022
NWF Fuels has announced the acquisition of Sweetfuels in December 2022, strengthening its position in the domestic heating oil market. The acquisition of the leading Oxfordshire-based oil distributor, with its...
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Future fuel ready tanker is Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year
...title of Fuel Oil News 2021 Tanker of the Year An independent distributor, Kettlewell Fuels has been on the road since 1987, delivering domestic heating oil, agricultural gas oil and...
Opinion
Is there a place for biofuels in Ireland’s future energy strategy?
...the biofuels group is: “Properties that use kerosene or LPG could make an immediate transition to low carbon heating as biofuels are considered carbon neutral”. The comment that biofuels are...
Interview
Taking action in Ireland
...of oil as a viable, trustworthy and efficient fuel and heating solution. “Everyone needs to make a concerted effort to push oil and to improve the view people have of...
News
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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New departments will help create ‘clean pathway to energy security’
...Fuel Oil News. To receive a copy please subscribe here. Consumer at the centre An energy and heating policy expert from a leading heating and hot water solution manufacturer also...
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Recognition for lead on fuel transition
...ground-breaking work in the home heating market – exploring the use of HVO as a viable clean-burning alternative. A whole business approach to sustainability If that wasn’t enough, the business...