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Calls for clarity on recent Budget announcements

Relief Last week’s budget announcement brought relief to agriculture, rail, fish farming and non-commercial heating with all being exempt from the abolishment of the red diesel subsidy. Whilst this news...

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OFTEC launches “Tank Safe” campaign

...and the environment. Malcolm Farrow of OFTEC says: “It’s easy to forget about oil tanks during the summer months when central heating systems are not in use. That’s why we’ve...
Mistletoe and wine

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Mistletoe and Wine!

...at some point, we would get a piece of legislation outlining a proposed Renewable Liquid Heating Fuel Obligation – see, Santa is real. We have met some interesting characters across...

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Deal could see key hydrogen role for Fawley

...by 2050, including the heating demand of 800,000 homes across the South of England. An increase in the use of hydrogen with carbon capture would help reduce emissions in the...

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Downstream Norway: Leading the way in decarbonisation

...auto diesel, diesel for construction purposes, light heating oil, kerosene, jet A1, or marine distillates. A maximum of 40% of emergency stocks may comprise crude oil, condensate, or semi-finished products....

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Call for urgent heat policy intervention

...inefficient heating systems when a simple boiler upgrade could cut their fuel bills by over £300 a year or some 20%. “For too long now Government has recognised the interlinked...

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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!

...random from all the people who donated. Sue Pennington, consumer brand manager at Worcester, Bosch Group, said: “As a British heating manufacturer with a Royal Warrant, we couldn’t let such...

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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...
Driving customer satisfaction through digitalisation

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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...

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Theft threat?

...plastic!” “We’ve not seen any evidence that the threat of theft is eroding confidence in oil heating, but it would be wrong to be complacent,” advised Malcolm Farrow, OFTEC marketing...