News
A feeling of insecurity?
...over the last winter have also brought security of supply into renewed focus. The UK’s ability to control the fate of its heating oil price has diminished; something...
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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
A product making a marked impact on fuel theft
...to treat 2,000 litres of fuel. Where and when is the product used? Typical applications are white diesel for use in construction equipment, cooling or heating units in road and...
Opinion
Analysing emissions: why clean can be a dirty word
...illegal defeat device. VW confessed to mis-stating emissions for half a million cars – a drop in the ocean in numbers but triggered the question: If VW is cheating in...
News
Drop in oil product demand highlighted in industry review
...neither did production. Unsurprisingly, jet fuel production fell the furthest – by 62% – and heating oil production fell the least – by 6%. The only increase seen was in...
Insight
What is the outlook for UK refining?
...to demand, the UK is already at high risk level for diesel and Jet A-1 supply and close to high risk for domestic/heating kerosene. Projected future demand trends and further...
Interview
Stephen Keep, tanker driver: ‘Tanker driving has been his whole world’
...in the Land Rover. My uncle also had a paraffin round a few miles away. In 1970 dad bought a tanker to deliver domestic heating oil and, as a 10-year-old,...
Interview
A unique fuel industry set up for Convery Oils & Convery Engineering
...the pace quickened. The growth was helped by the ever-increasing number of homes switching to oil as their preferred fuel for home heating at this time. In the early days...
News
NI oil stocks starting to replenish after high demand saw supplies run low
...“We saw unprecedented demand for home heating oil during August as prices moved lower in the early part of the month and consumers sought to replenish stocks ahead of winter....
News
NI oil stocks low due to unexpectedly high demand
David Blevings, spokesperson for NIOF said: “We have seen unprecedented demand for home heating oil during August as prices moved lower in the early part of the month and consumers...
Interview
In conversation with Dave Walmsley: enthusiastic for NWF Fuels expansion
...price saving of shopping around for heating oil should never be that dramatic. We’re all buying from the same people, and we all have similar cost to serve as well...
News
Certa Ireland transitions entire fuel distribution fleet from diesel to HVO
...no new carbon into the atmosphere, offers a reduction in carbon emissions by up to 90%. Part of the DCC Energy Group, Certa distributes heating oil from its 22 depots...
News
TG Lynes introduces HVO vehicles and storage in sustainability drive
HVO is the latest fleet fuel of choice for the business to continue to deliver its commitment to achieving net zero. Leading heating, plumbing and air movement materials supplier TG...
News
Craggs Christmas day fuel deliveries exemplify seasonal goodwill
...out in his truck completing several emergency heating oil deliveries to ensure that the company’s customers had the vital fuel they needed to keep their home and family warm over...
Interview
In Profile with Donall O’Connor of Valueoils.com
...developing the ValueOils.com business model which is unique and “best in class” in terms of the UK home heating oil market. Tell us your greatest fear Being trapped underground –...
Knowledge
Mabanaft: sustainability through carbon offset projects
...happy to explore new ways to meet customers’ ever-changing energy needs. Integrated into the transportation, heating and industrial sectors, Mabanaft plays an active role in energy transition, combining economic growth...
Interview
Marsh Fuels: two significant milestones
...need all that manpower for delivering and handling heating oil, so we are smaller in number but still mighty! What do you think makes your customers choose you as their...