Interview
The battle to offer a competitive product
...Top Oil has invested in its Dublin terminal Tackling low margins Outlining how consumer spending has changed, Martin said heating oil order sizes had reduced to 500 litres and even...
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Could heating oil prices be frozen?
...rising demand for refined oil products. Indeed, the same report pointed out that the UK depends on imports for 44% of its heating oil requirements. A fact that vividly illustrates...
News
A positive story for the UK
A newcomer to the UK, the Valero Energy Corporation entered the UK market last summer following its acquisition of Chevron assets including the Pembroke refinery, pipelines, terminals, an aviation fuels...
Interview
CDS: 50 years of powering customer success
CDS has been delivering innovative software, technical support, and customer service to the downstream oil and LPG industries for 50 years. Claudia Weeks, content editor for Fuel Oil News, visited...
Insight
Association stats show steady progress towards net zero
...55 percent of all biofuel feedstocks in the UK and is used to produce 93 percent of UK biodiesel. China is currently the largest source of renewable fuel feedstock, accounting...
News
Firefly first to benefit from Boeing and Clear Sky aviation decarbonisation partnership
Firefly Green Fuels is the first beneficiary of the new partnership, with the Clear Sky-led consortium supporting development of the company’s UK-based refinery and expansion into global markets. Boeing [NYSE:...
News
Is the case for HVO strong enough?
...quantities/scale will/can it be produced, physically and cost effectively from new bio-refineries, co-processing at existing oil refineries? Is there sufficient availability of the requisite feedstocks (such as residues, waste, etc.)...
Interview
Kevin McPartlan of Fuels for Ireland
...the highest dependencies on oil of all the European countries with some counties 75% reliant on oil for home heating. There are many in rural communities who drive 2.5 times...
Insight
The evolution of the UK biofuels sector
...– 2008/09 & 2009/10 – the most widely reported source of feed stock was soy, since then it has been used cooking oil. For bioethanol, the most widely reported source...
Insight
Phillips 66 powers ahead and scores a hit with customers
Phillips 66 has shared customer feedback from its biennial conference ‘Power Ahead’ – which took place in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Held from 1-3 October, more than 200 attendees from the retail,...
Analysis
Review of the UK & Ireland fuel tanker market 2024
...was a no brainer”. With very positive feedback from the drivers, Richard suggests it is “the best Alpeco metering system to date.” Simon Cullen of AA Oils is a fan...
Insight
E-fuels – the challenges and opportunities in e-fuels
...than) the captured CO2 used to produce it. Bioenergy investments have gained momentum, but concerns persist over the availability of feedstock. The food-versus-fuel debate lingers. Although primarily considered a long-term...
Interview
DCC on ambitions for Ireland and energy transition
...for Retail & Oil, who joined the company 10 years ago, initially as managing director for oil, then for retail, oil and fuel cards, to understand more about DCC’s goals...
News
OptiMate is the key to MechTronic success in Ireland
...Dundalk Oil, Atlantic Oils and Stewart Oils all placing (and receiving) orders in 2020. Barry Finlay at Dundalk Oil said; “We are delighted to be the first fuel oil operative...
News
Oil – the only heating fuel where prices have fallen
Jeremy Hawksley speaking about Oilsave and the fight for oil heating at the Fuel Oil News Distributor Debate earlier this month. See the March issue of Fuel Oil News for...
News
Portland Market Report – oil prices
...attractively low oil prices. The two biggest strategic buyers of oil in the world are the oil reserve companies of the USA and China respectively, both of whom are currently...
Analysis
A deep dive into fuel distribution industry data
...solar and heat pumps. The census shows that the number of oil-heated homes has dropped 3% since the last census. It is likely that many oil-heated homes are in the...
Analysis
Ambitious EV growth targets raise UK grid concerns but what of the impact on oil demand?
...impacting global oil demand? According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), China’s oil consumption increased by only 180,000 bpd in 2024, less than one-fifth of the growth seen in 2023,...