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Best buy oil boilers
...an Oil Boiler Best Buy this year. Last year, according to EUA statistics, Grant oil boilers were the number one selling models in the UK Grant’s oil-fired condensing boiler range...
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More debate on industry issues
Many questions arose at last month’s Fuel Oil News Distributor Debate including how the industry should prepare for a potential kerosene shortage. The short answer to that question from both...
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FPS calls on chancellor to do more for off grid homeowners
As the FPS asks for ‘a raft of measures’ to help users of heating oil, the trade association has also called for the government to recognise the important service provided...
Opinion
Getting your vehicles winter ready
...to forget to consider engine oil when it comes to winter readiness, and this can be a major mistake. Oil that is past its recommended change interval, or oil that...
Insight
A “changing of the guard” in the UK fuel marking regime
...of butoxybenzene per litre of energy product. In summary, the required markers for each fuel type in the UK from 18 January 2024 are: 1. Gas oil/biodiesel/gas oil bioblend/light oil...
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New heating oil website launched
www.heatingoil.co.uk, a new website from GB Oils went live on 1st October. The website has collaborated with oil boiler maintenance company, Team Energy, to offer oil boiler servicing. Site visitors...
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Oil heating is more competitive
The latest independent figures show oil prices have become more competitive over the last four years. LPG remains the most expensive fuel for off gas main customers. According to the...
Interview
Sodbury Fuels: celebrating 10 years in business
...within the oil industry for over 30 years, both as a driver and as a trainer for OAMPS. During his oil industry career, he has qualified in many fields including...
News
James Smith 1925 – 2013
...Fuel Oil News back in 1977. A journalist with family roots in the energy industry, having started Knutsford Oil, he spotted a gap in the industry’s communication channel giving rise...
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Jenson Button promotes ExxonMobil oil
...are unaware of the benefits offered by synthetic engine oils, and almost 50 per cent are not sure why oil is needed in an engine. The track star took time...
Market Report
Elections and energy policy: a powerful combination
...and for the last 5 years, the national oil company (PEMEX) has been used as a vehicle for both economic state building and poverty alleviation. New domestic oil exploration licenses...
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OFTEC launches “Tank Safe” campaign
...“Fortunately leaks are rare, but the consequences of oil spills aren’t just inconvenient for the homeowner, they can be a serious issue for the environment, depending on how much oil...
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£800,000 investment expands HVO fuel trials
...oil heating to the renewable fuel Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) this winter, amounting to an initial investment of over £800,000. The news follows the publication of the government’s Heat and...
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Products for a greener sector
...joined the programme: “DCC Oil Group was in the process of merging three oil companies – Jones Oils, Campus Oils and Emo Oils. We were looking for a complete transport...
News
Backing a certainty
...Fourteen years later and now managing director at Certas Energy, Paul Vian was in the interview chair From GB Oils to Certas Energy Why the change of name? “It was...
Interview
Celebrating 50 years of innovation
...has never lost sight of its values. Established in 1971 as Oil Tank Supplies Ltd it was originally focused on the manufacture of small domestic oil storage tanks and installation...
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A&M Renewables collaborates with QM Recycled Energy to produce oil from plastic waste
A&M Renewables has entered into a commercial joint venture with QM Recycled Energy (QMRE) to become the first UK customer to purchase a VIXLA plastic Waste-2-Oil system from the Kent-based...
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A legacy of diversity
...and keeping things simple. Were it not for a willingness to take a risk, Stoddards might not be in the oil business today. Before beginning life as a Jet distributor...