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Shell has terminated the supply of LPG at UK forecourts
...to support LPG drivers.” Calor will continue to supply LPG at more than 1,000 sites across the country, and according to fillLPG there is a total 1,907 stations still in...
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Industry partnership will deliver low-carbon LPG replacement plant
...produce over 50,000 tonnes of low-carbon LPG replacement, providing over 5% of UK’s LPG demand. The developer of the plant, Circular Fuels, sees advanced gasification specialists KEW Technology, join forces...
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DCC to acquire BP’s LPG business in Britain
DCC has reached agreement to acquire BP’s LPG distribution business in Britain. Completion of the acquisition is expected to take place at the end of September 2012. The deal is...
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Northern Energy: fuelling communities for 90 years
...as more and more homeowners chose Northern Energy for oil and LPG and with deregulation in the domestic LPG market making it easier to switch, 2009 saw the company launch...
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Oil users – fuel price winners once again!
...biggest heating cost losers have been consumers of LPG and electricity in all UK regions. In Great Britain, consumers of LPG have experienced a price increase of approximately 5%, while...
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Phillips 66 supertanker makes historic voyage
In May this year, the Clipper Freeport – a VLGC (Very Large Gas Carrier which can carry approx. 44,000 mts of LPG) carrying LPG from the Phillips 66 Freeport LPG...
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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...
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Oil – the cheapest of all major heating fuels
...for the foreseeable future, we anticipate many households currently using LPG and electricity will consider a switch to oil. Making the change could save LPG users around £700 per year...
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Highs and lows of the oil price drop
...the LPG suppliers think prices are likely to stay low for a period. “But with LPG, particularly if you’ve got a larger tank, it’s usually owned by the supplier, so...
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Cheaper heating bills for oil households
...bedroom home in Great Britain is now 10.1% lower than the average cost reported over the last three years. The same average figures for homes using electricity and LPG –...
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Oil heating cheaper than mains gas
...than mains gas since 2010. Cost comparisons and projections Comparing the cost of heating the same average home with either LPG or electric storage heaters – the other main heating...
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NWF Group acquires Northern Energy Oil in £8.3m deal
...established track record.” A secure future The sale follows a strategic decision by Northern Energy to focus on continuing to build its growing LPG business while enabling its oil operations...
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DCC development opportunities
...integration of the former BP LPG business in Britain with DCC’s existing LPG distribution business and of the former Total oil distribution business in Britain with its existing oil distribution...
Analysis
Greening the sector: Dover Fueling Solutions considers the future for fuels
...as LNG, H2, LPG, CNG and EV charging. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, DFS has a strong global manufacturing and technology development presence that includes facilities in Brazil, China, India, Italy,...
Interview
Road Tankers Northern: leading from its ‘one stop shop’
Road Tankers Northern (RTN) is one of the UK’s largest suppliers of petroleum and LPG (liquid petroleum gas) road tankers. With a highly skilled workforce, Barnsely-based RTN, a specialist in...
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Vulnerable rural households hit by discrepancies
...is 68% cheaper than LPG and 85% cheaper than electric (Economy 7), the two other main options available to rural homes. “Whilst the limited inclusion of oil in ECO3 was...
Opinion
New ECO3 proposal to exclude oil boilers
...but unable to repair or replace an old, faulty or broken boiler with a new oil appliance. Comparable households on mains gas or LPG would continue to have access to...
Insight
A look at the shape of the future UK downstream oil sector landscape
...foregoing on the competitive landscape is very difficult to gauge at this juncture. Suffice it to say that, directionally, it will drive greater consolidation. LPG: The principal outlet...