Analysis
BP – making a wholesale commitment
As majors continue to withdraw from the downstream market, Fuel Oil News was keen to quiz BP about its position within the UK’s wholesale market. To this end, FON recently...
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News
Fuel for thought…
The oil heating market has contracted significantly over recent years, because of what can legitimately be described as the ‘perfect storm’, says marketing consultant John Switzer, who works with Carbery...
Opinion
Fuel distributors to prepare for possible fiscal marker change
...– from 18 January 2024 – must comply with a directive that makes AccutraceTM Plus Fuel Marker the common fiscal marker for gas oils and kerosene in the EU. The technology chosen...
Insight
The emergence and growth of Puma Energy
THIS YEAR PUMA ENERGY MADE ITS ENTRANCE INTO THE UK’S BITUMEN AND WHOLESALE MARKETS. WITH A PORTFOLIO THAT SPANS THE FULL SPECTRUM OF THE OIL PRODUCTS MARKET – RETAIL, WHOLESALE,...
Insight
What price oil? 2023 In review
...throughout 2023. With data supplied by The Oil Market Journal, the markers highlight some of the key events throughout the year that have impacted on the pricing. We hope it...
Interview
Future fuels: developing storage capabilities
...their facilities over the next five years to increase their capacity, as the market moves toward reaching a supply mass balance. Of course, market uptake will be contingent on the...
Insight
UK Downstream: the changing landscape
...dominated by a number of integrated refiners / marketers who viewed the inland market as an important, secure outlet for refinery production. The core channels for this production were those...
News
Mark Mackenzie
Fuel Oil News is saddened to report the passing of Mark Mackenzie, on 23rd March 2021, aged 38 years. Mark Mackenzie In April 2002, Mark started at Nolan Oils as...
News
Reap what you sow
As the domestic market tails off over the summer months, for many distributors, it is their agricultural business that picks up speed. Below Liz Boardman looks at this market’s seasonal peaks...
News
Chandlers Oil & Gas – Playing to our strengths
...company can’t go far wrong.” Marketing and managing the business Chandlers still has 6 sales people out on the road and spends a considerable sum on marketing. Advertisements are aired...
Opinion
Free oil? Not today …
...“WTI” for short, is an important global crude oil benchmark. But its price is based on market value for delivery at an inland terminal at Cushing, Oklahoma, USA. Cushing is...
Opinion
Can hydrogen deliver? Industry leaders weigh in on costs, policy, and progress
...near term, gradual displacement in certain markets is reshaping investment strategies. Hydrogen was also under scrutiny at StocExpo 2025, where industry leaders and energy transition experts examined its future. Eugenia...
Interview
Carbery Plastics celebrates 45 years of storage tank success
...across Ireland and made its first inroads into the British market. Growth in emerging markets The 1990s saw Carbery go from strength to strength, with further investments in new technology...
Market Report
Prices and predictions: how are we faring?
A little bit later than usual (because of the recent election frenzy), this month’s report will look at how the oil markets have fared since the beginning of the year,...
Analysis
Harvest Energy – change, challenge and opportunity
Harvest Energy, which has been operating in the UK as a supplier, blender and marketer of road fuels since 1995, has an annual turnover in excess of £3.5 billion Formerly...
Interview
Tria Energy: leading Ireland’s HVO-first drive
...Ireland. In the Irish energy market, Tria Energy is spearheading the drive for an HVO-first model, advocating for the uptake of HVO as a direct, drop-in, renewable replacement for diesel,...
Insight
The integrity of the UK oil supply system
Indigenous refinery production v inland market demand Since 2000, diesel imports have risen from 16% of inland consumption to 44% and kerosene from 33% to 54%. By contrast, the share...
Insight
A vertically challenged market
...infrastructure, enabling product movements from refinery to market place. Common to all these companies was vertical integration – particularly obvious in the UK’s refinery network and inland market presence with...