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More jobs in oil
As an oilfield tax allowance paves the way for hundreds of new jobs in the UK, the Oil and Gas Global Salary Guide 2013 says UK oil and gas professionals...
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Insight
What are the issues causing uncertainty in the oil and gas sector?
...Russia by other global powers caused a notable surge in the price of WTI crude oil to $133.46 (£106.89) per barrel and Brent crude oil to $139.10 (£111.43) per barrel,...
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FPS warns of the dangers of making early technology decisions for heating
...early technology decisions and also in only concentrating on a small section of oil-fired homes when industry innovation can help all oil-fired homes.” “We have in the UK set up...
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Oil reclamation stepped up on Teesside
The new tank farm at CSG’s Middlesbrough oil reclamation facility “Our plan is to recover substantial quantities of useful lubricating oils, fuels and other hydrocarbon products from waste oils brought...
Interview
Rationalisation in Irish oil distribution
...hopefully a decent winter, it could be a long overdue profitable year for oil distributors.” Others are less convinced…. Laura Gilpin of Belfast & Down Oil Supplies said: “The oil...
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The distributor offer revisited
...supply source for domestic heating oil, but also major suppliers of the oil product requirements for both the agricultural and industrial/commercial sectors. The current distributor offering In recent years, the...
Insight
Ireland’s downstream oil infrastructure
...million tonnes per year of white oil products, supplies just under 30% of the Republic’s oil market requirements, particularly to the province of Munster. The remainder of the Republic’s oil...
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Oil users – fuel price winners once again!
...-603 -34.41% Oil (Condensing) 1431 942 -489 -34.16% Wood Pellets 1246 1284 38 3.07% Air Source Heat Pump Radiators 1360 1576 215 15.84% GREAT BRITAIN (Average) is calculated using South...
Opinion
Industry responds to CCC Sixth Carbon Budget
...UK downstream oil sector reiterates that it wants to work closely with UK governments to deliver the most effective policy and economic frameworks needed to reach net-zero. Downstream oil is...
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Committed to the growth of the UK’s oil and gas economy
Essar Oil UK continues to invest at Stanlow and has expanded its UK retail network to 46 sites Essar Oil (UK), which owns and operates the Stanlow Refinery, has announced...
Interview
Doherty Oils – fail to plan, plan to fail
...wild locations “This year, we’re getting better prepared,” says Patrick Doherty, director of Doherty Oils which operates a fleet of five oil delivery tankers, distributing fuel throughout the Tyrone and...
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A product making a marked impact on fuel theft
...(Marking) Regulations 2002, section 14, item 3 states, ‘No substance calculated to impede the identification of any marker may be added to any oil or bioblend’. It gets complicated. “Most...
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Reap what you sow
...Web Oil.co.uk exhibits at the Cheshire Show in June Growing the business Owned by Nicholl Fuel Oils and UK Fuels and based in Ellesmere Port, Web Oil.co.uk launched just under...
Analysis
Heat pump grants for oil-heated homes raised to £9,000 as off-grid heating policy moves up agenda
...distributors There is unlikely to be any immediate demand impact for heating oil suppliers. Heating system replacement cycles remain gradual, and many households will continue to rely on oil for...
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,...
Interview
Road Tankers Armagh: quality without compromise
...expansion. With further expansion through 2022 it was time for another catch up, so Margaret Major, editor for Fuel Oil News, travelled to the specially adapted building in Armagh Business...
Interview
Rapid growth keeps Exswift Fuels in the pink
...body of our business, but we also provide, derv, gasoil, GTL, IHO and now we are in the process of adding renewable diesel to the list. “We haven’t seen a...
Interview
Nothing standard about this fuel oil distributor celebrating 10th anniversary
Liz Boardman speaks with Nick Goodwin, founder and director of Standard Fuel Oils as the company celebrates its 10th anniversary and looks back on ten years in the industry. It...