Interview
In Profile with James Hygate of Firefly Green Fuels
...3 words. Glass half full (you have to be in this industry!) What were your childhood /early ambitions? I studied zoology, and my early ambitions were to be a science...
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Interview
In Conversation with NWF and Geoff Boorman Fuels
...considering selling. Dave agrees there is uncertainty around future legislation affecting the sector but also highlights other, more general, challenges: “It’s just the sheer cost of running an oil distribution...
News
California dreaming with Gulf
...using the detail on your fuel receipt, visit the www.gulfoil.co.uk/winaholiday then enter the transaction reference (receipt number), plus your name, email address, postcode and contact number. Alternatively text your fuel...
Interview
Goals, ambitions and strategies: The expansion of the EET retail network
Narayan Bhatra, EET CEO Retail, talks with Claudia Weeks, Fuel Oil News Community Content Lead, about the business, its goals and ambitions and its strategies for expansion of its retail...
Analysis
UK biofuel industry faces existential threat
...Oil (HVO), and high operational costs as reasons for the shutdown. Speaking to FON at the time, Greenergy COO Paul Bateson was blunt about the situation: “It is difficult to...
News
Distributor diaries December 2023: updates from our distributor community
...to be part of such an amazing team. I appreciate everybody who has helped me get to this milestone, thank you very much.” Congratulations to Matthew from Fuel Oil News!...
News
Zemo partners with the FIA to deliver certified sustainable fuel for Formula 1 from 2026
In collaboration with the FIA, the world governing body for motor sport, Zemo Partnership has developed a unique scheme to certify the use of sustainable racing fuel. This is a...
Insight
The future for tankers
...on how the company continued to produce during the challenges of last year: “2020 was an extremely difficult and challenging time for everybody and at Tasca Tankers, it was no...
News
Industry award winners unveiled at hugely successful EXPO
The UKIFDA EXPO 2024 award winners and runners-up were announced at the UKIFDA EXPO Awards Dinner 2024 which was one of several highlights from the extremely well-received industry gathering. The...
Interview
In conversation with Matt Whitton of Watson Fuels
...people-first transformation As Watson Fuels nears the final stages of its transition into a fully independent business, Matt speaks to Fuel Oil News about leading through a carve-out, re-energising a...
News
New COO for leading chemical trade association
The Chemical Business Association (CBA), the industry body that represents the chemical supply chain, has appointed Alastair Sanderson as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Alastair joins the CBA with a wealth...
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
A unique fuel industry set up for Convery Oils & Convery Engineering
Eamon Convery is the owner and manager of Convery Oils, a modern fuel distribution business based just outside Kilrea in Northern Ireland. Convery Oils delivers fuel products throughout Co. Derry,...
Market Report
The impact of the Red Sea crisis and why expansion to the north could be catastrophic
...20 years, the Aden refinery was one of BP’s most profitable, taking cheap crude oil from inland Yemen and converting it into heavy fuel oil for shipping. However, in 1977...
News
OGUK confident despite Shell Cambo stance
...of oil and oil products such as petrol, diesel and aviation fuel This amounts to just under a tonne of oil per UK citizen. Transport is the primary use. About...
Analysis
What price oil? Q1 2025 in review
...1 23 Trump demands OPEC lower oil prices and banks cut interest rates 29 Ukraine attacks 317,000 bpd Lukoil NORSI refinery in Kstovo. February 3 US tariffs delayed 6 ARA...
Interview
Darch Oil tanker driver Chris Eke on life on the road
Darch Oil, the Somerset-based distributor, has been supplying a friendly, reliable, and efficient service to its customers for over 30 years. Now part of NWF Fuels, Darch Oil continues to...