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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News
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...
News
Greenergy acquires Amsterdam biodiesel manufacturing facility
...oils but was never commissioned. Greenergy plans to carry out works over the next year to convert the facility to process waste oils rather than vegetable oils and then to...
Insight
BP OUTLOOK 2023: the outlook for global energy to 2050
...established oil and gas flows • Passage by the US Congress of the Inflation Reduction Act, which included a range of measures with significant incentives to promote renewables and emissions...
Insight
Sector legislation: Government strategy, incentives and progress for heat pumps
In a previous issue of Fuel Oil News (March 2022) we considered the increasing frequency with which core fuel distribution businesses within our community were changing their names and updating...
News
Inver expands sales at Cardiff
...and low sulphur gasoil. The company has observed the increasing product segmentation of the gas oil market: 10 ppm gasoil for non-road mobile machinery; 1000 ppm gasoil for industrial and...
Insight
How does the french downstream sector compare to the UK?
...Motor Spirit JetA-1 Diesel Gasoil Fuel Oil Other 4 14 6 28 16 5 1 3 11 7 32 15 4 1 4 7 7 31 12 4 2 3...
News
Heat in buildings – joint statement on the government’s future framework
...heating oil is £1178 per year – nearly half the cost of electric storage heaters at £2069 per annum. Oil is also far cheaper than any renewable heating options; including...
News
Oil price rises over $70 a barrel
...the economic revival will be soon coupled with oil demand recovery,” said Tamas Varga, an analyst at PVM oil brokerage in London. He cautioned, however, that the recovery still faced...
Opinion
Emissions: how harmful are they?
...a nut. Oil will still be required for hundreds of years – it is used to manufacture paraffin wax, lubricants, petro-chemicals, asphalt, propane gas, plastic, household paint, insect repellent, glue,...
News
Oil Terminal 2015 – positive feedback
...Exchange, Transneft and Sun Light Petroleum. The development of oil and gas transportation and the complexity of marine and river transportation were discussed by representatives from Prime Shipping and Palmali. http://www.oilterminal.org/en...
Interview
Tria Energy: leading Ireland’s HVO-first drive
...the discussion, Pat suggested he had been invited to speak as ‘an oil distributor that has done something a bit different’. When Margaret Major, Publishing Director for Fuel Oil News...
News
Highlighting the importance of the downstream oil sector
...annual parliamentary reception for the UK downstream oil industry last month. “This successful event presented an ideal opportunity to highlight the importance of the downstream oil sector,” said Martin Vickers...
News
Renovare fuelling the biofuel debate
...gas oil must include a percentage of renewable fuels as part of their overall supply or pay per litre to buy out of the scheme. Each year the RTFO increases...
Knowledge
Questions remain as alternative fuel payments commence to heating oil users
...and those on the gas grid but without a gas connection and using heating oil, will need to apply to the Alternative Fuel Payment Alternative Fund (AFPAF) via an application...
Opinion
Oil & gas: embracing the digital future
The Covid-19 pandemic has definitely affected all existing industries and sectors on the planet — and oil and gas are not different. However, this doesn’t mean that the crisis has...
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...