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OilMaxx launches mobile fuel delivery service

...a one-stop solution for all their fuel and lubricant requirements. OilMaxx Express and OilMaxx are both part of the Oilfast Group of companies based in Motherwell, Scotland. Image credit: OilMaxx...

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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...
The truth behind the noise about emissions

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,...

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...
Portland report July

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...

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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...

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The ‘Oil is cheaper’ campaign

Last month several oil boiler, tank and burner manufacturers got together to promote the use of oil with an advertisement in the Belfast Telegraph. ___________________________________________________________________ WITH THE GROWTH OF NATURAL...

Interview

Oil clubs, drums, kero pumps and NIOF distributors

...contamination from drips/spillages as it’s poured into the household tank. “Small oil drums are for emergency use only. They should provide a small amount of oil – often in an...

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Community Buying – The organisers’ view…

...customers to purchase their oil before December to try and avoid paying an inflated price.” Keith Weller, co-ordinator of the Worcestershire-based Bayton Oil Syndicate agrees: “I get people to buy...

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Bungalow destroyed by tank fire

...to installing and protecting oil tanks. As well as the human risk, an unprotected oil tank can cause substantial damage to property if set alight.  Government statistics estimate the average...

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Heating oil theft falls

OFTEC registered technicians can assist your customers with advice on the necessary precautions to protect their oil heating assets OFTEC has welcomed research which reveals that heating oil is no...

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UK refining – hunting for answers

...of our refining and downstream oil industry published in November 2011, Brian Worrall, then UKPIA president, said:  “Given the right policy environment, the UK refining and downstream oil sector can...