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Phillips 66 conference

Insight

Phillips 66 powers ahead and scores a hit with customers

Phillips 66 has shared customer feedback from its biennial conference ‘Power Ahead’ – which took place in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Held from 1-3 October, more than 200 attendees from the retail,...
Tanker market review

Analysis

Review of the UK & Ireland fuel tanker market 2024

...was a no brainer”. With very positive feedback from the drivers, Richard suggests it is “the best Alpeco metering system to date.” Simon Cullen of AA Oils is a fan...
Wood Mackenzie e-fuels report

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E-fuels – the challenges and opportunities in e-fuels

...than) the captured CO2 used to produce it. Bioenergy investments have gained momentum, but concerns persist over the availability of feedstock. The food-versus-fuel debate lingers. Although primarily considered a long-term...

News

Fuel for thought…

...at a European, national and regional level. With over 1.5 million heating oil installations throughout these islands and millions more across Europe, the oil storage tank industry and the oil...

Insight

The changing world of the oil trader

...began to emerge, in particular the growing US deficit in both crude oil and gasoline. In the 1970s/80s some of the activities of oil trading companies attracted controversy, and criticism...

Interview

The battle to offer a competitive product

...Top Oil has invested in its Dublin terminal Tackling low margins Outlining how consumer spending has changed, Martin said heating oil order sizes had reduced to 500 litres and even...

Insight

BP Energy Outlook 2022 Edition – the outlook to 2050

...driven by increasing efficiencies and electrification of road transport. Natural declines in existing oil / gas production will necessitate continuing investment in new oil & gas production over the next...

Opinion

OMJ anticipates oil market movements

Amidst a global lockdown resulting in less and less demand for oil, the oil market has been in turmoil. Ian Moore, director of the Oil Market Journal (OMJ) shares his...

News

Activists adopt new tactics in oil terminal protests

...a new tactic. Regular action has been taken by Just Stop Oil throughout this year, with several weeks of coordinated protest at oil terminals and other oil infrastructure from April....

Interview

DCC on ambitions for Ireland and energy transition

...for Retail & Oil, who joined the company 10 years ago, initially as managing director for oil, then for retail, oil and fuel cards, to understand more about DCC’s goals...

Opinion

The Distributor Debate

...locations. Currently, oil is the most economical solution for off-gas properties. However, oil could face serious competition from technologies such as wood pellet boilers, and air source heat pumps. How...

News

Oil – cheapest home heating fuel by far

...of oil condensing boilers have reached a nine-year high and we’re receiving an increasing number of enquiries from gas safe technicians looking to expand into the oil market. The outlook...

News

OptiMate is the key to MechTronic success in Ireland

...Dundalk Oil, Atlantic Oils and Stewart Oils all placing (and receiving) orders in 2020. Barry Finlay at Dundalk Oil said; “We are delighted to be the first fuel oil operative...

News

Portland Market Report – oil prices

...attractively low oil prices. The two biggest strategic buyers of oil in the world are the oil reserve companies of the USA and China respectively, both of whom are currently...