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Thoughts on fuel prices – November in review
...the other being China and India’s switch to Russian oil. China’s Zero-COVID policy As mentioned last month, demand from China has a significant impact on the oil price. Despite growing...
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Renewable liquid fuel availability report supports home heating oil market use
The UK domestic heating oil market can easily be accommodated within the overall requirement for renewable liquid fuels according to a major new report. The recently published report has found...
Insight
Industry data: the latest update from the UKIFDA databank
...Temperature review Update on the diesel, gasoil and heating oil consumption to the end of March 2023. Update on prices of heating oil to the end of April 2023 Recent...
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New leadership team at Lifecycle Oils fuels expansion plans
Used cooking oil collection, recycling and green fuel generation specialists, Lifecycle Oils, has appointed a new leadership team as part of its ongoing investment, expansion and growth programme. Adam Thompson,...
Case Study
Tuffa and AMP power the nation to a low carbon future
...and waste oil extraction hose at 30 meters (10 meters more than a fire engine), the site engineers can rapidly top up the lubricant oils or complete a full oil...
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...
Interview
Compass Fuel Oils: a new depot facilitates further growth
Compass Fuel Oils is a fuel distribution business based in Penwortham, Lancashire. Formed in 2009, Compass Fuel is an independent, nationwide fuel oil supplier who is proud to announce that...
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,...
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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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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...
Interview
Ferguson Fuels: family-run, with customers at its heart
...was met by an increase in the need for oil from our customers to fuel their home heating,” he shares. Initially supplying the North West, the demand for heating oil...
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August update
...of Brussels on how this relates to oil imports has not exactly been clear: initial reports were that, as of the start of next year, all crude oil and refined...
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Technology: Supporting the supply chain
...is increasingly in demand for many industries, including downstream oil refiners and distributors. “For instance, when these technologies were combined with WorkfloPlus to digitise inspections, they yielded a substantial 200%...
Analysis
Industry cleared again: Irish regulator finds no fault in fuel price surge
...“What we see is that the large wholesale price increases explain effectively all of the retail prices, and that’s across heating oil kerosene, petrol and diesel.” For fuel oil distributors...
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...