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Changes to oil regulations in Scotland
Are you compliant with the new changes made to Scotland’s oil regulations? The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has contacted Fuel Oil News for assistance in drawing attention to the...
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Kerosene – community buying
...of our residents were living in fuel poverty and couldn’t afford the cost of their oil upfront, so we decided to set up a contract with an oil distributor to...
Analysis
Mabanaft – majoring in innovative independence
...demands on refineries to produce alternative grades increase.) “Profit margins for oil wholesalers and retailers alike could certainly be better. Mabanaft believes that – compared to its competitors – it...
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Risk reduction for domestic customers
...continue buying their kerosene through Oil Price Protect,” said Chris. “Prior to Oil Price Protect, like most other distributors, we did offer different ways to pay including direct debit. Customers...
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ECO3 – oil is included!
...ECO is to provide affordable warmth and help address fuel poverty, it would have been completely contradictory to exclude the repair or replacement of broken oil appliances when oil heating...
Interview
Morrow Fuels – goes the extra mile
...manufacturing steel oil tanks for the domestic heating market. He saw his natural progression as moving more into the oil market, and bought his first distribution tanker in 1988. As...
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EOGB announces support for OFTEC strategy
...out extensive testing on HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil), a renewable fuel produced from used cooking oils and vegetable fats as well as from non-food grade vegetable oil fractions. If testing...
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Oil prices fuel record financial performance for J.R. Rix & Sons Ltd
Recovery of the oil price and continued demand for staycations has fuelled a record year for Hull family company J.R. Rix & Sons Ltd. A 38.7% increase in sales for...
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MP visits first ever fossil-free HVO village, converted in industry trials
...alternative to oil. Thousands of our customers across Cornwall and the South West will have to change their oil-fired heating systems in the not-too-distant future, and that’s why we’re doing...
Interview
BoilerJuice: revolutionising operations
BoilerJuice is one of the leading heating oil marketplace websites in the UK. Established in 2004, the company delivers millions of litres of heating oil to thousands of customers every...
Insight
A vertically challenged market
...UK oil market has seen a gradual shift away from domination by the oil majors and mini majors. Their rationalisation and repositioning created a vacuum now filled by importers and...
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Future fuel distributor sponsors conference
...environmental services company Crown Oil. A family-run business with headquarters located in Bury, Greater Manchester, Crown Oil started in 1928 when Harry Greensmith began selling lamp oil door to door...
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BSI publishes revised fuel oils standard to avoid safety and performance issues
...provides detailed, application-specific, fuel oil specifications to reflect the need for changes in end users’ equipment, legislation, market use and the application specific use of fuel oils and fuel oil...
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New ultra-compact oil tank
...R is ideal for customers seeking a smaller tank for security and cash flow reasons; it also works well for households with renewable technologies where oil demand is less. www.carberyplastics.com...
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Q8Oils launches new lubricant for diesel engines
Q8Oils has reacted to customer demand for a high performance but cost effective low SAPS commercial oil with the launch of Q8 T904 10W-40. The oil has been developed due...
Opinion
Industry responds to CCC Sixth Carbon Budget
...UK downstream oil sector reiterates that it wants to work closely with UK governments to deliver the most effective policy and economic frameworks needed to reach net-zero. Downstream oil is...
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Committed to the growth of the UK’s oil and gas economy
Essar Oil UK continues to invest at Stanlow and has expanded its UK retail network to 46 sites Essar Oil (UK), which owns and operates the Stanlow Refinery, has announced...
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Combating counterfeit oil level monitors
Two of the oil industry’s largest oil monitoring suppliers – Dunraven Systems and Kingspan Environmental – have issued warnings over the danger of counterfeit products entering the UK and Irish...