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The distributor offer revisited
...– amply demonstrated during the harsh winter weather of December 2010, when demand for heating oil soared. Good levels of general customer satisfaction in the domestic heating oil market were...
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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...
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Is there method behind OPEC’s apparent madness?
...oil prices are high) were also able to continue extracting oil from fields, that really should no longer be producing. To the Machiavellian minds at the top of the OPEC...
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Oil – the only heating fuel where prices have fallen
Jeremy Hawksley speaking about Oilsave and the fight for oil heating at the Fuel Oil News Distributor Debate earlier this month. See the March issue of Fuel Oil News for...
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Vintage year of success for Millers Oils
...power increases up to 5.6 percent, and when the nanotechnology oil was tested against a competitor’s oil, Nanodrive recorded 33% lower friction. Application of the technology to road car oils...
Analysis
A deep dive into fuel distribution industry data
...solar and heat pumps. The census shows that the number of oil-heated homes has dropped 3% since the last census. It is likely that many oil-heated homes are in the...
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NI oil stocks low due to unexpectedly high demand
David Blevings, spokesperson for NIOF said: “We have seen unprecedented demand for home heating oil during August as prices moved lower in the early part of the month and consumers...
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UK and allies announce price cap of $60 on Russian Oil
...secure affordable oil. A General Licence will be published shortly that will provide an Oil Price Cap exception for third countries, so that firms supplying oil to them are able...
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In Conversation with Klass Oil: a class act in energy distribution
...Tom Kirrane in the oil industry for nearly 40 years. Originally setting up Emo Oil, Tom ran Texoil as a joint venture with Chevron until he sold his share in...
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Crown Oil completes acquisition of Star Oil
North West-based Crown Oil has strengthened its brand in the North West after acquiring an £18m-turnover oil supplier. The Greater Manchester company, part of the £420m-turnover Crown Oil family of...
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Thin cover for winter?
...in particular may improve diesel demand, the picture across Europe is still not encouraging for sellers. The first half of 2013 Over the first half of the year diesel demand...
Opinion
The route to off-grid heating beyond kerosene
...oil is highest in the winter whereas aviation fuel demand peaks during the summer. Sharing the resource between the sectors would create the consistent demand needed to give investors the...
Market Report
The impact of the Red Sea crisis and why expansion to the north could be catastrophic
...20 years, the Aden refinery was one of BP’s most profitable, taking cheap crude oil from inland Yemen and converting it into heavy fuel oil for shipping. However, in 1977...
Market Report
The meteoric rise and sudden demise of State Oil
...Oil – the owners of Prax Petroleum, the Lindsey Oil Refinery and various North Sea exploration assets – had gone into Administration. Not too much information is yet available around...
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Distributor Diaries March 2025 – the latest updates from our distributor community
Oilfast: Proud to continue special partnership Having offered an incredible opportunity to local singers and songwriters, Oilfast, the independent fuel supplier, based in Motherwell, Scotland, has decided to extend its...
Interview
Green Fuels: fighting climate change with sewage sludge
...of that availability of oil. In saying that, it’s obviously better to use HVO than fossil fuel. It’s finding the right renewable for the right box.” The demand for biofuels...
Insight
A look at the shape of the future UK downstream oil sector landscape
We are living through a time that has heralded much change and, before considering the future evolution and shape of the UK downstream oil sector, we will remind ourselves of...
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Dealing with price volatility
...oil trading centres in Londonand Rotterdamgives us a unique insight in to market thinking and oil intelligence.” wwwfuelpricesonline.com The WP Group has used the service for over 10 years. Managing...