Market Report
Disrupting the sector: the new Nigerian super-refinery
...oil producer in Africa (15th in the world), but it also has the 10th largest oil reserves on the planet. At the same time however, those same casual observers would...
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Opinion
The oil market continues its cautious rally but more uncertainty lies ahead
Thom Payne, head of offshore, rigs & wells at Westwood Energy discusses the cautious rallying of the oil market, and the direction of travel, for what has been a turbulent 2020...
News
Open to debate in Ireland
l-r From Corrib Oil in Co Galway – Tom Connolly, Gerry Mullen, Matt Stratford, Eamonn Dalton, with Neil Stewart, Stewart Oils, Co Roscommon 70% of distributors who completed the feedback...
News
Activists claim oil terminals were ‘totally blocked’ in new protests
...by Just Stop Oil with several weeks of coordinated protest actions at oil terminals and other oil infrastructure in the Midlands and south of England from April. Pausing oil terminal...
Knowledge
Safeguard the future with effective succession planning
...For oil distributors the current marketplace is one of rapid change. Given that a large number of oil distribution businesses are small or medium-sized, the additional, impending changes in the...
Opinion
Solving the industry recruitment challenge
...becoming vital to oil companies seeking to modernise their processes, improve cost efficiencies and pull ahead of the competition. Throughout the oil industry Covid-19 is driving an increasing need for...
News
Bolstering onshore oil and gas
Tony Smith brings over 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas sector to the Peel Gas and Oil team. Peel Gas & Oil, a member of United Kingdom Onshore...
News
Family driven
...be a bad reflection on both the business and the acquisition itself.” Now rebranded as Countrywide Oils – part of the family driven solution/part of the Ford Fuels Oils Group...
Analysis
Prax – a fast track wholesaler
Weybridge-based Prax Petroleum has been in existence for 10 years. In less than a decade, the company has risen to become one of the largest independent oil importers and suppliers...
News
Profit in renewables? Discover more on 21st November
...in-depth details behind Feed-in Tariffs, the Renewable Heat Incentive and the Green Deal. It will also offer expert opinion on how industry changes will impact on the market. The event...
Interview
Kevin McPartlan of Fuels for Ireland
...the highest dependencies on oil of all the European countries with some counties 75% reliant on oil for home heating. There are many in rural communities who drive 2.5 times...
News
More jobs in oil
As an oilfield tax allowance paves the way for hundreds of new jobs in the UK, the Oil and Gas Global Salary Guide 2013 says UK oil and gas professionals...
News
Is it time Northern Ireland had a competent persons scheme?
...before spreading to an oil tank which ruptured, setting fire to other oil tanks in the near vicinity. Meanwhile, OFTEC is calling on the Northern Ireland government to introduce mandatory...
News
FPS warns of the dangers of making early technology decisions for heating
...early technology decisions and also in only concentrating on a small section of oil-fired homes when industry innovation can help all oil-fired homes.” “We have in the UK set up...
News
Oil reclamation stepped up on Teesside
The new tank farm at CSG’s Middlesbrough oil reclamation facility “Our plan is to recover substantial quantities of useful lubricating oils, fuels and other hydrocarbon products from waste oils brought...
News
Oil users – fuel price winners once again!
...(Phoenix) 1036 845 -191 -18.44% LPG 2542 2345 -197 -7.75% LPG (Condensing) 2085 1925 -160 -7.67% Oil 1668 1097 -571 -34.23% Oil (Condensing) 1364 901 -463 -33.94% Wood Pellets 1038...
News
Great news for oil boilers
...the Greenstar oil boiler range has also obtained Which Best Buy status, the only oil boiler range on the market to achieve this. Homeowners and heating engineers rated the Greenstar...
News
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...