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New waste to SAF start-up launches in London
...so much better.” And Chris points out the size of the prize: “There is a 340-billion-pound market that is about to be transformed into a sustainable market. It’s really exciting.”...
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Interview
Oil clubs, drums, kero pumps and NIOF distributors
...local market in Northern Ireland, where 275 distributors supply around 500,000 homes, these savings are frankly not realistic. Reviewing the Fuel Oil News Price Totem the actual distributor margin in...
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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...
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Bungalow destroyed by tank fire
...to installing and protecting oil tanks. As well as the human risk, an unprotected oil tank can cause substantial damage to property if set alight. Government statistics estimate the average...
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Heating oil theft falls
OFTEC registered technicians can assist your customers with advice on the necessary precautions to protect their oil heating assets OFTEC has welcomed research which reveals that heating oil is no...
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Ministers urged to secure future oil refining capacity
...oil refineries in the UK. “We consider the oil industry to be critical to the UK economy. In an increasingly unstable world where new supplies of crude oil will need...
Interview
Oil v gas
...Faherty. Market share peaked in 2005 with 75% of households using heating oil; reduced to 68% in 2009. Speaking at the company’s base 20 miles from the urban Belfast centre,...
News
Will liquid fuels be heating homes in 2030?
...the market for oil boilers predominantly in the replacement sector, OFTEC’s strategy is to retain the present oil-fired boiler market share. Using initiatives such as the Oilsave campaign, OFTEC is...
Interview
Holding steady in challenging times
...band of hauliers that remain on its books. Marketing and promotional plans are also put in place – marketing the Drury Oils brand and product both locally and online is...
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Campaign-leading distributor first to lift US imported HVO following tariff removal
...Europe and the US far outweigh the demand and confirmed that there would be sufficient quantities to meet the UK home heating oil market. The US is the world’s second...
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A Wild Wednesday at the Fuel Oil News Distributor Debate
...Mark Nolan (7) of Nolan Oils, seen among many familiar faces, was spurred on by Jeremy’s call to fight for oil heating and is actively promoting the campaign in the...
Analysis
Greening the sector: Dover Fueling Solutions considers the future for fuels
...energy and global platforms, shares her thoughts on the future for fuel with Claudia Weeks, content editor for Fuel Oil News. Can you tell us more about Dover Fueling Solutions?...
Opinion
In the light of the Purvin & Gertz report discussed in FON’s July issue, are you worried about the UK’s refining resilience?
...the recent Energy and Climate Change Committee Inquiry: UK Oil Refining recognised the importance of oil products and UK refining to the UK’s economy. The report supported many of the...
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Drop in oil product demand highlighted in industry review
...fuel oil production which rose by 5%. Despite the effects of the pandemic, the 10-year average proportion of refined product production has not been affected and heating oil remains 3%...
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Agreement will see UK oil production facility powered by wind
...to create one of the UK’s first oil and gas facilities powered mainly by offshore wind. The deal will deliver the UK’s first Floating Offshore Wind unit manufacturing and assembly...
Opinion
What price oil? Fuel industry experts share predictions for 2023
Unprecedented, tumultuous, extraordinary. Access to a thesaurus was useful whilst writing about the oil markets and fuel prices in 2022. As we enter 2023, conflict and covid are still having...
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Ground breaking transatlantic flight hailed as significant step for sustainable liquid fuel
...of their fossil kerosene with SAF by 2030 – in line with some national mandates. “The SAF market is a relatively new, but rapidly growing, industry. Based on the latest...
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Greenergy reports 82 per cent profit rise
Greenergy, which supplies almost one quarter of the UK’s road fuels, reported an 82 per cent rise in profit due to cheaper feedstock and increased sales amid a growing market...