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Making oil-heated homes more energy efficient
...better insulation and a boiler scrappage scheme “Even though oil prices have plummeted in recent months to a four-year low, fuel poverty is still more likely in oil-heated households,” says...
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Happy 40th anniversary
...a flavour of the event look here. And look out for photographs in the January 2018 issue of Fuel Oil News. To share your very latest news with Fuel Oil...
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Vulnerable rural households hit by discrepancies
...the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) that oil boilers will not, as initially proposed, be excluded from ECO3 which has now come into effect. However, the inclusion of oil does...
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UKIFDA challenges Irish government on biofuels
...Of the 686,000 households in Ireland on heating oil just 11% of homes are on oil in Dublin, compared with 76% in Monaghan and 70% in Cavan with the average...
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Oil boilers – significant sales increase
...promoting the benefits of oil heating to rural households with Oilsave leaflets and flyers. The flyer offers homeowners a booklet about energy efficiency which is available FREE from OFTEC. http://www.oilsave.org.uk/...
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Essar appoints Stein Ivar Bye as chief executive officer
The board of Essar Oil UK Ltd has announced the appointment of Stein Ivar Bye, former boss of Sweden’s largest fuel firm, as chief executive officer. Leaving behind his job...
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Grangemouth march for jobs as workers and local community rally to save nation’s oil refinery
Unite the union today said there is a ‘growing belief’ that an extension in the lifespan of the Petroineos oil refinery in Grangemouth can be secured following the worker-led march and rally...
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Industry body backs fuel poverty campaign
...struggling to pay for their heating oil, our members provide a range of schemes, including monthly fuel payment plan options, and encourage people to speak to their local fuel distributor...
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Choosing a new truck
Founded in 1954 by Arthur McMahon, Donegal Oil remains a family business with the founder’s grandson, also Arthur McMahon, being the present managing director “Since its inception Donegal Oil has...
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Rapid growth for Your NRG with new depot opening
UK oil distributor, Your NRG, has opened a new, cutting-edge fuel depot in Halstead, Essex. It’s the 14th depot opened by the independent oil company across the country. “The opening...
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Vital statistics for oil
...rose by £81, compared to 2011 Oil quarterly tables ET 3.1 – 3.7 are available on the DECC section of the gov.uk website at: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-energy-climate-change/series/oil-statistics Energy Trends...
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Geos Group takes over Phillips 66’ marine gas oil deliveries at Blyth
...advantage over other marine gas oil suppliers.” The Geos Group (Sea Bunkering) is a physical supplier and international trader of marine gas oil, with stock in Aberdeen, Blyth, Great Yarmouth,...
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Fluid Oil – meeting strategic objectives
...Fluid Oil has successfully commissioned its latest Viscositor heavy oil upgrading demonstration reactor. This has replicated and surpassed the work completed on the reactors commissioned at the SINTEF Research Centre...
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Carbon monoxide poisoning – are your customers aware?
...sets in. Oil heating appliances have a very good carbon monoxide safety record as highlighted by a 2012 Gas Safety Trust report which showed oil to be extremely safe for...
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WANTED – positive change in home heating and energy policies
...oil condensing boilers. “By working with Amber Rudd on the issues that really matter to the oil heating industry, we feel positive that we will be able to help ensure...
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Associations push for more from strategy
...of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) in oil heated homes over the last 12 months, it is clear renewable liquid fuels have a central role to play. However, we are concerned...
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Oil-fired heating – time to back the most cost-effective option
Offering the best decarbonisation solution for oil heated homes, OFTEC says it’s time for government to back low carbon liquid fuels as the most practical, cost-effective solution. OFTEC’s recently released ‘Industrial Strategy for decarbonising oil heated homes’ underlines...
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Farewell to an editor extraordinaire
...she has also been the editor of Oil Installer, another A&D publication, for 12 years. Jane has been the face and heart of Fuel Oil News for half of the...