Interview
Northern Energy: fuelling communities for 90 years
...as a good base of depots, that made it very easy to move into this new emerging market. “Once we started distributing oil we added a new business – Robinsons...
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Knowledge
HVO – The issue of sustainability
...of used cooking oil (UCO) in the production of HVO, concerns have been raised that palm oil may be used in local markets to replace UCO that is exported for...
Interview
Tria Energy: leading Ireland’s HVO-first drive
...the discussion, Pat suggested he had been invited to speak as ‘an oil distributor that has done something a bit different’. When Margaret Major, Publishing Director for Fuel Oil News...
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...
Opinion
Hydrogen (H2.0): a new dawn?
...hydrogen’s global success, as the numerous challenges are being met with diverse technological advances, not in lab experiments, but through different simultaneous market approaches, accelerating the broader adoption across end-markets....
Market Report
Prices and predictions: how are we faring?
A little bit later than usual (because of the recent election frenzy), this month’s report will look at how the oil markets have fared since the beginning of the year,...
Interview
Compass Fuel Oils: a new depot facilitates further growth
Compass Fuel Oils is a fuel distribution business based in Penwortham, Lancashire. Formed in 2009, Compass Fuel is an independent, nationwide fuel oil supplier who is proud to announce that...
News
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...
News
OilMaxx launches mobile fuel delivery service
...a one-stop solution for all their fuel and lubricant requirements. OilMaxx Express and OilMaxx are both part of the Oilfast Group of companies based in Motherwell, Scotland. Image credit: OilMaxx...
News
OGUK confident despite Shell Cambo stance
...of oil and oil products such as petrol, diesel and aviation fuel This amounts to just under a tonne of oil per UK citizen. Transport is the primary use. About...
Interview
Darch Oil tanker driver Chris Eke on life on the road
Darch Oil, the Somerset-based distributor, has been supplying a friendly, reliable, and efficient service to its customers for over 30 years. Now part of NWF Fuels, Darch Oil continues to...
News
Distributor diaries September 24: updates from our distributor community
...looks forward to continuing its support of the charity going forward.” Oilfast – proudly celebrating a special partnership Oilfast, the independent fuel supplier based in Motherwell, Scotland, recently offered an...
News
A proactive approach in a contango market
...providing an additional 40,000 cubic metres of oil storage. New developments – the installation of mixers/blenders in heated fuel oil and vacuum gas oil (VGO) tanks and radar-based tank gauging...
Market Report
Fossil fuel fundamentalists vs. clean energy enthusiasts – will energy policy impact the U.S. election?
...now evaporated and Harris has (cautiously tbf) endorsed the industry… Oil and gas activity As to whether a Trump Administration means even more oil and gas drilling is not a...
Insight
Shared deliveries …
...much less pronounced. By and large, these markets have become commoditised and between them they comprise total requirements which are approximately five times larger than the domestic heating oil market....
Analysis
Harvest Energy – change, challenge and opportunity
...is hard work but the work offers good regular volumes,” Simon said. “Specification changes in gas oil have driven growth for us. The whole gas oil market is very interesting. ...
News
Biofuels – an uncertain future
...“There’ve been setbacks for UK producers targeting the road fuel market,” explains Richard Crowhurst, managing director of market analysts Enagri. “The year started badly for Vivergo Fuels (a joint venture...
News
Backing a certainty
...intuitive, enabling the visitor to find exactly what they’re looking for.” Acquisitions In 2001 when DCC Energy moved into the British market it was Ireland’s fastest growing independent oil distribution...