Interview
DCC on ambitions for Ireland and energy transition
...for Retail & Oil, who joined the company 10 years ago, initially as managing director for oil, then for retail, oil and fuel cards, to understand more about DCC’s goals...
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Fuel for thought…
The oil heating market has contracted significantly over recent years, because of what can legitimately be described as the ‘perfect storm’, says marketing consultant John Switzer, who works with Carbery...
News
The Phillips 66 Interview
...to grow its market share here. Fuel Oil News editor, Jane Hughes asked managing director, Pete George about the business, refining and fuels and its relationship with fuel oil distributors....
Interview
The downstream customer
...oil and there is a premium price to be paid for last minute deliveries!” Sue reflected: “We think that oil distributors would help, but the quicker you want your oil,...
Market Report
The eternal influence of black gold
...oil company) and, instead, is an operating tri-venture between Exxon Mobil (45%), Amerada Hess (30%) and China’s National Offshore Oil Corporation (25%). With little experience in negotiating oil concessions, Guyana’s...
News
OMJ’s port report service
The Oil Market Journal (OMJ) has launched a series of new dashboards which provide full details on oil tankers en-route, in port and at anchor in ports around the United...
Insight
The changing world of the oil trader
...Total, etc. These vertically integrated international oil companies (IOCs) have been joined by state owned concerns, or national oil companies ( NOCd )- names such as Aramco, Kuwait Petroleum, IPC,...
News
Portland Market Report – oil prices
...Coronavirus has hit oil (and stock) markets like a whirlwind and all at a rather inconvenient time for the global oil industry. We discussed the impact on demand last month,...
News
Reap what you sow
...Web Oil.co.uk exhibits at the Cheshire Show in June Growing the business Owned by Nicholl Fuel Oils and UK Fuels and based in Ellesmere Port, Web Oil.co.uk launched just under...
Insight
Fuel purchasing: Should you contract your supply or not?
...fixed price mechanism should not be used to try to ‘beat the market’ i.e. fixing with the expectation that the daily market will rise, as it also possible the market...
Insight
What future for heating oil?
...Energy Trends: Oil & oil products, Supply & use of petroleum products. So, it appears that the market has moved from the range of 2.2-2.5 million tonnes/year (2.7 to 3.0...
Market Report
Venezuela: Why the market doesn’t share Trump’s enthusiasm.
...its knees by cronyism and anti-American politics. The assets of private US oil companies had been forcibly taken over by the corrupt state oil company PDVSA and production had plummeted....
Opinion
North Sea oil and gas must address challenges to mitigate energy crises
...report series from the Oil and Gas Transitions (OGT) initiative. Long a strategically important reservoir for oil and gas, the North Sea is now a pivotal ground zero for net...
News
Banning the internal combustion engine
...new extinction threat to the internal combustion engine.” Motoring journalist, Quentin Wilson “The UK, which is woefully underprepared for vehicle electrification, is broadly ignoring marine, aviation, industrial and domestic combustion, and...
News
Distributor diaries March 23: updates from our distributor community
...ok not to be ok”.” Nolan Oils is first recipient of new spill kit Mark and Luke Nolan of Nolan Oils have been great supporters of Oilshield, the bespoke insurance...
Interview
Why are new UK oil fields essential to a sustainable future?
...oil fields like Cambo, says Katy Heidenreich, operations director at Oil & Gas UK (OGUK) who shares her thoughts with us: “Shell’s decision to suspend its involvement in Cambo, the...
News
With a little help from our friends and family
...Fuel Oils told Fuel Oil News editor, Jane Hughes. One of the newest entrants into fuel oil distribution, Standard Fuel Oils is based in Merseyside. Twenty-eight year old Nick has...
Market Report
Prices and predictions: how did we do in 2025, and what does 2026 hold?
...crude is wholly misplaced. We do not expect Venezuelan production to play any part in oil market movements in 2026 – more on that in next month’s Oil Market Report....