Interview
Preparing for oil off Ireland
...the oil industry producing talented individuals who are specifically trained to further strengthen the oil industry. Worldwide it can be hard to attract people to oil and gas exploration. With...
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News
A lubricants package that delivers
...staff training. “For the first time in over 7 years of wholesaling other brand engine oils we can finally see profits in small pack engine oil. Previously our oil brands...
Interview
ESL Fuels: working with customers to deliver sustainable fuel solutions
...fuels best suited to end applications. From the early days of pioneering biodiesel, to creating market-changing heating and marine gas oils, ESL has consistently led innovation in the industry. In...
Insight
Compulsory oil stocking obligations: a UK update
...international requirements to maintain the requisite minimum levels of oil stocks to mitigate any supply crisis. These were: EU obligations Under EU Oil Stocking Directive 2009/119/EC, members are required to...
Opinion
Crude falls below $100/bbl as OPEC+ increases output but for how long?
...crude oil stocks of 4.5 million barrels, had an immediate impact on the oil price with crude oil trading lower the morning after the OPEC+ agreement was announced. Falling below...
Insight
Downstream Norway: Leading the way in decarbonisation
...cover these requirements, leaving a modest surplus across all grades. Stockholding obligations Norway imposes emergency stockholding obligations on oil importers and oil producers who imported quantities of oil equal to,...
Analysis
Greenergy – liquid problem solving
...oil price is therefore a concern for all.” The biggest challenge – a declining market Asked about his biggest challenge, Andrew replied: “How to deal with a declining market. For...
Insight
Task force to take action on UK refining and fuel import issues
...sector The review assessed the midstream supply chain – companies supplying fuel to the UK market, especially refiners and importers that operate in the wider downstream oil sector – against...
Insight
The emergence and growth of Puma Energy
THIS YEAR PUMA ENERGY MADE ITS ENTRANCE INTO THE UK’S BITUMEN AND WHOLESALE MARKETS. WITH A PORTFOLIO THAT SPANS THE FULL SPECTRUM OF THE OIL PRODUCTS MARKET – RETAIL, WHOLESALE,...
Opinion
Preparing for a new oil world
Boris Ivanov Boris Ivanov, founder of GPB Global Resources discusses how the fuel oil industry can begin to prepare for the new oil world. With BP cutting 10,000 jobs and...
News
In Conversation with Klass Oil: a class act in energy distribution
...Tom Kirrane in the oil industry for nearly 40 years. Originally setting up Emo Oil, Tom ran Texoil as a joint venture with Chevron until he sold his share in...
Opinion
“Do you agree with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) that the Province should have more oil buying clubs?”
Donall O’Connor, Value Oils “As Northern Irish oil distributors, we are part of a saturated supply market where consistent pressure on margins exists for all but a few high demand...
Market Report
Saving Mexico’s state oil giant – a strategy of hope over experience.
...nationalisation of all privately held oil interests in Mexico and for most of the 21st Century, Pemex has been Latin America’s second largest enterprise by annual revenue (Brazil’s state-run oil...
News
Getting warmer in the community
...tenants. In return CBL has developed a community oil fund that purchases oil on behalf of Cottsway’s tenants. The smart meters inform CBL of oil used, with tenants able to...
News
A feeling of insecurity?
Given developments in Ukraine and the role that Russia plays in the global oil market, supply availability is a big talking point once again. Below UX Energy Services consultant Dr...
News
A good infrastructure?
50 distribution terminals currently serve the UK inland market. An updated wall map will be sent to Fuel Oil News subscribers in early 2013 A dislocation of fuel product supply...
News
BWOC – a business with character
...month Fuel Oil News discussed the business with Mark and his team. “Bob grew up in the oil industry – he drove tankers, sold fuel and ran a terminal before...
News
OptiMate is the key to MechTronic success in Ireland
...Dundalk Oil, Atlantic Oils and Stewart Oils all placing (and receiving) orders in 2020. Barry Finlay at Dundalk Oil said; “We are delighted to be the first fuel oil operative...