Interview
Celebrating 50 years of innovation
...Then in November of 1973 OPEC suddenly decided to rapidly increase the price of crude oil which literally changed the domestic heating scene overnight.” That year, the price of kerosene...
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News
A legacy of diversity
...and keeping things simple. Were it not for a willingness to take a risk, Stoddards might not be in the oil business today. Before beginning life as a Jet distributor...
Insight
Gas grid and storage facilities in the UK
...circa 170,000 miles of pipelines. The above infrastructure supports the largest gas market in Europe at just under 80 billion M3 in 2012 (70 million tonnes of oil equivalent) –...
Analysis
Ambitious EV growth targets raise UK grid concerns but what of the impact on oil demand?
...impacting global oil demand? According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), China’s oil consumption increased by only 180,000 bpd in 2024, less than one-fifth of the growth seen in 2023,...
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...
Interview
Tria Energy: leading Ireland’s HVO-first drive
...down to price. Half a cent is the make and break on any litre of oil and can change your bottom line. But, while price is important to us, what...
Interview
Doherty Oils – fail to plan, plan to fail
...wild locations “This year, we’re getting better prepared,” says Patrick Doherty, director of Doherty Oils which operates a fleet of five oil delivery tankers, distributing fuel throughout the Tyrone and...
Interview
A unique fuel industry set up for Convery Oils & Convery Engineering
Eamon Convery is the owner and manager of Convery Oils, a modern fuel distribution business based just outside Kilrea in Northern Ireland. Convery Oils delivers fuel products throughout Co. Derry,...
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...
Interview
Taking action in Ireland
Being proactive rather than reactive was one of the really strong messages conveyed to an audience of over 60 fuel oil distribution staff who attended last month’s Fuel Oil News...
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...
Insight
A look at the shape of the future UK downstream oil sector landscape
We are living through a time that has heralded much change and, before considering the future evolution and shape of the UK downstream oil sector, we will remind ourselves of...
News
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...
News
A good infrastructure?
...Climate Change (DECC), three separate reports on the subject have been undertaken by WoodMackenzie, Deloitte, and Purvin & Gertz. v UKdownstream oil infrastructure v Downstream oil – short term resilience and...
News
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
Negotiating the swings and roundabouts of fuel distribution
...from Donall O’Connor, Value Oils in last month’s Fuel Oil News) Numerous consumers now keep a couple of drums and refill these at forecourt kerosene pumps for a minimal premium...