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Ferguson Fuels: family-run, with customers at its heart
...was met by an increase in the need for oil from our customers to fuel their home heating,” he shares. Initially supplying the North West, the demand for heating oil...
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Millers Oils steps up R & D
Millers Oils officially opened its state of the art Research and Development (R&D) centre in Brighouse, Yorkshire, last month. Millers, which has been supplying lubricants that help save energy for...
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Fuel poverty – distributors get together
...of 15%. Midlands oil distributors who have supported the fund, and whose customers will benefit, include Midland Fuel Oils, AID Fuels and Nolan Fuel Oils. Before undertaking a national roll...
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Lobbying for a better off-grid deal
In the run-up to last month’s Budget, the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) had been lobbying the government on various fronts for the off-grid heating oil industry. Writing to Mr...
Insight
Downstream future: decarbonisation, collaboration and digitalisation
...is at its sharpest for the oil and gas sector, particularly in the run in to COP28, which is being held in the United Arab Emirates later this year. Ahead...
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Acquisitions and long-term supply contract for JET Retail UK
...the furthest being Simpson Oils Ormlie site in Thurso. Since acquiring Francis Street in September 2019, Simpson Oils has made some infrastructure improvements. Further plans are in place to install...
Interview
Rawlings Fuels putting the customer first
...in oil you don’t see how many are on oil’. It’s been a real eye-opener to me how many households in our local communities are reliant on their oil and...
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Ensuring the new government hears FPS members
...Grant, who is based in Certas Energy’s Coleshill depot, takes over the presidency from Mark Nolan of Nolan Fuel Oils who has been president for the last two years. Duncan...
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Winner of UKIFDA Innovation Award announced
...not only be involved but were able to lead the way and really prove the potential of hydrotreated vegetable oil or HVO as an eco-friendly alternative to heating oil. “Our...
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Oil industry stars recognised
...challenges going forward but with the current competitive price of oil, which is predicted to remain low, and a revival in oil boiler sales, we remain optimistic about the future....
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Refining operations
...yield pattern by principal product category is as follows: Petrol @ 25% Jet A-1/ Kerosene @ 13% Diesel/Gasoil @ 30% Fuel Oil & Bitumen @ 15% LPG & Speciality Products...
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Streamlining the UK’s downstream infrastructure
...being falling market demand following the oil price rise in the aftermath of the first ‘oil shock’ which followed the October 1973 Yom Kippur conflict in the Middle East. Further...
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Protecting consumers against summer oil theft
...tank on a regular basis. Remote electronic oil level gauges are available which will set off an audible alarm if the oil level in the tank suddenly drops or falls below...
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People are the passion at Craggs Energy
...out a space for themselves in the oil distribution business, writes Alex Porter Only in operation since October 2011, the company has focused on the individual and a new approach...
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Scotland’s first vegetable oil heated home
Recycled vegetable oil is being used for the first time to heat a home in Scotland. The revolutionary renewable fuel has been identified as a key alternative clean energy source...
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‘A real thirst for expansion and growth’ at Aztec Oils
Derbyshire–based Aztec Oils recently completed the acquisition of the lubricant, pre-packaged fuel and contract packing business of Multispec Limited – formally Caldo Oils – for an undisclosed sum. (l-r) John Longstaff, BHP Corporate Finance; Andrew Fielder, Banner Jones; Mark Lord, and Janis Hartshorne, Aztec Oils; Matthew Chenery, Barclays and Katie Ash, Banner Jones Aztec...
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Prax Lindsey launches first-of-its kind apprenticeship to support low carbon transition
Prax Lindsey oil refinery, a member of the Prax Group of companies, is partnering with apprenticeship provider, HETA (Humberside Engineering Training Association), to launch a new apprenticeship – the first...
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Shared deliveries …
Up until the mid 1980s, oil companies in the UK were self sufficient in the ownership and management of their road tanker fleets. In 1985 a wind of change started to...