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Choosing a new truck
Founded in 1954 by Arthur McMahon, Donegal Oil remains a family business with the founder’s grandson, also Arthur McMahon, being the present managing director “Since its inception Donegal Oil has...
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Rapid growth for Your NRG with new depot opening
UK oil distributor, Your NRG, has opened a new, cutting-edge fuel depot in Halstead, Essex. It’s the 14th depot opened by the independent oil company across the country. “The opening...
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Geos Group takes over Phillips 66’ marine gas oil deliveries at Blyth
...advantage over other marine gas oil suppliers.” The Geos Group (Sea Bunkering) is a physical supplier and international trader of marine gas oil, with stock in Aberdeen, Blyth, Great Yarmouth,...
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Fluid Oil – meeting strategic objectives
...Fluid Oil has successfully commissioned its latest Viscositor heavy oil upgrading demonstration reactor. This has replicated and surpassed the work completed on the reactors commissioned at the SINTEF Research Centre...
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Carbon monoxide poisoning – are your customers aware?
...sets in. Oil heating appliances have a very good carbon monoxide safety record as highlighted by a 2012 Gas Safety Trust report which showed oil to be extremely safe for...
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WANTED – positive change in home heating and energy policies
...oil condensing boilers. “By working with Amber Rudd on the issues that really matter to the oil heating industry, we feel positive that we will be able to help ensure...
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Associations push for more from strategy
...of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) in oil heated homes over the last 12 months, it is clear renewable liquid fuels have a central role to play. However, we are concerned...
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Oil-fired heating – time to back the most cost-effective option
Offering the best decarbonisation solution for oil heated homes, OFTEC says it’s time for government to back low carbon liquid fuels as the most practical, cost-effective solution. OFTEC’s recently released ‘Industrial Strategy for decarbonising oil heated homes’ underlines...
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Farewell to an editor extraordinaire
...she has also been the editor of Oil Installer, another A&D publication, for 12 years. Jane has been the face and heart of Fuel Oil News for half of the...
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A stepping stone or an underwhelming plan to reach net zero? Industry responds to new energy plan
...when that energy supply is disrupted, as we’ve seen in the past year, everyone pays the price. For the foreseeable future oil and gas will need to be part of...
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Best buy oil boilers
...an Oil Boiler Best Buy this year. Last year, according to EUA statistics, Grant oil boilers were the number one selling models in the UK Grant’s oil-fired condensing boiler range...
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TSA talks competence
...problem of oil fraud. The issue lies in differentiating between the excise duty responsibility of the warehouse keeper and the customer. Currently, a warehouse receiving imported oil is authored by...
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More debate on industry issues
Many questions arose at last month’s Fuel Oil News Distributor Debate including how the industry should prepare for a potential kerosene shortage. The short answer to that question from both...
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FPS calls on chancellor to do more for off grid homeowners
As the FPS asks for ‘a raft of measures’ to help users of heating oil, the trade association has also called for the government to recognise the important service provided...
Opinion
Getting your vehicles winter ready
...to forget to consider engine oil when it comes to winter readiness, and this can be a major mistake. Oil that is past its recommended change interval, or oil that...
Insight
A “changing of the guard” in the UK fuel marking regime
...of butoxybenzene per litre of energy product. In summary, the required markers for each fuel type in the UK from 18 January 2024 are: 1. Gas oil/biodiesel/gas oil bioblend/light oil...
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New heating oil website launched
www.heatingoil.co.uk, a new website from GB Oils went live on 1st October. The website has collaborated with oil boiler maintenance company, Team Energy, to offer oil boiler servicing. Site visitors...
Interview
Sodbury Fuels: celebrating 10 years in business
...within the oil industry for over 30 years, both as a driver and as a trainer for OAMPS. During his oil industry career, he has qualified in many fields including...