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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...

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...
A “changing of the guard” in the UK fuel marking regime

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...

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James Smith 1925 – 2013

...Fuel Oil News back in 1977.  A journalist with family roots in the energy industry, having started Knutsford Oil, he spotted a gap in the industry’s communication channel giving rise...

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Jenson Button promotes ExxonMobil oil

...are unaware of the benefits offered by synthetic engine oils, and almost 50 per cent are not sure why oil is needed in an engine. The track star took time...
Portland report July

Market Report

Elections and energy policy: a powerful combination

...and for the last 5 years, the national oil company (PEMEX) has been used as a vehicle for both economic state building and poverty alleviation. New domestic oil exploration licenses...

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OFTEC launches “Tank Safe” campaign

...“Fortunately leaks are rare, but the consequences of oil spills aren’t just inconvenient for the homeowner, they can be a serious issue for the environment, depending on how much oil...

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£800,000 investment expands HVO fuel trials

...oil heating to the renewable fuel Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) this winter, amounting to an initial investment of over £800,000. The news follows the publication of the government’s Heat and...

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Products for a greener sector

...joined the programme: “DCC Oil Group was in the process of merging three oil companies – Jones Oils, Campus Oils and Emo Oils. We were looking for a complete transport...

Interview

Celebrating 50 years of innovation

...has never lost sight of its values. Established in 1971 as Oil Tank Supplies Ltd it was originally focused on the manufacture of small domestic oil storage tanks and installation...