Opinion
Oil & gas: embracing the digital future
...partners in major oil companies have talked about how the coronavirus pandemic has altered both short-term and long-term outlooks in the business. Namely, due to the fact that oil and...
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News
Slicker shortlisted for waste oil recycling
...launched a £70 million base oil re-refinery in Denmark, last July, as part of a joint venture with its German partner, Avista AG. Through the Danish facility, used lubricating oils...
News
OMJ’s port report service
The Oil Market Journal (OMJ) has launched a series of new dashboards which provide full details on oil tankers en-route, in port and at anchor in ports around the United...
Analysis
Growth without structure is a risk not a strategy
...oil and gas – breaks down the contributing factors and highlights an important takeaway for the energy industry around strategy, transparency, and decentralisation. A $10bn oil empire collapsed overnight. It...
News
Trade publications come together to support the fuel distribution market
Fuel Oil News and Downstream join forces under one industry title. UKIFDA and Ashley & Dumville, the publisher of Fuel Oil News, are pleased to announce that, as of October,...
News
Crown Oil becomes UK’s first carbon neutral fuel supplier
Greater Manchester-based distributor, Crown Oil, is the first UK fuel supply company to achieve carbon neutral status under the PAS 2060 framework. A company statement acknowledged the need for action:...
News
QM Recycled Energy unveils new HQ
...waste-2-oil processing. From its original, small test and development operation in Longfield, Kent, QMRE has made an ambitious move into 25,000 sq. ft. factory/office suites in Kingsnorth Industrial Estate, Hoo,...
News
Roy Durell
It is with great sadness that we report the passing, on 9th November 2023, of Roy Durell, founder of Fuel Oils, aged 83 years. A kind and gentle man, Roy...
Opinion
Calls for strategic oil and gas measures to safeguard UK energy security and climate progress
The UK Government is being urged to adopt a pragmatic new approach to oil and gas policy to prevent deepening reliance on imports, safeguard critical infrastructure, and support a managed...
News
DESNZ advisor Mike Mackay appointed to head up transformation at Essar UK
...25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, Mike also has extensive knowledge of refining and the downstream oil sector in the UK. He recently returned to Essar...
News
Distributor diaries June 2025
...Oilfast announces Adam Burnett as their next music scholarship winner Oilfast, the independent fuel supplier, based in Motherwell, Scotland, recently offered another incredible opportunity to local singer and songwriter, Adam...
News
Distributor diaries September 2023
The latest updates from our distributor community Compass Fuel Oils – delivering 500l of kerosene to a lucky winner! Compass Fuel Oils, the Lancashire-based fuel distributor, has announced the winner...
News
Channoil Energy’s new division to tackle energy transition
Channoil Consulting has relaunched as Channoil Energy and created a new division, ‘Net-Zero Solution’, to work with clients specifically on energy transition. For more than 20 years, Channoil has been...
News
Distributor Diaries December 2024 – the latest news from our community
...good list!” Crown Oil – Wear it Pink Day Crown Oil, the Greater Manchester-based distributor, has been busy supporting the charity Breast Cancer Now. The charity organised ‘Wear It Pink...
Interview
Sustainable aviation fuel: routes to feedstocks that can fill the production gap
...not like crude oil, with millions of barrels a day readily available for extraction, meaning that multiple pathways will be required to achieve this level of production. The current feedstocks,...
News
Crown Oil ‘so pleased’ to be crowned winner
After announcing Crown Oil as the winner of our 2020 Tanker of the Year competition, we hear from Crown Oil director, Mark Andrews: “We are so pleased to have our...
News
Vessels delivering Russian diesel are ‘sailing through a loophole’
...is diesel,” according to Neil Crosby, senior oil analyst at OilX. With some shipping lines having suspended deliveries from Russia, it is this supply problem that has led some, including...
Opinion
UKIFDA urges UK Government to reconsider red diesel entitlement deadline
...the main fuel used in the UK is kerosene. “We are, however, against abolishing the tax rebates on heating oil, currently being considered by government, as any increase in fuel...