Opinion
What is the best Christmas present for a fuel distributor?
...a Christmas present for the industry, Richard chose ‘the continuation of very sensible oil prices – high prices were doing us a lot of damage. The low oil price has...
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Analysis
Prax – a fast track wholesaler
Weybridge-based Prax Petroleum has been in existence for 10 years. In less than a decade, the company has risen to become one of the largest independent oil importers and suppliers...
Opinion
Consequences of IMO 2020
...Given the impacts of the virus, lockdown, oil prices and environmental imperatives on the whole fuel market and the implications for strategic planning and buying relationships we speak with Brian Coyne,...
News
Making light work of heavy oil
The V25 Test Rig at the Trondheim, SINTEF Research Institute Using environmentally friendly methods to process crude and dirty oils, Fluid Oil has commissioned its first heavy to light oil...
News
With a little help from our friends and family
...Fuel Oils told Fuel Oil News editor, Jane Hughes. One of the newest entrants into fuel oil distribution, Standard Fuel Oils is based in Merseyside. Twenty-eight year old Nick has...
News
Oil heating cheaper than mains gas
...who use oil for heating. With sustained low prices forecast, we envisage many households currently using LPG and electricity will look to switching to oil. We may even see some...
News
Kerosene – community buying
...of our residents were living in fuel poverty and couldn’t afford the cost of their oil upfront, so we decided to set up a contract with an oil distributor to...
News
Risk reduction for domestic customers
...customers worried about rising oil prices and hefty winter fuel bills. “Top of the customers’ wish list was cheaper kerosene, next was being able to avoid the unknown when it...
News
Oil Terminal 2015 – new multi-billion USD projects
Russian oil companies have rapidly increased exports to post-Soviet record levels as internal demand has declined by a quarter and international oil prices have fallen. Among the companies discussing recent projects...
Insight
Marine bunkering – fuel for a vital activity
...oil/ light fuel oil, with maximum density which can range between 0.890 and 0.920 kg/m3 at 15 degrees C Marine gas oil – meets the inland heating oil specification i.e....
Opinion
New UK oil essential for low carbon future
...oil fields like Cambo, says Katy Heidenreich, operations director at Oil & Gas UK (OGUK). Katy shares her thoughts with us: “Shell’s decision to suspend its involvement in Cambo, the...
Interview
BoilerJuice: revolutionising operations
BoilerJuice is one of the leading heating oil marketplace websites in the UK. Established in 2004, the company delivers millions of litres of heating oil to thousands of customers every...
News
Unprecedented demand creates temporary oil shortage in Ireland
...to ration deliveries while the supply catches up. Some oil distributors have notices on their websites saying they are out of stock, with others removing prices from their sites. But...
News
Oil price recovery and staycations fuel growth for J.R. Rix & Sons
High oil prices combined with a growing demand for holiday homes and lodges saw East Yorkshire family-owned business J.R. Rix & Sons Ltd increase turnover by 42 per cent last...
Opinion
Creating a low carbon energy system
...was top of the political agenda before the appalling situation in Ukraine pushed wholesale heating oil prices up by over 100%. But it is important to put this into context....
News
Success despite oil demand & price slump
...slump in demand for petroleum products during lockdown, as well as an accompanying fall in oil prices, resulted in a 22 per cent drop in Group turnover, down from £509.3m...
Opinion
Millions more UK households face hardship due to energy price crisis
...longer have any resilience to price shocks is crucial. As high prices continue and with volatile geopolitics impacting energy prices, targeting support to those who most need it is vital.”...
News
Spring statement sees ‘biggest ever’ cut to fuel duty
...vehicles around 6p. It comes as fuel prices continue to soar across the UK. On Tuesday, the average cost of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts was 167.3p, which...