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OGUK confident despite Shell Cambo stance

...of oil and oil products such as petrol, diesel and aviation fuel This amounts to just under a tonne of oil per UK citizen. Transport is the primary use. About...

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Strategic supply from Britain’s largest refinery

...and 22m mt of crude oil, oil products and chemicals per year.  The facility can accommodate coasters or part laden tankers of up to 350,000 (deadweight) DWT. The refinery complex...

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Vulnerable rural households hit by discrepancies  

...the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) that oil boilers will not, as initially proposed, be excluded from ECO3 which has now come into effect. However, the inclusion of oil does...
A “changing of the guard” in the UK fuel marking regime

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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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Backing a certainty

...relining the tanks at Caledonian Oils in Aberdeen cost over half a million pounds each. “We’re keen to take a lead in the industry. We have a strong HSE and...

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Gas grid and storage facilities in the UK

...circa 170,000 miles of pipelines. The above infrastructure supports the largest gas market in Europe at just under 80 billion M3 in 2012 (70 million tonnes of oil equivalent) –...

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A vertically challenged market

...UK oil market has seen a gradual shift away from domination by the oil majors and mini majors. Their rationalisation and repositioning created a vacuum now filled by importers and...

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Green fuel demand sees Crown Oil expand

...its brand new HVO tanker named ‘Fuel Oil News 2020 Tanker of the Year’. Investment comes on the back of success with cleaner greener fuels The business has championed the...

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Oil clubs, drums, kero pumps and NIOF distributors

...contamination from drips/spillages as it’s poured into the household tank. “Small oil drums are for emergency use only. They should provide a small amount of oil – often in an...

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Community Buying – The organisers’ view…

...customers to purchase their oil before December to try and avoid paying an inflated price.” Keith Weller, co-ordinator of the Worcestershire-based Bayton Oil Syndicate agrees: “I get people to buy...

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Heating oil theft falls

OFTEC registered technicians can assist your customers with advice on the necessary precautions to protect their oil heating assets OFTEC has welcomed research which reveals that heating oil is no...

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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...