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Portland Report August

Market Report

Prices and predictions: how are we faring?

A little bit later than usual (because of the recent election frenzy), this month’s report will look at how the oil markets have fared since the beginning of the year,...

Analysis

Harvest Energy – change, challenge and opportunity

...is hard work but the work offers good regular volumes,” Simon said. “Specification changes in gas oil have driven growth for us.  The whole gas oil market is very interesting. ...

News

Oil price rises over $70 a barrel

...the economic revival will be soon coupled with oil demand recovery,” said Tamas Varga, an analyst at PVM oil brokerage in London. He cautioned, however, that the recovery still faced...
The band Tonto

News

Oilfast extends exciting partnership to support more dreams

...from low-income backgrounds to participate, Oilfast  launched the Oilfast Trust Fund to offer two scholarships. The Oilfast Trust Fund: A commitment to equal opportunity  James Hughes, Business Development Manager for...

News

Bolstering onshore oil and gas

Tony Smith brings over 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas sector to the Peel Gas and Oil team. Peel Gas & Oil, a member of United Kingdom Onshore...

News

Great news for oil boilers

Grant Vortex oil boilers continue to hold their position as the No.1 choice in the UK whilst the Worcester Greenstar oil boiler range has obtained Which Best Buy status for...
Ken's Corner

Opinion

Ken’s Corner: A week is a long time…

...heated by oil. How Ireland is heated Source: Census 2022 A significantly higher proportion of oil heated homes are in rural areas compared to all homes in Ireland. 28% of...

News

OSS (Hydrodec UK) buys Eco-Oil business

...OSS and Eco-Oil collect and recycle waste oil and workshop hazardous waste together with fuel oil sales. Under the new arrangement both companies will in the short term continue to...

News

Oil heating cheaper than mains gas

Jeremy Hawksley – welcome news for the industry and the 1.5 million UK households who use oil for heating Oil is now the cheapest of all the major heating fuels,...

Insight

What future for heating oil?

...Energy Trends: Oil & oil products, Supply & use of petroleum products. So, it appears that the market has moved from the range of 2.2-2.5 million tonnes/year (2.7 to 3.0...

Opinion

The Distributor Debate

...locations. Currently, oil is the most economical solution for off-gas properties. However, oil could face serious competition from technologies such as wood pellet boilers, and air source heat pumps. How...