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Rapid growth for Your NRG with new depot opening
UK oil distributor, Your NRG, has opened a new, cutting-edge fuel depot in Halstead, Essex. It’s the 14th depot opened by the independent oil company across the country. “The opening...
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Associations push for more from strategy
...of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) in oil heated homes over the last 12 months, it is clear renewable liquid fuels have a central role to play. However, we are concerned...
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Oil-fired heating – time to back the most cost-effective option
Offering the best decarbonisation solution for oil heated homes, OFTEC says it’s time for government to back low carbon liquid fuels as the most practical, cost-effective solution. OFTEC’s recently released ‘Industrial Strategy for decarbonising oil heated homes’ underlines...
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Farewell to an editor extraordinaire
...she has also been the editor of Oil Installer, another A&D publication, for 12 years. Jane has been the face and heart of Fuel Oil News for half of the...
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Industry body sees transition as the solution
The leading representative body for the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry, OGUK, has called for the transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions to be at the heart of its...
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A stepping stone or an underwhelming plan to reach net zero? Industry responds to new energy plan
The Government’s new net zero plan has been described, by the UK’s leading hydrogen trade association, as a ‘stepping stone’ to a robust UK energy system, while the Energy Industry...
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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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More debate on industry issues
...industry works. It will also demystify some of the information circulating about renewables and costs. Will the UK follow Europe in moving away from oil? Stressing the differences between the...
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FPS calls on chancellor to do more for off grid homeowners
...to the UK’s 1.25 million oil heating customers The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) has called on chancellor Philip Hammond to use his Autumn Statement later this month to recognise...
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...
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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Oil heating is more competitive
The latest independent figures show oil prices have become more competitive over the last four years. LPG remains the most expensive fuel for off gas main customers. According to the...
Interview
Sodbury Fuels: celebrating 10 years in business
...within the oil industry for over 30 years, both as a driver and as a trainer for OAMPS. During his oil industry career, he has qualified in many fields including...
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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
Formula 1 driver Jenson Button has been educating UK drivers about the benefits of ExxonMobil’s synthetic engine oil, Mobil1. Research carried out by the brand found that 94% of motorists...
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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Products and markets
...range consists of petrol, diesel, aviation fuel, LPG, fuel oil, gas oil and heating oil. With the exception of fuel oil and LPG all products can be transported via the...
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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...