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The future of biodiesel
...to be finalised and implemented in the UK. Earlier versions of the Indirect Land Use Change proposals indicated that crop based feedstocks used for the production of biodiesel would be given a...
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Money-saving app launched to counter escalating fuel costs
...card processing systems for major oil companies like Shell.” Fuel Oil News was interested in finding out who was behind the creation of this exciting new service and Nik shared...
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Honeywell revolutionises ethanol-to-jet fuel technology in response to SAF supply concerns
...such as vegetable oils, animal fats and waste oils. Ethanol offers producers a widely available, economically viable feedstock. Honeywell’s ready-now technology uses high-performance catalysts and heat management capabilities to maximise...
Insight
A critical role for Stanlow
...in metric tonnes pa Petrol – 3 million Diesel – 3.5 million Jet A-1/kerosene – 2 million LPG/ petrochemical feedstocks – 1.5 million Fuel oil – 1 million The refinery...
Insight
What price oil? 2022 in review
Ian Moore, founder and managing director of The Oil Market Journal, takes us through the year, highlighting the main impacts affecting the oil price in 2022. Contained within this article...
Interview
Why are new UK oil fields essential to a sustainable future?
...oil fields like Cambo, says Katy Heidenreich, operations director at Oil & Gas UK (OGUK) who shares her thoughts with us: “Shell’s decision to suspend its involvement in Cambo, the...
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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...
Insight
Free advice for Welsh businesses in preparation for March 2020 deadline
...Pollution (Oil Storage, Wales) Regulations 2016 require any above ground oil tank over 200 litres to be provided with 110% secondary containment by April 2020. Also known as the Oil...
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Vintage year of success for Millers Oils
...power increases up to 5.6 percent, and when the nanotechnology oil was tested against a competitor’s oil, Nanodrive recorded 33% lower friction. Application of the technology to road car oils...
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Heating oil’s future – making a difference
...million homes across the UK that use oil for heating. The FPS is urging the 1.2m homeowners in the UK who use heating oil, to take part in the government’s...
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Waste oil – where are we in 2011
...on waste producers. While all oil streams will at sometime incur a waste, in general, our reference to waste oil is essentially that of used lubricating oils, for example engine...
Analysis
What price oil? Q1 2025 in review
...Ukraine was not represented at the talks. The US voted against a UN motion condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine’s President Zelensky visited the White House on 28th...
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A good infrastructure?
...Climate Change (DECC), three separate reports on the subject have been undertaken by WoodMackenzie, Deloitte, and Purvin & Gertz. v UKdownstream oil infrastructure v Downstream oil – short term resilience and...
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...
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Clever chemistry fuels business
With most biodiesel currently traded through the Rotterdam barge market, one UK company has revealed ambitious plans to convince the UK that home grown biodiesel from waste is the way...
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Biofuels – an uncertain future
...that a certain percentage of their total sales was from biofuels. RTFO stipulated that by 2010, 5% of all UK fuel sold on UK forecourts had to come from a...
Insight
The Humber refinery – a key indigenous source of supply
...and distribution Petrol @ 32% Diesel/Gasoil @ 44% Kerosene/ Jet A-1 @ 8% Petroleum coke @ 6% Fuel oil @ 4% Petrochemical feed stocks @ 4% LPG @ 2% (Source:...