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Vital statistics for oil

...rose by £81, compared to 2011   Oil quarterly tables ET 3.1 – 3.7 are available on the DECC section of the gov.uk website at: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-energy-climate-change/series/oil-statistics     Energy Trends...

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Fluid Oil – meeting strategic objectives

...Fluid Oil has successfully commissioned its latest Viscositor heavy oil upgrading demonstration reactor. This has replicated and surpassed the work completed on the reactors commissioned at the SINTEF Research Centre...

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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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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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New heating oil website launched

www.heatingoil.co.uk, a new website from GB Oils went live on 1st October.  The website has collaborated with oil boiler maintenance company, Team Energy, to offer oil boiler servicing. Site visitors...

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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...

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Jenson Button promotes ExxonMobil oil

...are unaware of the benefits offered by synthetic engine oils, and almost 50 per cent are not sure why oil is needed in an engine. The track star took time...

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Oil theft on the rise

...crude oil rises and are advising homeowners to take a few simple steps to secure their oil tanks. These include keeping oil levels as low as necessary to reduce the...

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Geneva hosts first Oil Trading Risks summit

Conference organiser, International Research Networks (IRN) is holding its inaugural Oil Trading Risks Summit in Geneva on October 22/23. “With oil being such a volatile, political and essential commodity, managing...

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WP Group confirm acquisition of Upton Oil Company

...across the south including Ringwood and Dorchester, Upton Oil Company specialises in supplying a local, friendly service to heating oil users, the farming community and commercial customers. David Fairchild, managing...

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DCC Oil Ireland rebrands to Certa Ireland

...decades and the new branding, which came into effect on the 1st September 2022, pulls each of its leading Irish consumer brands – Emo Oil, Campus Oil Ltd, Jones Oil...

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Oil & gas: embracing the digital future

...partners in major oil companies have talked about how the coronavirus pandemic has altered both short-term and long-term outlooks in the business. Namely, due to the fact that oil and...

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Slicker shortlisted for waste oil recycling

...launched a £70 million base oil re-refinery in Denmark, last July, as part of a joint venture with its German partner, Avista AG. Through the Danish facility, used lubricating oils...

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Oil prices rise on OPEC+ deal extension

An agreement to extend the deal on record production cuts until the end of July which was reached at a virtual meeting of OPEC+ on 4 June, saw oil prices...