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The Downstream Oil Industry Distributor Forum elaborates on changes made to ensure the PDP Scheme meets the specific needs of the home heat sector.

Insight

PDP Scheme acts on home heat sector concerns

...returned to over 11,000, having dropped below this figure in 2021 due to the impact of the pandemic. 2022 has been a year of returning to normality. We had planned...

News

In pole position

...the racing season. “We count many ex-racers among our customers; Jackie Stewart is probably our most regular domestic customer; although the other week we helped Red Bull team principal Christian...

News

Statistics demonstrate downstream oil’s vital role

...dropped with diesel vehicles experiencing a sharp fall, however, there is growth in sales of petrol and alternative fuelled vehicles. Launching the 2019 Statistical Review, UKPIA’s director-general, Stephen Marcos Jones,...

Case Study

A new fuel distribution system for Rix Petroleum

...explains: “Considering this was a brand-new system for us, we were very impressed with how smoothly it went when the system went live. This was helped significantly by the comprehensive...
The benefits of finding the right software

Case Study

The benefits of finding the right software solution   

...carried out across the depots following a strategic rollout plan. “DreamTec Systems has sped up almost every one of our processes, but maintained the complexity and quantity of information captured.”...

News

Designed for the industry by the industry

...developed the scheme and so we are confident that we have pitched PDP for the industry. How much will it cost an operator? The costs are still being finalised –...
Future prospects for kerosene and HVO with domestic heating electrification ambitions.

Insight

Heating future: prospects for kerosene and HVO

...in the developed economies exceeds market requirement, and this ‘overhang’ is likely to become larger as the energy transition gathers pace. So, there must be a commercial logic to utilising...
Gleaner Fuels interview

Interview

A heritage to be proud of: 70 years of Gleaner

...you? “I am especially proud of the young people we have employed who have developed in their career with Gleaner and now contribute to the future – Kirsty, Duncan, Kara,...

Opinion

New UK Global Tariff gets positive response

...light oils will be rounded down from 4.7% to 4%. Tariffs for most fuel oils will fall from 3.7% to 2%. So-called nuisance tariffs, those under 2%, have been scrapped...

News

Oil Care Campaign prepares to celebrate 20 years

...itself. Since it was launched in 1995, the Oil Care Campaign has helped reduce oil pollution incidents across England and Wales from nearly 7,000 a year to under 2,600 in...
A look back over the highlights and challenges that 2022 brought to the tanker market and some thoughts on what lies ahead for those in tanker manufacturing.

Analysis

In review: the 2022 tanker market

...dates slipped. This is obviously very challenging when we make barrels and order bottom loading equipment for chassis that we expect on a certain date. The impact can be hard...

News

A champagne day for Hull-based Rix

...Leithto Harwich – has an overall capacity for 1100 tons of oil in four tanks. The 53-metre-long vessel is equipped with two Blackmer rotary vein pumps, each capable of delivering...

Opinion

UKIFDA responds to government consultations

...term whilst alternative fuel is developed like that by main gas and other sectors. It is clearly not right that sectors are not given the same tolerance when product can...