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Is your business fully insured?
...Crown Oil, Paul Martin, Ian Bocca, QBE and Rory Clarke, Rix Petroleum. Right: Dave Ainsworth, GB Oils, Danny Greechan, Coface, Paul Martin, Steve Carrick, BWOC and Tony Wilson, Inver Energy...
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INEOS and UK shale gas
...billion in UK onshore shale gas exploration and appraisal last week. If INEOS wins all the Petroleum Exploration and Development licences (PEDLs) – the vast majority are in Scotland and...
News
Theft advice to customers
The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) says domestic oil consumers should be extra vigilant when it comes to safeguarding their oil supply. The FPS recommends heating oil customers take the...
News
RHI target – an unrealistic goal?
...RHI is supported by a recent survey conducted by OFTEC and Watson Petroleum of 750 oil heated homes. This revealed that just 4% would consider switching to an air source...
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AHFL chooses UK for revolutionary plastic-to-fuel plant
...Technological innovation Evan Erskine, former Senior Process Engineer at Wood PLC said: “The AHFL point of difference is this technological innovation, which allows the breakdown of plastic into a petroleum...
Opinion
Longer term impacts of coronavirus on the UK and Ireland’s oil industry
...down by 66% and 57%, respectively, according to the Petrol Retailers Association. With the UK lockdown set to be extended for at least another 3 weeks, demand is unlikely to...
News
MFG extends its fuel brand portfolio
Following acquisition of the retail assets of Murco Petroleum last October, the Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is replacing the Murco brand on its company station estate. From 1 April 2015,...
Insight
Industry impacts of the reset of government net zero policy
...Energy Bill. Other Government policies on heating remain the same. Other announcements The Prime Minister also moved the ban on petrol and diesel cars to 2035 from 2030, reduced the...
Analysis
FON Fantasy Football League– all to play for!
...to second placed Mark Clouter, UK General Manager from Wessex Petroleum (WP Group). September – Lee Carrack, National Account Manager at Tate Oils. October – Ruben Lancaster of Blend took...
News
Essar staff offered £30,000 “leaver incentive” package
...than two billion litres of jet fuel, three billion litres of petrol and 3.5 billion litres of diesel. It also processes over 11 million tonnes of crude oil each year....
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Oil heating updates on Oilsave website
The Oilsave website has been updated to carry new campaign material to promote oil heating to consumers. Members of the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) are due to receive an...
News
The shipping news
...UK-based subsidiaries (Henty Oil, Falmouth Petroleum and Tramp Oil) supply over 750,000 metric tons of bunkers each year in UK ports (HSFO, LSFO and LSMGO). The company has storage and...
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IFC Inflow celebrates 30 years in business
...oil and petroleum distribution sector is IFC’s largest market, followed closely by chemical and petrochemical distribution, Fuel Oil News asked Kiran about the work in the Fuel Oil News market....
Opinion
Dodgy tanks – do you refuse to fill?
...or driver at risk. As always in these cases, we would seek a resolution with the tank owner to ensure any issue is rectified.” Ben Casey, Barton Petroleum, Northamptonshire “The...
Opinion
Do you see issues with the introduction of Euro VI or do you welcome it as positive step towards increasing energy efficiency?
...exhaust will reach in the EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) cycle. This may become a problem when carrying petroleum products and may even be an issue with oil terminal safety and...
Interview
A unique fuel industry set up for Convery Oils & Convery Engineering
...has continued to grow. We discontinued petrol retailing in 2012, using the forecourt space to expand the engineering factory space.” Convery Oils is now a well-established and highly respected brand...
News
Addition of GoldenRod expands CTS distributorships
...Their range of filters, designed for the removal of either particles or water content from diesel, petrol, kerosene and biofuels, includes the 495 Fuel Tank Filter, 496 Water Block Fuel...
Insight
COP26 FON blog 4: Transport decarbonisation
...increase the amount of ethanol in petrol, the so-called E10 grade fuel. The impact of this is the equivalent of taking 350,000 cars off the road every year with no...